Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Oldham County.
The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 593.

GRANVILLE MELLEN BALLARD
Was born, March 30, 1833, at Westport, Oldham co., Ky.; graduated at
Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1851; in 1860, was the
principal teacher in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Indianapolis, Ind.; began
to write poetry when a boy, and has contributed poems to magazines and
newspapers all over the land. [Note: Poem shown:  "Where? - Here."]

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