Wayne County Biographies



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N. H. Ballard, M.D.

N. H. Ballard, M.D., corner North Ninth and A streets, Richmond, Ind., is a son of Barclay, grandson of Thomas, and great-grandson of Barclay Ballard, of English descent, but of Virginian birth, and in religious faith, Quakers. His great-grandfather died in his native State. Thomas Ballard, in 1846, came to Richmond, Ind., from Warren County, Ohio. The maternal ancestry were of New England birth, the grandparents Heywood moving from Carlisle, Mass., to Clermont County. Ohio, about 1820. N. H. Ballard is a native of Ohio and came to Richmond, Ind., in 1860. In 1878 he began reading medicine with J. R. Weist, and remained with him till March, 1883, having graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1881. He took a course at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, and graduated in April, 1883. He has a good practice, having gained considerable reputation as a surgeon. He is a member of the City, County, District and State Medical societies, and is Secretary of the Wayne County Medical Society. He is also a member of the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Ohio (Cincinnati). He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2