Stephen A. Ballard (September 9, 1815 – August 11, 1901) was a businessman in
Brooklyn, New York
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and a
philanthropist
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. He was in the leather business. He funded schools for African Americans in the southern United States including Ballard School in
Macon, Georgia
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that was renamed for him. He also funded schools in
Salisbury, North Carolina
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,
Tougaloo, Mississippi
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, and
Berea, Kentucky
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. He also donated money in support of students at
Clark University
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in Atlanta. He left $50,000 to
Berea College
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in his will.
Ballard was born in
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was Settler, settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646."Andover" in ''Encyclopedia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th ed. ...
.
He and his sister funded Andover Hall at
Lewis Normal Institute.
[ The school was renamed Ballard Normal School in his honor. He was a prominent member of the American Missionary Association (AMA).
Silas Belden Brown worked for his leather company. It was at 16 and 18 Chambers Street.]
Further reading
* ''New York Times'' obituary August 13, 1901
References
External links
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1815 births
1901 deaths
People from Andover, Massachusetts
Philanthropists from Massachusetts
Businesspeople from Brooklyn
Philanthropists from New York (state)
19th-century American businesspeople
Abolitionists from New York (state)
American Missionary Association