Career and Early Church Service
In June 1896 Ballard married Martha A. Jones. The following month he left with B. H. Roberts and George D. Pyper on a mission to the large cities of the eastern United States. He was later reasigned to the Norther States Mission from which he returned in December 1898.
In 1899 Ballard organized the Logan Knitting Factory along with Joseph E. Cardon. In 1900 he was made a counselor in the bishopric of the Logan 2nd Ward.
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