Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

	St. Clair Ballard (1802-1873) — of Virginia. Born in Monroe County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 14, 1802. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1847. Introduced the legislation to name Boone County, Virginia (now West Virginia) for Daniel Boone, who had rescued his mother from Indians when she was a child. Died in Boone County, W.Va., December 26, 1873 (age 71 years, 134 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Boone County, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of John C. Ballard and Chloe (Finn) Ballard; second cousin of Lewis Ballard; second cousin twice removed of Oscar Hampton Ballard, John Reginald Ballard and Sherman Hart Ballard; second cousin thrice removed of Wade Hampton Ballard III; second cousin four times removed of Peyton Randolph; third cousin once removed of Coleby Chew; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Chew, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph and Meredith Nicholson; fourth cousin once removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Lewis Ballard (1826-1906) — also known as "Dock" — of Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Monroe County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 26, 1826. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1863. Died in Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va., July 26, 1906 (age 79 years, 334 days). Interment at Peterstown Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.   Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Ballard and Juliana Thompson (Williams) Ballard; married, March 13, 1855, to Malinda Jane Spangler; grandfather of Sherman Hart Ballard; great-grandfather of Wade Hampton Ballard III; first cousin twice removed of Oscar Hampton Ballard and John Reginald Ballard; second cousin of St. Clair Ballard; second cousin four times removed of Peyton Randolph; third cousin once removed of Coleby Chew; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Chew, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph and Meredith Nicholson; fourth cousin once removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Oscar Hampton Ballard (1886-1967) — also known as O. H. Ballard — of Princeton, Mercer County, W.Va. Born in Ballard, Monroe County, W.Va., September 13, 1886. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1931-34, 1939-42, 1945-46, 1949-52; mayor of Princeton, W.Va., 1937-39; member of West Virginia state senate 10th District, 1953-60; defeated in primary, 1934. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; American Legion. Died in Salem, Va., October 13, 1967 (age 81 years, 30 days). Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of Millard Fillmore Ballard and Lydia (Keatley) Ballard; married, October 21, 1921, to Ruth Snead; third great-grandson of Christopher Gadsden; first cousin of John Reginald Ballard; first cousin once removed of Harry R. Pauley; first cousin twice removed of Lewis Ballard; first cousin thrice removed of John Gadsden and James Gadsden; second cousin once removed of Silas Uriah Pinney; second cousin twice removed of St. Clair Ballard; third cousin of Sherman Hart Ballard; third cousin once removed of Philip Henry Gadsden and Wade Hampton Ballard III; third cousin thrice removed of Coleby Chew.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951
	John Reginald Ballard (1893-1949) — also known as John R. Ballard — of Union, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Monroe County, W.Va., September 4, 1893. Democrat. Investigator; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945-49. Died May 24, 1949 (age 55 years, 262 days). Interment at Ballard Church Cemetery, Ballard, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of John Thompson Ballard and Margaret (Bonham) Ballard; married to Miriam K. Dunn; first cousin of Oscar Hampton Ballard; first cousin twice removed of Lewis Ballard; second cousin once removed of Silas Uriah Pinney; second cousin twice removed of St. Clair Ballard; third cousin of Sherman Hart Ballard; third cousin once removed of Wade Hampton Ballard III; third cousin thrice removed of Coleby Chew.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Sherman Hart Ballard (1894-1963) — also known as Sherman H. Ballard — of Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va., July 22, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Monroe County, 1941-44, 1947-50, 1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1950, 1954. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Sigma Nu; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion. Died in Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va., December 25, 1963 (age 69 years, 156 days). Interment at Peterstown Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.   Relatives: Son of Wade Hampton Ballard and Lillie Elizabeth (Williams) Ballard; married, November 15, 1922, to Maudie Mae Jessee; father of Wade Hampton Ballard III; grandson of Lewis Ballard; second cousin twice removed of St. Clair Ballard; third cousin of Oscar Hampton Ballard and John Reginald Ballard; third cousin thrice removed of Coleby Chew.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Wade Hampton Ballard III (1924-2006) — also known as Wade H. Ballard III; Jim Ballard — of Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va. Born November 30, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1964; chair of Monroe County Republican Party, 1968; campaign manager for Gov. Arch A. Moore, 1968; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1969-70; candidate for West Virginia state senate 10th District, 1970. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary; Odd Fellows; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died June 29, 2006 (age 81 years, 211 days). Interment at Peterstown Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.   Presumably named for: Wade Hampton   Relatives: Son of Sherman Hart Ballard and Maudie Mae (Jessee) Ballard; married to Valeria J. Ballard; great-grandson of Lewis Ballard; second cousin thrice removed of St. Clair Ballard; third cousin once removed of Oscar Hampton Ballard and John Reginald Ballard.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Valeria J. Ballard (1931-2010) — also known as Val J. Ballard; Valeria Jancso — of Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 26, 1931. Republican. Insurance agent; chair of Monroe County Republican Party, 1972-73; candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates 19th District, 1974. Female. Missionary Baptist. Member, Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va., May 30, 2010 (age 78 years, 155 days). Interment at Peterstown Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.   Relatives: Daughter of Arpad Jancso and Valeria (Deak) Jancso; married to Wade Hampton Ballard III.   Political family: Ballard family of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, November 4, 1974