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Born: abt. 1790 in Cumberland, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


Leonard BALLOU died 2 September 1880 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .



Father: Edward Ballou

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Recorded occupation: Carpenter


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NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: Leonard Ballou
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Pelham
Death Date: 02 Sep 1880
Death Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 90
Birth Date: 1790
Birth Place: Cumberland, R. I.
Occupation: Carpenter
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Marital Status: Widowed
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Father's Name: Edward Ballou
Father's Birthplace: Cumberland, R. I.
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Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50128-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186127
Reference ID: v 5 p 94

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH18-ZXP : 10 December 2014), Leonard Ballou, 02 Sep 1880; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v 5 p 94; FHL microfilm 186,127.'
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Did You Know?The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state

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Cumberland, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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