HENRY BALLARD, a native of Onandaga county, N.Y., came to Greene county in 1831, from Ohio, where he had been living, and located in this township. He was a carpenter by trade, and helped build some of the earliest carding machines in the county. His family found the fever and ague so prevalent in this locality, that in the fall of 1832 he returned to Athens county, O., where they lived until 1844, when they returned to Greene county. Mrs. Ballard had been formerly Margaret Anderson. They had some six children. Mr. Ballard died in this county, Nov. 10, 1858, and his wife Nov. 26, 1861.