From Cutler's 1883 "History of the State of Kansas" --- Sedgwick County
WACO TOWNSHIP
J. J. P. BALCH, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Wichita, was born in Indiana, in 1816, son of Amos P. And Martha Leach Balch. Was married in 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of Joseph and Ann Nicholson; has eight children, Martha A., Harriet C., John, Joseph, Jennie, Ruth, Stephen and Lizzie. His wife died in February, 1858; was married in June, 1858, to Miss Serena Morrison, daughter of S. W. and Sarah Morrison; has two children from last marriage, Sada and Maggie Bach. Came to Kansas in 1864; located in Johnson County and engaged in farming. In 1876 moved to Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides; owns 110 acres of land; has a fine orchard of ten acres, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry and plum trees, and a variety of small fruits; is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
WACO TOWNSHIP
J. J. P. BALCH, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Wichita, was born in Indiana, in 1816, son of Amos P. And Martha Leach Balch. Was married in 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of Joseph and Ann Nicholson; has eight children, Martha A., Harriet C., John, Joseph, Jennie, Ruth, Stephen and Lizzie. His wife died in February, 1858; was married in June, 1858, to Miss Serena Morrison, daughter of S. W. and Sarah Morrison; has two children from last marriage, Sada and Maggie Bach. Came to Kansas in 1864; located in Johnson County and engaged in farming. In 1876 moved to Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides; owns 110 acres of land; has a fine orchard of ten acres, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry and plum trees, and a variety of small fruits; is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
From Cutler's 1883 "History of the State of Kansas" --- Sedgwick County
WACO TOWNSHIP
J. J. P. BALCH, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Wichita, was born in Indiana, in 1816, son of Amos P. And Martha Leach Balch. Was married in 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of Joseph and Ann Nicholson; has eight children, Martha A., Harriet C., John, Joseph, Jennie, Ruth, Stephen and Lizzie. His wife died in February, 1858; was married in June, 1858, to Miss Serena Morrison, daughter of S. W. and Sarah Morrison; has two children from last marriage, Sada and Maggie Bach. Came to Kansas in 1864; located in Johnson County and engaged in farming. In 1876 moved to Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides; owns 110 acres of land; has a fine orchard of ten acres, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry and plum trees, and a variety of small fruits; is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
WACO TOWNSHIP
J. J. P. BALCH, farmer, Section 9, P. O. Wichita, was born in Indiana, in 1816, son of Amos P. And Martha Leach Balch. Was married in 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of Joseph and Ann Nicholson; has eight children, Martha A., Harriet C., John, Joseph, Jennie, Ruth, Stephen and Lizzie. His wife died in February, 1858; was married in June, 1858, to Miss Serena Morrison, daughter of S. W. and Sarah Morrison; has two children from last marriage, Sada and Maggie Bach. Came to Kansas in 1864; located in Johnson County and engaged in farming. In 1876 moved to Sedgwick County and located on the farm where he now resides; owns 110 acres of land; has a fine orchard of ten acres, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry and plum trees, and a variety of small fruits; is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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