Relationship Record 541

Male/Husband}   Ballou, Russell Kenneth     Family History} Olson
  Female/Wife}    Smith, Ruth Naomi Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Fam  8 Aug 1922 Place} Bride's home, Sheridan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas
Ended: On Date} Exa 10 Jan 1981
                     By} Death of wife
Source 1} 394 = Letter
Source 2} 396 = Geog history
Source 3} 1178=1925 KS cen
Source 4} 1183=1930 U.S. cen
Source 5} 1649=1940 U.S. cen
Source 6} 1657=Newspaper
Source 7} 549 = S.S. record
Source 8} 1614=Cemetery rec
1st Household No.} 662 = Sheridan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas
Photographs}   None
Last Updated
        by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated} 18 Aug 2014
Date Created}  23 Aug 1993
Notes:  Russell Kenneth Ballou and Ruth Naomi Smith were married on 9 Aug 1922 in her parents's home in Sheridan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas.  In the 1925 Kansas State census, Kenneth and Ruth were living on their farm, located 1¼ miles north of Delphos, Sheridan Twp.  They lived here their entire marriage.  They had a daughter, Mary Maxine, age 2.  Kenneth was a farmer, grain and stock.  By the 1930 U.S. census, they had had two more children, Dorothy Ruth and LaVerne Kenneth.  By the 1940 U.S. census, their last child, Alvin Eugene had arrived.

Ruth died 10 Jan 1981 at the Ottawa County Hospital.  Kenneth died 25 Jul 1991 at the Delphos Rest Home.  Both are buried in the Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Kansas.
Children: Total # of Children} 4 Seq. # of Primary}  
  1st Child} Ballou, Mary Maxine
  2nd Child} Ballou, Dorothy Ruth
  3rd Child} Ballou, LaVerne
  4th Child} Ballou, Alvin Eugene
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