Historic Families of Kentucky by Thomas Marshall Green, Cincinnati, 
1889, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1959. pp. 78-78. 
[Jefferson county].

SARAH SHELBY McDOWELL, oldest daughter of Dr. Wm Adair McDowell and 
Maria Hawkins Harvey, married Bland Ballard, nephew and namesake of the 
noted pioneer and Indian fighter.  Mr. Ballard attained a high position 
as a lawyer in Louisville, but his frankly-avowed sentiments in 
opposition to slavery and its extension, excluded him from political 
honors.  When the office of United States district judge was vacated by 
Hon. Thomas B. Monroe, in 1861, Mr. Ballard was appointed to the 
position by Mr. Lincoln, and held it until his death, eighteen years 
thereafter.  The situation of the state and her people during and after 
the war; the passage of the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights bills; 
and other similar measures, by Congress; the new and frequently-changing 
laws for the collection of internal revenue, and other enactments of a 
similar nature, bringing before Judge Ballard, for decision, many 
intricate questions, involving principles never before adjudicated in 
this country:  combined to render the duties of his position at once 
delicate and perplexing.  To the discharge of these duties he brought 
the powers of a clear, well-balanced mind, professional attainments that 
were highly respectable, and the vigor of decided ad firmly-rooted 
convictions.  Judge Ballard's widow and a number of children survive him; 
among others, a son who bears his name, and a daughter who is the 
incarnation of the graces.

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