This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ballard, Carl, Pierce Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4313 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. April 9, 1908. -- "OBITUARY".-- Amanda E. Ballard was born April 11, 1835, and died at the home in Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa, on March 30, 1908. She was united in marriage to M. L. Carl, June 4, 1857 at Trenton, Iowa, moving with her husband to Sidney in the year 1866, where they have since resided. She was the mother of eight children, six of whom survive her, namely, J. F. of Brighton, Colorado; C. O., St. Louis, Mo.; S. B., Sidney, Iowa; Ed. E., Bellvile, Ilinois; Minnie M. Pierce, Holdrege, Neb.; and Nellie J. Carl, Sidney, Iowa, together with her bereaved husband, M. L. Carl. She united with the Baptist church when quite young, and was a faithful and consistent follower in the steps of her Lord until her death. The funeral services were conducted at the house on April 1st at 4 p.m. by the Rev. John J. Schuler, her pastor, and interment in Sidney cemetery.