Thomas BALIS
1859 - 1926 (~ 66 years)
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Name Thomas BALIS Born Sep 1859 Ohio 
[1] Gender Male Census 1900 Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV Occupation farmer [1] Died 22 Aug 1926 Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV [2] Buried Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Lockhart, Jackson Co, WV [2] Person ID I124147 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 14 May 2019
Father James BALIS, b. 6 Dec 1835, Ohio , d. 10 Dec 1901, Jackson Co, WV (Age 66 years) Mother Mary Ann LANAM, b. 25 Jun 1833, Ohio , d. 27 Jul 1915, Jackson Co, WV (Age 82 years) Family ID F53701 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marilla COOPER, b. 17 Feb 1851, Ohio , d. 2 May 1912, Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV (Age 61 years) Married CA 1888 [1] Notes - Although not proven, family legend says that Thomas and Marilla Balis only had one son, Peter Earl Balis, and that Pete was not Marilla's biological son, but rather what is referred to in the mountains as a "woods colt."
Thomas and Marilla's tombstone is inscribed under their own names with the phrase "and children." Although census records indicate otherwise, perhaps they had children that were stillborn or died in infancy.
1900 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
Thomas Balis, 40, b. Sep 1859 in Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), farmer, married 12 yrs; wife Morilla, 45, b. Feb 1855 in Ohio (both parents b. Virginia), married 12 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Peter E, 7, b. Dec 1892 in WVa.
1910 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910:
Thomas Balis, 53, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Berilla, 58, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), married 23 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Peter E, 18, b. WVa, single, farm laborer.
Children + 1. Peter Earl BALIS, b. 29 Dec 1892, Jackson Co, WV , d. Sep 1980 (Age 87 years)Family ID F53696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Although not proven, family legend says that Thomas and Marilla Balis only had one son, Peter Earl Balis, and that Pete was not Marilla's biological son, but rather what is referred to in the mountains as a "woods colt."
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