J. H. BALLARD, dealer in butter, eggs, hides, etc., Platteville; member of the firm of Ballard & Co.; is a native of Kane Co., Ill., born in 1848; came to Darlington, Wis., in 1875, and was in business there till August, 1879, since which time he has been living in Platteville. He was married in 1880, in Platteville, to Miss E. M. Carpenter, of that place. In 1859, he went to California and was there about four years. He enlisted in 1861 in the 7th Cal. V. I., Co. E but was discharged on account of sickness before going into the service. His father, Charles Ballard, was a native of Vermont.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.