Comfort Thompson

• BIRTH: 13 Jul 1746, of, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
• DEATH: 28 Oct 1826, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
• BURIAL: Elder Ballou Meeting House Cemetery, Elder Ballou Meeting House Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

• MARRIAGE: 21 Mar 1765, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

1. +Vienna Ballou (29 Jan 1771 - 9 Jan 1807)
2. +Welcome Ballou (6 Mar 1773 - ____)
3. +Flavius Josephus Ballou (13 Oct 1776 - 8 Mar 1824)
4. +Levi Ballou (29 Aug 1782 - 4 Jun 1836)
5. +Olney Ballou (28 Sep 1784 - 14 Jan 1849)
6. +Barton Ballou (19 Jul 1791 - 26 Jul 1844)

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Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Levi Ballou," e-mail from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 11 Apr 2002. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.

!SOURCE: International Genealogical Index (Internet). Adds exact day of birth and residence at time of birth.

!SOURCE: E-mail from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 28 Jul 2004. Cites the following entry in Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I

BALLOU, Latimer Whipple, representative, was born in Cumberland, R.I., March 1, 1812; son of Levi and Hepsa (Metcalf) Ballou; grandson of Levi {37909} and Comfort (Thompson) Ballou, and a descendant of Mathurin Bellews, Providence, R.I., 1646. He learned the printing business at the University Press, Cambridge, Mass., and helped to establish the Cambridge Press in 1835, where he remained until 1842, when he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Woonsocket, R.I. He was cashier of the Woonsocket Falls bank and treasurer of the Woonsocket institute for savings, 1850-'99. He was presidential elector in 1860; a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1872, and a Republican representative from the 2d Rhode Island district in the 44th, 45th and 46th congresses, 1875-'81. He was treasurer and president of Dean academy, Franklin, Mass. He died May 9, 1900.

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