http://www.fandomain.org/view_member_blog.php?member_id=1556 Blogs From on Fan Domain 2022-06-13 http://www.fandomain.org/view_blog.php?id=0000005010 Horatio Ballard was born as a son of an Albany businessman and legislator. He moved to Chicago during the Civil War to join his uncle who was selling meat to the Union army. The years following the Civil War were known as the "Gilded Age" and were boom times for America's industrial barons. The age included the rise of Rockefell 2022-06-13 http://www.fandomain.org/view_blog.php?id=0000005009 Horatio BallardSire: LodinEmbraced: 1881 (born 1832)Ambition: Regain what I lost and take what I never hadConvictions: Never leave money on the tableTouchstones: Christopher Augustus Ballard — favorite nephew and principal retainer, the echo of the man Ballard was before years of excess destroyed his health; Martine Ballard â€