Short Biography of Emor S. Ballou

When 13 years of age, he moved with his parents from Providence, N. Y., to Three Rivers, Michigan. About 1844, he returned to Providence, N. Y. to visit his grandfather, Pardon Davis, who had married, second, Elizabeth Rogers (Wells) Van Buren, widow of John Van Buren. There he met his wife, and they spent a very happy and prosperous life together. About 1854 he moved from Providence, N. Y. to Kingsville, Ohio, and in the spring of 1868 to Ashland, Nebraska, where he spent the remainder of his life. Possessed of some means, he found a desirable location in Saunders County, Nebraska and purchased 160 acres of land in Clear Creek Precinct. This land immediately joins the town of Ashland, Nebraska.

Mr. Ballou was a man of sterling quality, sound judgment and very dignified and religious, also of a very kind disposition.

Source: "The Ballous in America : an addendum to the original history and genealogy of the Ballous in America" ²¹