William J. Smith

William J. Smith was born June 27, 1844, and is the first of five sons and one daughter born to James R. and Elizabeth (O’Bryan) Smith.  James R. Smith was born July 16, 1820, in Marion County.  He was an active and substantial farmer and slave-holder, and is still living.  His father, Joseph Smith, married Sarah Peterson.  Mrs. Elizabeth Smith was born September 20, 1822, in Marion County, and is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Knicheloc) O’Bryan, who were born, respectively, in Maryland and Nelson County, Kentucky.  William O’Bryan was an early settler of Marion County, and a leading and representative farmer and slave owner.  William J. Smith, who was born in west Marion County, received his early training on a farm.  November 9, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Kentucky Federal Infantry, and participated in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged from Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge to Jonesboro, North Carolina.  He was a brave and true soldier, always ready for duty when called; was wounded at Missionary Ridge and was discharged in December, 1864, at Louisville.  After his return home he attended St. Mary’s College, and also spent one year on the farm.  In May, 1867, he entered the store of T. J. Smith as a salesman, served three years, after which he became a partner.  In 1876 he took entire control, while he has met with success ever since.  He is the owner of two fine store rooms at Loretto, also a good farm of seventy-six acres, with a fine residence at the station; also another farm of 200 acres, immediately west of the station, which is mostly under cultivation; also runs a blacksmith shop; is a breeder of thoroughbred race horses (Hairpin, among them, sired Kingpin), fine saddle horses, also is owner of a fine Blackhawk Jack.  Mr. Smith married August 30, 1870, to Nancy Ballard, a daughter of George L. and Letitia(Cissell) Ballard, natives of Nelson County.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are parents of the following children:  James A., Willie J., Anna Bell, George P., Mary Clara, Phillip R., Mary Jennie, Mary Teresa.  Mr. Smith, formerly a Democrat, cast his first presidential vote for George B. MacClellan; after he became a Republican, his first vote was for James G. Blaine.  He has served two terms as police judge, and is now a justice of the peace.  With his wife he is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Baptisms – Ballard

Parents:  Charles Thompson Ballard and Lucretia Roberts

• Charles R. Ballard, born 04 Sep 1846, baptized 25 Jan 1847
• Robert Linthecum Ballard, born 08 Nov 1848, baptized 16 Jan 1849
• Ann Genevieve Ballard, about 15 days, baptized 10 Apr 1851
• Mary G. Ballard, born 30 Apr 1853, baptized 26 Jun 1853
• Ann Ballard, born 18 Jun 1855, baptized 29 Jul 1855
• Charley Ann Ballard, born 25 May 1861, baptized 13 Aug 1861

Parents:  George Ballard and Sarah Ann Gilkey

• Joseph Henry Ballard, born 01 Oct 1861, baptized 26 Jan 1862
• Georgie Ann Ballard, born 17 Mar 1864, baptized 26 Apr 1864
• John Proctor Ballard, born 03 Nov 1866, baptized 25 Apr 1867

Parents:  George Lloyd Ballard and Letitia Cissell

• Thomas Ballard, born 29 Jan 1845, baptized 02 May 1845
• Minerva Ann Ballard, born 15 Jan 1847, baptized 31 Jan 1847
• Nancy Ann Ballard, born 27 Feb 1849, baptized 09 Apr 1849
• George Ballard, born 27 Oct 1853, baptized 06 Jan 1854

Parents:  George Washington Ballard and Ursula ?

• Theresa Ann Ballard, born Sep 1857, baptized 11 Oct 1857

Parents:  Greenberry Ballard and Eliza Gilkey

• Amanda Josephine Ballard, born 15 Jun 1850, baptized 02 Sep 1850
• Eliza Jane Ballard, born 24 Dec 1851, baptized 02 Feb 1852
• James W. Ballard, born 09 Dec 1853, baptized 26 Mar 1854
• Sarah Ballard, born 13 May 1855, baptized 26 Aug 1855
• Stephen Ballard, born 23 Feb 1857, baptized 14 April 1857

Parents:  James Ballard and Kate O’Brien

• John Thomas Ballard, born 14 Feb 1861, baptized 03 Apr 1861
• Emily Taylor Ballard, born 03 Feb 1863, baptized 14 Mar 1863
• Francis Louis Ballard, born 20 Aug 1865, baptized 27 Aug 1865
• George Miles Ballard, born 06 Oct 1867, baptized 20 Oct 1867

Parents:  James Ready Ballard and Rebecca Willett

• Ann Ballard, born 04 Sep 1860, baptized 14 Oct 1860
• Nancy Ballard, born 28 Apr 1862, baptized 02 Jun 1862
• Edward Ballard, born 02 Mar 1864, baptized 24 Apr 1864
• Julia Etta Ballard, born 23 Mar 1866, baptized 06 May 1866

Parents:  James Madison Ballard and Eliza A. Cecil

• James Proctor Ballard, born 20 May 1847, baptized 10 Oct 1847
• Ann Minerva Ballard, born 24 Mar 1852, baptized 18 May 1852

Parents:  James Marion Ballard and Mary Greenwell

• John William Ballard, born 19 Jun 1867, baptized 25 Aug 1867
• Robert Sidney Ballard, born 6 weeks ago, baptized 01 Apr 1869

Parents:  James N. Ballard and Bethania Willett

• Narcissa Frances Ballard, born 23 Dec 1856, baptized 08 Mar 1857
• Mary Ballard, born 24 October 1857, baptized 11 Jan 1858

