Christopher REYER

                   Died in Levan Utah at 9 PM at age 91 years because of age.
Later married Bert L. Hampton - 24 May 1926 Vol 1 Marriage Records, Pg. 442
Redding, California
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Utah Death Certificate«/b»
Buried in Levan after living there 11 years.
Certificate of death State File No. 50-120009 Registrar's No. 18 Birth No. 143
Utah Death Certificate State File #50-120009
Ellen Ballow Hampton - died 14 April 1950 in Levan, Juab, Utah - female - white - widowed - born 1 April 1859 - 91 yrs - housewife - kind of business - home - born Council Bluffs, Iowa in the USA - Father Christopher Reyer - Mother Nancy Wilde - Husband's name: Bert L. Hampton - Informant Mrs. Henry Ballow - died of incident to age - - Dr. John Steele, MD. of Nephi - buried 17 April 1950 in Levan, Levan, Utah - Undertaker Miles Andersen.


«b»1880 Census Tehama District, Tehama County - «/b»June 18, 1880 Pg. 16
Call No. 38075 Pt. 1 Living in Tehama, CA in 1880.  She was 24 years old on
this census record. Living with John Simpson 43 yrs, Jennett Simpson (wife) 34 yrs,  Johny Simpson 19 (son), and George Simpson 12 (son)

Ellen Reyer- servant of John and Jennett Simpson - a hardware merchant from
Scotland - Ellen 20 years old - Born in Iowa - Mother and Father born Germany
- John Simpson had 2 children - George & John

«b»Utah Death Index «/b»- Ellen Ballow Hampton - died 14 April 1950 - female - age 91 yrs - died in Juab - State file number 1950001511

Also known as Emily.

Picture of headstone of Ellen Ballow Hampton in Levan, Juab, Utah Cemetery April 1, 1860-April 14, 1950

«b»Obituary in possession of Colleen Snow Ballow - Nephi Times News, Nephi, Juab, Utah, thursday, 20 April 1950«/b»
«b»Services Held for Levan Matron«/b»
Levan - Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Ward chapel for Mrs. Ellen Reyer Ballow Hampton, 90, who died at the family home in Levan Friday evening of last week, following an illness of infirmities incident to her advanced age. . . . . . Mrs. Ballow was born April 1, 1860 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Christopher and Nancy Wilde Reyer.  At the age of four years she crossed the plains with immigrant mule trains going to Northern California where she resided at Tehama.  She was married to Charles Edward Ballow in 1881 at Chico California.  She lived in Mexico for 40 years.  Following the death of Mr. Ballow in 1925, she later married Bert L. Hampton, who died in 1933.  She had resided in Levan for the past 11 years.  Survivors include three sons:  Frank Ballow, Elgin, Nevada; Carl Ballow, Bullhead City, Arizona and Henry D. Ballow, Levan; 20 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.  Burial was in Levan cemetery directed by Anderson Funeral Home of Nephi.
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Find a Grave «/b»- Ellen Ballow Hampton - born 1 April 1860 - died 14 April 1950 - burial: Levan Cemetery, Levan, Juab, Utah, USA
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Obituary - Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, April 16, 1950«/b»
Levan, Juab County - Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Reyer Ballow Hampton, 90, who died at the family home Friday evening of causes incident to age will be conducted Monday at 1 PM in Levan Ward Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by LeGrande Mangelson, Bishop

Mrs. Hampton was born 1 April 1960 at Council Bluffs, IA a daughter of Christopher and Nancy Wilde Reyer.  At the age of 4 she crossed the plains in a mule train.  The family settled in northern California at Tehama.  She was married to Charles Edward Ballow in 1881 at Chico, California. They resided for 40 years in Mexico.  Mr. Ballow died in 1929.

She was later married to Bert L. Hampton who died in 1933.  Mrs. Hampton had resided in Levan for the past 11 years.  Surviving are three sons, Frank Ballow, Elgin, Nevada; Carl Ballow, Bullhead City, Arizona, and Henry D. Ballow, Levan; 20 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.  Friends may call at the home of Henry Ballow, Monday from 10 AM to time of services.  Burial will be in Levan Cemetery directed by Anderson Funeral Home, Nephi.

«b»History of Ellen Reyer Ballow Hampton of Levan, Utah - written by daughter-in-law, Tillie Ballow in 1940's (Grandma Hampton lived with her son Henry and Tillie the last years of her life.)

