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Ballard, Ellis Ames, 1861-1938

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dates 1861-1938
city Philadelphia
statePA
other citiesAthens, OH;
sex M
historical notes Ellis Ames Ballard was a Philadelphia lawyer (firm Ballard, Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP) and a collector of books, mainly Kipling, and prints. He left 230 prints by Robert Nanteuil to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Other prints owned by Ballard were auctioned off by the Samuel Freeman Auctioneers from 1938-1940.

In 1884, Ballard married Nina Gertrude Schefel (1864- 1937), and they had three children: Frederick Lyman Ballard (1888-1952), Ernest Schwefel Ballard (1885-1952), and Mary Ballard Duryee (1896-1988, m. Samuel Sloan Duryee, 1893-1979).
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1900-1910
1920-1930
1930-1940
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