SYLVESTER ALLEN BALLOU
Past High Priest 1875, 1876, 1877
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BALLOU, Sylvester Allen was born October 19, 1828, in Galway, Saratoga County, New York the son of Isaac Albee Ballou and Hannah Allen. He married Julia Hills Barnard (daughter of Algernon Sidney Barnard) May 17, 1865 and they had one son, Raymond Barnard. Julia died September 17, 1869 and he then married Elizabeth A. Norton January 12, 1875 and they had four children, Alice, Edith, Ralph Norton and Mary Eloise. Sylvester travelled to California in 1850 and while there, was involved in teaching school, newspaper reporting, mining and merchandising and also served as a California Legislator, 1858 to 1860. He returned to Illinois in 1861 and joined the Union Army, serving as a Captain in the Department of Subsistence, a forerunner of the quartermaster corps. He was a farmer in Naperville following the war. He served as Naperville’s Postmaster, 1889 to 1893 and again 1897 to 1899. He was raised a Master Mason February 28, 1871 in Euclid Lodge. He served Euclid Chapter No. 13, R.A.M. as High Priest in 1875, 1876 and 1877. He died April 8, 1899 in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois and was buried in the Naperville Cemetery.