Parents:  James P. Ballard and Mary M. Clayton

• Thomas H. Ballard, born 30 Nov 1853, baptized 08 Jan 1860
• Lucy Ballard, born Feb 1855, baptized 15 Aug 1855

Parents:  James Ballard and Lavina Clayton

• Maria Ballard, born 27 Jul 1856, baptized 31 Aug 1856
• Mary Taylor Ballard, born 14 Mary 1864, baptized 11 Sep 1864

Parents:  John Emerson Ballard and Ellen Wimsett

• Thomas Ballard, born 21 Mar 1861, baptized 02 May 1861
• John Edward Ballard, born 13 Apr 1863, baptized 17 May 1863
• Ann Florence Ballard, baptized 09 Jul 1865
• Stephen Gonza Ballard, born 14 Apr 1867, baptized 09 Jun 1867

Parents:  John P. Ballard and Mary Jane Wheeler

• Ann Jane Ballard, born 30 May 1845, baptized 19 Jun 1845
• Juliana Ballard, born 17 Jul 1849, baptized 26 Aug 1849
• Mary Isabella Ballard, about 2 months old, baptized 12 May 1851
• Mary Jane Ballard, 23 Dec 1852, baptized 28 Mar 1853

Parents:  Pius Ballard and Ann Holtshouser

• Mary Louisa Ballard, born 25 Jul 1868, baptized 23 Aug 1868

Parents:  Proctor Ballard and Priscilla Thompson

• James Ballard, born 17 Jun 1846, baptized 09 Aug 1846

Parents:  Richard Ballard and ?

• Lucretia Ursula Ballard, born 03 Aug 1835, baptized 1835

Parents:  Richard Proctor Ballard and Laura Ann Gilkey

• Joseph E. Ballard, born 29 Dec 1845, baptized 24 Jan 1846
• Hieronimus Ballard, born 20 Sep 1849, baptized 22 Jan 1850

Parents:  Shelton Ballard and Elizabeth Blandford

• Mary Lucretia Ballard, born 18 Sep 1866, baptized 03 Nov 1866
• John Thomas Ballard, born 11 Nov 1868, baptized 14 mar 1869

Parents:  Sidney Ballard and Nancy Clayton

• Joseph Francis Ballard, born 29 Jul 1862, baptized 07 Sep 1862

Parents:  Sidney Ballard and Elizabeth Baker

• William Ballard, born 07 Jun 1866, baptized 17 Jun 1866
• Fiola Virginia Ballard, born 28 Jul 1868, baptized 16 Aug 1868

Parents:  Thomas Ballard and Ellen Holtshouser

• Mary Elizabeth Ballard, born 11 Apr 1858, baptized 08 Jun 1858
• Felix James Ballard, born 2 months ago, baptized 07 Apr 1860
• George Ballard, twin, born 06 Jul 1861, baptized 13 Aug 1861
• James Ballard, twin, born 06 Jul 1861, baptized 13 Aug 1861
• Ada Jane Ballard, born 15 Feb 1863, baptized 21 Mar 1863
• Sidney Ballard, born 08 Nov 1864, baptized 01 Apr 1865

Parents:  Thomas Ballard and Priscilla Cissell

• Richard Bland Ballard, born 17 Mar 1848, baptized 26 Apr 1848
• Julietta Ballard, born 19 Sep 1850, baptized 01 Dec 1850
• Felix Ballard, born 05 Feb 1853, baptized 24 Apr 1853

Parents:  Thomas Ballard and ?

• Margaret Ballard, born the end of 1855, baptized 25 May 1856
• William Ballard, born 10 Apr 1856, baptized 25 May 1856

Parents:  Thomas Belgrove Ballard and Bethenia Ann Greenwell

• Olivia Ann Ballard, born 22 Mar 1851, baptized 21 Apr 1851
• Martha J. Ballard, born 30 Nov 1852, baptized 02 Jan 1853
• James Eugene Ballard, born 10 Apr 1855, baptized 13 May 1855
• Martha Jane Ballard, born 14 Nov 1857, baptized 25 Dec 1857
• Alice Ballard, born 23 Jan 1860, baptized 06 Feb 1860
• Robert Tyler Ballard, born 09 Jun 1862, baptized 11 Aug 1862
• Ann Mary Ballard, born 24 Sep 1864, baptized 25 Oct 1864

Parents:  William Ballard and Mary Clark

• Robert Henry Ballard, born 20 Jun 1855, baptized 15 Jul 1855

Parents:  William Ballard and Elizabeth Wathen

• Infant daughter, born 03 Nov 1857, baptized 20 Dec 1857

Parents:  William Ballard and Maria Smith

• James Edward Ballard, born 24 Oct 1866, baptized 11 Nov 1866

Parents:  William P. Ballard and Mary Greenwell

• George Hilary Ballard, born 01 Sep 1846, baptized 24 Jan 1847
• Pius Proctor Ballard, born 05 May 1849, baptized 08 May 1849
• Nicholas Ballard, born 27 Sep 1851, baptized 03 Nov 1851

Parents:  William Proctor Ballard and Martha Ellen Ford

• Jane C. Ballard, born 25 Apr 1854, baptized 11 Jun 1854
• Amanda Ballard, born 15 Jan 1856, baptized 20 Apr 1856

Parents:  William R. Ballard and Ann Mahala Greenwell

• Edward Miles Ballard, born 11 Aug 1846, baptized 31 Jan 1847
• Joseph Robert Ballard, born 07 Mar 1849, baptized 14 Apr 1849
• George H. Ballard, born 17 Mar 1853, baptized 22 May 1853
• Ann Elizabeth Ballard, born Jan 1858, baptized 11 Feb 1858