• Born: 2 Mar 1827, Springville NY
• Marriage (1): Louisa Evans
• Died: 10 Nov 1912, DeKalb IL

Cause of his death was suicide.

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at DeKalb IL, listed as a jeweler.

• Obituary printed in the The Inter Ocean (Chicago IL) on 12 Nov 1912
  Aged Jeweler Takes Life with Chloroformed Towel
  William P. Ballou, Retired, of DeKalb, Ill., Commits Suicide Because of Declining Years
  After taking a bath and donning clean garments, William P. Ballou, 86 years old, a retired jeweler of DeKalb, Ill., committed suicide Sunday night in the home of his son, James D. Ballou, 5902 South Michigan avenue, by placing a towel saturated with chloroform over his mouth and nose. He had said that he was tired of living on account of his advanced years.

William married Louisa Evans. (Louisa Evans was born in 1828 in Springville NY.)