Chester was the son of Clergy A. Ballard (d: 1908) & Gertrude Emma (Barber) Ballard (1863-1947).
He died at age 13 days of pneumonia. His unnamed twin is buried in the same plot [FAG Memorial # 30416337].
His father was historically significant (not famous) because on the night of Independence Day, 1908, Clergy Ballard, a respectable mining engineer was stabbed by a black man who had broken into his daughter Blanche's bedroom - he died the next day. [Source: 'In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois' By Roberta Senechal De La Roch]
Little Chester's Obituary:
Died, at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1902, at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ballard, 821 North Grand avenue, east, Chester Ballard, aged 13 days. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the residence. The interment was made in Oak Ridge cemetery. [Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL 10-29-1902]
He died at age 13 days of pneumonia. His unnamed twin is buried in the same plot [FAG Memorial # 30416337].
His father was historically significant (not famous) because on the night of Independence Day, 1908, Clergy Ballard, a respectable mining engineer was stabbed by a black man who had broken into his daughter Blanche's bedroom - he died the next day. [Source: 'In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois' By Roberta Senechal De La Roch]
Little Chester's Obituary:
Died, at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1902, at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ballard, 821 North Grand avenue, east, Chester Ballard, aged 13 days. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the residence. The interment was made in Oak Ridge cemetery. [Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL 10-29-1902]
Chester was the son of Clergy A. Ballard (d: 1908) & Gertrude Emma (Barber) Ballard (1863-1947).
He died at age 13 days of pneumonia. His unnamed twin is buried in the same plot [FAG Memorial # 30416337].
His father was historically significant (not famous) because on the night of Independence Day, 1908, Clergy Ballard, a respectable mining engineer was stabbed by a black man who had broken into his daughter Blanche's bedroom - he died the next day. [Source: 'In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois' By Roberta Senechal De La Roch]
Little Chester's Obituary:
Died, at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1902, at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ballard, 821 North Grand avenue, east, Chester Ballard, aged 13 days. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the residence. The interment was made in Oak Ridge cemetery. [Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL 10-29-1902]
He died at age 13 days of pneumonia. His unnamed twin is buried in the same plot [FAG Memorial # 30416337].
His father was historically significant (not famous) because on the night of Independence Day, 1908, Clergy Ballard, a respectable mining engineer was stabbed by a black man who had broken into his daughter Blanche's bedroom - he died the next day. [Source: 'In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois' By Roberta Senechal De La Roch]
Little Chester's Obituary:
Died, at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1902, at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ballard, 821 North Grand avenue, east, Chester Ballard, aged 13 days. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the residence. The interment was made in Oak Ridge cemetery. [Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL 10-29-1902]
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His father was historically significant (not famous) because on the night of Independence Day, 1908, Clergy Ballard, a respectable mining engineer was stabbed by a black man who had broken into his daughter Blanche's bedroom - he died the next day.
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