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Ballou, Eli

D. D., clergyman, journalist, was born Dec. 1, 1808, in Leroy, N. Y. From 1840 to 1870 he was the owner and editor of the universalist periodical, entitled The Christian Repository. He died March 12, 1883.

BALLOU, FREDERICK MILTON, manufacturer, legislator, was born June 21, 1818, in Cumberland, R. I. He was a successful woolen manufacturer and represented the city of Baltimore in the state legislature in 1870 and 1883, and for three years was a member of the city council.

He died in 1889.

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