«/b»Ellen Reyer Ballow Hampton was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa April 1st 1860, a daughter of Christopher and Nancy Wild Reyer.  When she was four years of age (in 1864) she crossed the plains with her parents, with mule teams, bound for California, passing through Salt Lake City.  After a short time they went to Oregon, then back to California which is in the Northern part of the State not far from Mt. Lassen. There she grew up to womanhood and when she was old enough to work and earn her own living she went to Chico, California where she had employment.  In Chico, she met and married Charles Edward Ballow in 1881.

In 1885 with her husband and their first son they went to Mexico, and she spent the next forty years of her life there with the exception of a few visits to her old home to see her Mother and relatives.  At one time she did not see a white woman for more than eleven years.  Charles Ballow was a promoter, and they lived at various mining camps, also he operated a large hardwood sawmill, always far up in the mountains.  They lived in the States of Sonora, Durango, and Chihuahua.  She pioneered and passed through many hardships and had numerous harrowing experiences.  At the time Goronimo the Indian Chief fled into Mexico from the United States, they were very much afraid as he passed them within a mile, massacering everyone in several small villages.  At one time the entire populace fled to the hills and hid in a small cave.  Goronimo found them and killed every one right in the cave, which was later sealed and served as their burial place.

Mother Ballow also tells of a white family whom they knew, a man his wife and two children, the Indians captured the children and took them along with them.  A posse was organized and followed the Indians, they found first one child then the other one with their brains beaten out.  The Mother of the children went insane, the father took his gun and left to hunt Indians and that was the last they ever heard of him.  Another incident she has told is about two drunken Indians carrying an ax, who came to her door and threatened to kill her, she managed to shut and lock the door while they were trying to force the door, she with a small child under each arm climbed out of a window at the rear of the house and rain to the mill, a short distance away where her husband was.

The Ballow family fared better during the Revolution when the Mexican Bandi Francisco Villa overthrew the government, as Villa had been employed by Mr. Ballow years before and was friendly and gave them protection, so they did not have to flee as most white families did, altho, they went thro trying times.

Charles Ballow died at Chinipas, State of Chihuahua, 16 April 1926, and the following August Mother Ballow decided to come back to the United States.  Having always lived in rugged country, their mode of transportation was horseback and the little Mexican burros, and Mother Ballow always had had her own horse and saddle, so in leaving Mexico she rode horseback for three days, sleeping out with her saddle as a pillow, with only a Mexico peopn as escort, and her belongings on pack burros before reaching a railroad via El Paso, Texas.

She went to her girlhood home, to relatives, and in 1928 she married to Elbert Hampton of Paynes Creek, California.  After his death she came to Levan, Utah to spend her declining years with her sons.  She was the mother of four sones, one dying in infancy, in Mexico.  Frank and Henry D. Ballow Levan, Utah, and Carl Ballow of Mexico.  Also there are 20 grandchildren and numerous great grand children.  She is very feeble, but still tries to tend her flowers, as she has always been a great lover of flowers, and does a great deal of reading.

«b»Letter written by Grandpa Henry Ballow to Carla 17 March 1945«/b»
Dear Carla,
Received your letter and was glad to hear from you.  I will try to give you the data you request.  Your great grandmother on my father's side was named Elvie.  She was an actress.  Grandad Ballow was a mason. Your great grandmother on my mother's side was named Nancy Wild.  She was from the Ile of Man in England.  She had brown hair and blue eyes.  My Grandfather on mother's side was named Cagstophensas Reyer.  He was a blacksmith from Council Bluff, Iowa.  Your great grandmother on your grandmothers side was Spanish and was named Ramona Morenos. Your Grandmother's name was Ramona Ramos.  She had blue eyes and brown hair.

I could give you a lot more, but I hope this will be sufficient at least for the present.  If you should required mor data, please let me know.  With love to all, Granddad

