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Person Details
 
Last NameBALLOU
First NameARIEL (M.D.)
Maiden 
RelationH/O HANNAH HORTON, S/O ARIEL & EDILDA (TOWER)
Cemetery NumberWO007
Cemetery NameOAK HILL CEMETERY
Birth Day25
Birth MonthOCT
Birth Year1805
Death Day15
Death MonthJUL
Death Year1887
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionC
Lot 
Map00040
Stone Materialgranite
Conditiongood
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone12
Stone Height (inches)252
Stone Width (inches)54
Exists?
Last Seen Date1992
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesBorn in Cumberland, RI. Member of both houses of the R.I. General Assembly. Framed and introduced the bill abolishing capital punishment in R.I. Presidential Elector in 1852. President of the R.I. Medical Society, 1855-56. Married 11 Sep 1832 in Mendon, MA. Ref.: 2,12. died: PROVIDENCE, RI
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