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BALL.BALLARD. 1883 and modelled busts of many prominent men. When he returned to Florence he made several ideal medallions and portrait busts, beside statues of Lincoln and Garfield and in 1885 the statue of Daniel Webster presented to Concord, N. H., by B. P. Cheney. He modelled the "David" in the winter of 1885-'86 and chiselled it for Edward Searles of Great Barrington, Mass. In 1886 he finished P. T. Barnum's statue and in 1890 the colossal statue of Washington for Methuen, Mass. He married Nellie Wild of Boston, in October, 1854, and received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth college. He is the author of "My Three Score Years and Ten" (1891.) BALL, Thomas Henry, representative, was born at Huntsville, Texas, Jan. 14, 1859; son of Thomas Henry and Maria O. Ball; grandson of David Ball, and a descendant of Joseph Ball, father of Mary Ball, who was the wife of Augustine Washington and mother of George Washington. He was graduated at Austin college, 1876, and then worked on a farm until 1878, when he entered the mercantile business. He was mayor of Huntsville, 1884-'88, and upon his retirement studied law at the University of Virginia, where he was elected president of the law class; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and practised in Huntsville, Texas. He was a Democratic representative from the first district of Texas in the 55th, 56th 57th, and 58th congresses, 1897-1905, having been nominated by acclamation. BALLANTINE, William Gay, educator, was born in Washington, D. C., Dec. 7, 1848. He was graduated at Marietta college in 1868, and at the Union theological seminary. New York, in 1872. During 1869 and 1870, he acted as an assistant on the geological survey of Ohio. He studied at the University of Leipsic in 1872-73, and in the latter year spent six months with the American Palestine exploring expedition in the Holy Land. He served as professor of chemistry and natural science at Ripon college from 1874 to 1876; as assistant professor of Greek at Indiana university from 1876 to 1878; and as professor of Hebrew and Greek of the New Testament in Oberlin theological seminary from 1878 to 1880; and while acting in this capacity was ordained as a congregational clergyman. He was professor of old testament language and literature in Oberlin college from 1880 to 1891, and was president of Oberlin college from 1891 to 1896. He received the honorary degree of D. D. from Marietta college in 1885, and that of LL. D., from the Western Reserve university in 1891. He edited the Oberlin Jubilee (1833-83); was one of the editors of the Bibliotheca Sacra, 1884-’91, and in 1896 published "Inductive Logic." BALLARD, Addison, educator, was born in Framingham, Mass., Oct. 18, 1822; son of John and Pamelia (Bennett) Ballard, and grandson of William Ballard. He was graduated from Williams college in 1842, and was principal of Hopkins academy, Hadley, Mass., 1842-’43. He tutored at Williams college, 1843-’44, and was a teacher at Grand Rapids, Mich., 1845-’46. He entered the Congregational ministry and was a missionary in the Grand River valley, Michigan, 1846-'47; professor of Latin in the Ohio university, Athens, 1848-'52, and of mathematics, 1852-'54; professor of rhetoric at Williams college, 1854-'55; and professor of mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy at Marietta college. Ohio, 1855-’57. He was pastor of the Congregational church at Williamstown, Mass., 1857-’65 ; at Detroit, Mich., 1866-’72; professor of Christian Greek and Latin at Lafayette college, 1874-'79; of moral philosophy and rhetoric there, 1879-’94, and became professor of logic at the University of the city of New York in 1893. Williams college conferred on him the degree of D. D. in 1867. He is the author of "Popular Amusements" (1869); "Teaching as a Fine Art" (1875); "The Lordship of Love" (1881); "Arrows, or the True Aim in Teaching and Study" (1890), and of contributions to periodicals. BALLARD, Bland, pioneer, was born at Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 16, 1761. When he was eighteen years old he emigrated to Kentucky, and became one of its earliest settlers. He joined a volunteer force which,. under Colonel Bowman, was attempting to free the district of the savages, and served in the expedition into Ohio. A year later he took part in George Rogers Clark's raid against the Piqua towns, and in 1794 he was with General Wayne at the battle of the Fallen Timbers. He was a man of great bravery, and became one of the most renowned of Indian fighters. In 1780 he was employed by George Rogers Clark to explore the banks of the Ohio river from the Falls, at what is now Louisville, to the mouth of the Salt river, and thence to the site of the present town of West Point. Ballard's most harrowing experience was while witnessing the slaughter of his father, mother and two sisters by a party of fifteen Indians. A younger sister escaped, after being scalped and left for dead. Ballard was too late to save their lives, but from his place of concealment killed nearly half of the Indians. After peace had been restored, Ballard was sent several times as a representative to the state legislature. The county of Ballard, Ky., and its capital, Blandville, were named in his honor. He died Sept. 5, 1853. BALLARD, Harlan Hoge, educator, was born at Athens, Ohio, May 25, 1853. He was educated at the Detroit, Mich., high school, and at Williams college, Mass., from which institution he was graduated as A. B. in 1874, and later