Richard P. Ballard, b: Private -

^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}
^{1992 Trade Pact, US, Canada, Mexico}

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}



		^{James Ballard}^{b. d.}

	^{Richard P. Ballard}^{b. Private d.}		^{Arthur Hobert Willt (Wilt)}^{b.1899 d.1941}

^{Marie Ballard}^{b. Private d.}		^{Clarabell Willt (Wilt)}^{b. d.}	^{Christina Shaffer}^{b.1900 d.1985}

^{Theresa Ballard}^{b. Private d.}

^{Christopher Ballard}^{b. Private d.}		^{Salvatore Ferro}^{b. d.}

	^{Yvonne Ferro}^{b. Private d.}

		^Marilyn^{b. d.}