«b»Tehama: Little City of the Big Trees«/b»
Pg. 8 - John Simpson, native of Scotland, blacksmith and machinist by trade, came to Tehama in 1855.  Shortly after his arrival he took charge of the horse-shoeing and repair shops of the old California Stage Company.  John Simpson was a wonderful person for Tehama.  It was through his civic-mindedness that Tehama holds the place she does today. . . .
Pg. 11 - John Simpson gave up his blacksmithing and went into business with Charles Harvey, also a Scot.  Tehama is deeply indebted to these two men for their contribution to the beauty of Tehama, for they were largely responsible for the great trees that line the streets of Tehama.  It is a pleasure to write of men of such sterling qualities of character as those possessed by Simpson and Harvey.  all accounts are of honesty, uprightness and integrity in business.  They were known and respected by all - whites, Indians and Chinese alike.. . . .
Pg. 15 - In 1873, John Simpson withdrew from the Harvey firm and devoted most of his time to the city waterworks which had been controlled by the Harvey, Simpson Company.  He later established his own business, a hardware store.  It was the largest and most completely stocked hardware store north of Sacramento.  It was often said that one could buy anything from a sewing machine needle to a thresher in this store.  John Simpson had two sons, and the younger, George, followed his father's footsteps and until recently was owner and chief clerk in the old John Simpson Hardware Store. . . . .
Pg. 27 - In 1891, John Simpson constructed a 20,000 gallon water tank, principally as a fire protection, and two smaller tanks for supplying the town with water.  The supply was drawn from the Sacramento River by steam power and was a source of pride to Mr. Simpson. . . . .
Pg. 30 Tehama was incorporated a full-fledged city on 2 July 1906.  John Simpson was the first mayor.  In August 1908, a most disastrous fire destroyed nearly the entire downtown section of Tehama.  The fire started in a rear bedroom of the Tait House at 7:30 in the evening and was beyond control when discovered.  It spread rapidly to the post office, drug stor, crossed the street to the Heider House, burned this and Gyles's store and a dwelling belonging to John Cavalier. . . It destroyed the Heider House, the Tait House, the John Simpson Hardware Sore, the water works, telephone office, Dr.. Mathew's brick building, Dr. Tartar's Drug Store, two barns, a livery stable, Bank of Tehama County, W.W. Storr's Saloon, Worthington Saloon, the barber shop and almost the entire remaining Chinatown were lost; few of these buildings or businesses were ever replaced.
                  

                   Certified copy of death certificate obtained by PBHamptonKinzie gives birth date of 1865 instead of 1864

Block B Lot 4 Grave 31 - Headstone gives birthdate as 1864

«b»DEATH: Film 1293786«/b»
Death Certificate: Local Register No. 14
Julia Hampton - in Red Bluff for 18 days prior to death.  Died 17 Mar 1910 at
2:30 PM of spleno-myopathy leukemia at age 46 yrs.  She was white, female,
married, birthplace California, housewife.  Name of father: Rear (no
birthplace given for father)
Name of mother: Nancy Wild from England. Husband B. Hampton of Mineral.
She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery on 19 Mar 1910 - Undertaker W. C. Fickert
of Red Bluff. Buried B-4-31 (Fickert) interred 3/19/1910

«b»Obituary - Red Bluff Daily News, Friday, March 18, 1910«/b»
Well Known Lady Passes to Her Reward
Thursday afternoon at 2 PM death claimed Mrs. Bert Hampton, a well-known resident of the Paynes Creek country, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital where she had been under treatment for the last three weeks.  Mrs. Hampton was born in Tehama, and died at the age of 45 years.  She leaves, besides her husband, two sons, Albert, a fireman for the Southern Pacific company; and Olen; a sister, Mrs. Ellen Balou; a brother, Will Turner, of Sacramento, and a mother, Mrs. Nancy Turner, to mourn her death.  The funeral will be held from the Christian church here on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.

«b»Funeral Record received from Hoyt-Cole Funeral Home, Red Bluff, CA July 2002 by Diana Wilberg.  «/b»Hoyt-Cole bought out Fickert Funeral Home.
No. 594 - Deceased: Julia Hampton
Charge to ?B. Hampton - Date of Funeral 19 March 1910 - Place of Death:  Red Bluff
Funeral services at Christian Church 2 PM - Clergyman: L.O. Furguson
Certifying Physician: John Fife of Red Bluff
Died of splene mydopleus lukalamia
Died 17 Mar 1910 - housewife - married - age 46 yrs -
Size and style of Casket: 6-0, 197 Crepe
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery No. 21 Section B - Funeral cost $125.50

«b»Inscription found on headstone viewed by Diana Wilberg in Person July 2002 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, «/b»Tehama, California . - Burial location - B, 4, 31 - Hoyt's Funeral Home - died 3/19/1910
Julia, wife of Bert Hampton - born September 17, 1864 - married November 19, 1883 - died March 17, 1910. "A place is vacant in our home which can never be filled.  A truer wife or more devoted mother never lived."

«b»Sacramento Daily Union, 8 January 1885 - Volume 52, Number 115
«/b»Born - Tehama January 1 - Wife of Bert Hampton, a son