Isaac Wood Ballard
1861 - 1947 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. Isaac Wood Ballard was born on 1 Sep 1861 in Eastland, Eastland County, Texas; died on 12 Jan 1947 in Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma; was buried in Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Occupation: barber
Notes:
I.W. Ballard Dies Sunday.
Isaac Wood Ballard, 85, one of Drumright's pioneer residents, died at his home east of the city at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12. Mr. Ballard had lived here since 1915, and owned a barber shop for many years.
Mr. Ballard was born Sep. 1, 1861, in Eastland, Texas. He was married to Carrie Vaughn in 1892 who preceded him in death in 1906. To this union two daughters and one son were born, Virginia Sylvester and Vera Ripley of Drumright, and Eddie Ballard, who preceded his father in death in 1942. One granddaughter, Geneva Bryant of Paris, Texas, also survives.
On April 25, 1911, he married Frankie Carey, who survives him. Also surviving is a step-son, John Carey of Pauls Valley and a foster son, Lisle Harrison of Durant.
Funeral services will be conducts at the Holmes Funeral Home in Durant by the minister of the First Baptist Church at Durant, which Mr. Ballard joined early in his life. Interment will be made in a Durant cemetery.
The Drumright Journal, Drumright, Oklahoma. Thursday, 16 Jan 1947. Page 1.
Isaac married Frankie Leonora Maupin on 25 Apr 1911 in Bryan County, Oklahoma. Frankie was born on 2 Apr 1867 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 26 Jan 1958 in Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]