Wayne County Biographies



Part of the Indiana Biographies Project



William Ballanger

William Ballanger, farmer and stock-raiser, was born Nov. 16, 1824, in Ross County, Ohio, and is the eldest son of Benjamin and Sarah (Shiverly) Ballanger, natives of North Carolina and Virginia respectively. At the age of five years he came with his parents to Wayne County, where he was reared on a frontier farm in Green Township, receiving his early education in the subscription schools, which he afterward completed at Centreville, and in early life he engaged in teaching school in connection with his farming pursuits.

He was married Oct. 30, 1846, to Lyda Starbuck, a native of Wayne County. Of their ten children, six are living — Alice, George S., Jacob O., W. L., Addie May, and James E. Mary Elizabeth died aged about three years, Isabell C. when two years of age, John when two years of age, and one died in infancy.





After his marriage Mr. Ballanger settled on a farm where he lived nine years. He then purchased a farm of eighty acres adjoining, where he has since resided. He has added to his farm from time to time and at one time owned 280 acres of improved land. He has assisted his children by giving them a good practical education and has also given them some of his land and at present owns 140 acres. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2