Iron County Record | 1939-12-28 | Page 8 | Well Known Southern Utah Cattleman 'Dies of Heart Attack

WELL VELL KNOWN SOUTHERN I UTAH CATTLEMAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK Funeral servI services services were conducted I in Rockville Wednesday for David Ballard 72 old 72 old ear Utah and cattleman who died suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly v of a heart attack at the horn home of a a son late Monday night A successful ranchman he was cne one of th the west's most colorful characters and was known by travelers travelers travelers trav trav- elers far and wide whom he lie had befriended during his lifetime ot of cattle on th the desolate and isolated territory between the Virgin and Colorado rivers Born Dom In Graf Grafton ton on May Mar 3 3 1867 1887 he spent his life on a cattle tattle ranch and was one of the sections section's mast most successful Alway a friend to the Indians he was one of the first teachers a 11 H the Indian school at Moccasin Arizona He Fie married Maria Marla Smith of Rockville Rockville Rock Rock- ville in the St. St George temple oi oa April 24 24 1891 and the couple lived in Rockville until her dra death th In 1917 when he moved to his ranch on the Arizona strip When the famed old Bar Dar Z ranch was liquidated more th thi 1 30 years ears ago he acquired part of their holdIngs holdings hold hold- Ings around the old Caanan ranch and operated cattle their until his death Tribune