Harrison Winfield Ballou

born: 3 Mar 1896, Hetland,Kingsbury Co.,South Dakota
died: 24 Sep 1956, Hetland,Kingsbury Co.,South Dakota
bur.: 29 Sep 1956, Hetland,Kingsbury Co.,South Dakota, at Hetland Cemetery
occu: factory worker and farmer

Pedigree Chart

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  |------Lyman Elias BALLOU (1863, New York - 1935, South Dakota)
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Harrison Winfield BALLOU (1896, South Dakota - 1956, South Dakota)
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  |        |---------Charles Samuel SPRAGUE (1838, Ohio - 1922, South Dakota)
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  |------Ada Lemora SPRAGUE (1867, Iowa - 1959, South Dakota)
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           |          |--------Tunstal Quarles MATTHEWS (1807, Kentucky - 1878, Nebraska)
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           |---------Lucinda MATTHEWS (1844, Indiana - 1918, South Dakota)
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                      |--------Harriet STONE (1808, New York - 1895, South Dakota)
Harrison enlisted in the army during World War I and left for Camp Lee, VA on June 1, 1918. He left U.S. for France July 24, 1918, and worked with cavalry horses under a veterinarian. He contracted flu and was in the hospital much of the time. He returned to the U.S. March 19, 1919 and was discharged April 19, 1919.

Harrison did office work in Sioux Falls before returning to the family farm. He belonged to the American Legion in Hetland.

Harrison worked in a factory in Chicago during WWII. He farmed his mother's farm after returning home.

Harrison was a quiet man, but provided several simple things to add delight to the life of his nieces and nephews: a tall bicycle to ride around the block, a thick book he used in his service in W W I to care for the horses, a set of oil paints, a few Indian arrow heads.

He became quite depressed during his last years and couldn't see a way out. He went to his sister Dorothy and she advised that he go to the Veteran's Hospital for help, but apparently they were unable to. He was found hanged to death in the garage behind the home he shared with his mother.

In the 1950 Kingsburgy Co. Farm Directory, Harrison is listed with a Hetland address, farming NW quarter of Section 29, Twp 111, Range 53.

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