Civil War Union Army Officer. Colonel in the Civil War. Studied law in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield office. Lake Ballinger was named after him by his son, Judge Richard A. Ballinger.
Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [Revised ed.] Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, c1918.
R.H. Ballinger, editor and proprietor of the Larned Chronoscope, newspaper. He came to Pawnee County, Kan., in May 1873, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he yet continues. He now owns about 300 head of cattle. He became the proprietor of the, Chronoscope on July 9, 1880. His paper has now a circulation of 800, and is republican in politics. He was born in Knox County, Ky., all while staying in the brand, February 7, 1833, and lived in his native place until 1848. He then lived for some time in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, in the practice of law. He enlisted August 21, 1861, in Company A, Third Illinois Cavalry. His first promotion was to Second Lieutenant; then Captain of his company, he afterward became Colonel of the Third Mississippi Colored Regiment. He was mustered out in March, 1864. He was educated under John Russell, a graduate of Yale College. He began the study of law in 1856, in the law office A. Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. He was admitted to the bar in Polk County Iowa, 1857 he was postmaster of Virden, Ill., six years. Subsequent to enlisting he served as assistant journal clerk of the Kansas legislature. He was married in 1857, to Miss Mary E. Norton, of Chatham, Ill. They have one son – Richard A., now completing his junior year in Williams College, Mass. He is a member of the B.F. Larned Post, No. 8, G.A.R.
Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [Revised ed.] Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, c1918.
R.H. Ballinger, editor and proprietor of the Larned Chronoscope, newspaper. He came to Pawnee County, Kan., in May 1873, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he yet continues. He now owns about 300 head of cattle. He became the proprietor of the, Chronoscope on July 9, 1880. His paper has now a circulation of 800, and is republican in politics. He was born in Knox County, Ky., all while staying in the brand, February 7, 1833, and lived in his native place until 1848. He then lived for some time in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, in the practice of law. He enlisted August 21, 1861, in Company A, Third Illinois Cavalry. His first promotion was to Second Lieutenant; then Captain of his company, he afterward became Colonel of the Third Mississippi Colored Regiment. He was mustered out in March, 1864. He was educated under John Russell, a graduate of Yale College. He began the study of law in 1856, in the law office A. Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. He was admitted to the bar in Polk County Iowa, 1857 he was postmaster of Virden, Ill., six years. Subsequent to enlisting he served as assistant journal clerk of the Kansas legislature. He was married in 1857, to Miss Mary E. Norton, of Chatham, Ill. They have one son – Richard A., now completing his junior year in Williams College, Mass. He is a member of the B.F. Larned Post, No. 8, G.A.R.
Civil War Union Army Officer. Colonel in the Civil War. Studied law in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield office. Lake Ballinger was named after him by his son, Judge Richard A. Ballinger.
Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [Revised ed.] Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, c1918.
R.H. Ballinger, editor and proprietor of the Larned Chronoscope, newspaper. He came to Pawnee County, Kan., in May 1873, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he yet continues. He now owns about 300 head of cattle. He became the proprietor of the, Chronoscope on July 9, 1880. His paper has now a circulation of 800, and is republican in politics. He was born in Knox County, Ky., all while staying in the brand, February 7, 1833, and lived in his native place until 1848. He then lived for some time in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, in the practice of law. He enlisted August 21, 1861, in Company A, Third Illinois Cavalry. His first promotion was to Second Lieutenant; then Captain of his company, he afterward became Colonel of the Third Mississippi Colored Regiment. He was mustered out in March, 1864. He was educated under John Russell, a graduate of Yale College. He began the study of law in 1856, in the law office A. Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. He was admitted to the bar in Polk County Iowa, 1857 he was postmaster of Virden, Ill., six years. Subsequent to enlisting he served as assistant journal clerk of the Kansas legislature. He was married in 1857, to Miss Mary E. Norton, of Chatham, Ill. They have one son – Richard A., now completing his junior year in Williams College, Mass. He is a member of the B.F. Larned Post, No. 8, G.A.R.
Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [Revised ed.] Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, c1918.
R.H. Ballinger, editor and proprietor of the Larned Chronoscope, newspaper. He came to Pawnee County, Kan., in May 1873, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he yet continues. He now owns about 300 head of cattle. He became the proprietor of the, Chronoscope on July 9, 1880. His paper has now a circulation of 800, and is republican in politics. He was born in Knox County, Ky., all while staying in the brand, February 7, 1833, and lived in his native place until 1848. He then lived for some time in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, in the practice of law. He enlisted August 21, 1861, in Company A, Third Illinois Cavalry. His first promotion was to Second Lieutenant; then Captain of his company, he afterward became Colonel of the Third Mississippi Colored Regiment. He was mustered out in March, 1864. He was educated under John Russell, a graduate of Yale College. He began the study of law in 1856, in the law office A. Lincoln, Springfield, Ill. He was admitted to the bar in Polk County Iowa, 1857 he was postmaster of Virden, Ill., six years. Subsequent to enlisting he served as assistant journal clerk of the Kansas legislature. He was married in 1857, to Miss Mary E. Norton, of Chatham, Ill. They have one son – Richard A., now completing his junior year in Williams College, Mass. He is a member of the B.F. Larned Post, No. 8, G.A.R.
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