Upper Fairmount / Schoolhouse Ridge · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-Z-26 north
School Ridge Farm Cem. Select the image for a larger view.
This family plot was described east of Fairmount Road near the former Fairmount Academy, on the tract Schoolhouse Ridge, patented to Richard Waters in 1753. On the 1877 atlas it was associated with the property of Thomas E. Ballard.
The source reports a fence with a BALLARD name stone at the entrance. It also records oral family information about other burials and the reinterment of Eglantine Ballard, wife of Cooper Tyler, at St. Paul’s.
Latitude38° 05.897′ N
Longitude75° 48.313′ W
Graves Recorded
John U. Ballard
Transcription / field record
In Memory of
John U.
son of Thos &
Rosina Ballard
born
Nov. 23d 1859
died
Nov. 14, 1861.
Field note: The source suggests the child was named for Rosina’s father, John U. Turpin.
Photograph: Thomas J.
Thomas J. Ballard
Transcription / field record
[weeping willow]
In Memory of
Thomas J.
son of Thomas E. &
Kitturah H. Ballard,
born June 4th 1841,
died Octr. 14th 1861.
Emma T. Ballard
Transcription / field record
[rose]
In Memory of
Emma T.
daughter of
Thos. E. & Rosina
Ballard
born Sept. 2, 1858
died Octr. 1, 1863
Photograph: Kitturah.
Kitturah H. Ballard
Transcription / field record
[weeping willow with monument on either side]
In Memory of
Kitturah H.
consort of
Thomas E. Ballard
born Mar. 13th 1802
died Sept. 4th 1856
Infant daughter of Thomas E. and Rosina Ballard
Transcription / field record
[flower]
Infant
daughter of
Thos. E. & Rosina
Ballard
born Sept. 23,
died Octr. 8, 1862.
Infant son of Thomas E. and Rosina Ballard
Transcription / field record
In Memory of
Infant son of
Thos. E. & Rosina
Ballard
born
[broken]r 25th 1861
died
Aprl 2, 186[broken]
Thomas E. Ballard (infant)
Transcription / field record
Thomas E.
son of
[broken] & R. Ballard
died
June 6, 1866
aged 9 mos. & 21 ds.
William Turpin
Transcription / field record
[hand with finger pointing upward]
William
son of
John U. & Z. Turpin
died
Sept. 21, 1868
aged 42 yrs. 6 mos. &
[underground]
Additional Field Photographs
These are images in Ed’s source folder that cannot be confidently assigned to a specific transcribed marker, or are supplemental field and research photographs. Select a thumbnail to view its full-sized original.
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Documentation and Sources
Transcription date: 12 March 1995. Contributors: Philip L. Goldsborough, Rebecca F. Miller, and William B. Fontaine.
The source notes that Thomas E. Ballard was buried here, but says his stone may have been face down or nearly covered; it does not present a complete inscription for him.
