Background
Ballou, Maturin Murray was born on April 14, 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Hosea and Ruth (Washburn) Ballou.
Ballou, Maturin Murray was born on April 14, 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Hosea and Ruth (Washburn) Ballou.
Attended English High School, Boston.
Clerk, Boston Post Office, 1839. Travelled widely in the United States and abroad during 1840’s and 1850’s, gathered material for books and magazine articles Deputy naval agent Boston Customs House, circa 1845.
Founded what became Ballou’s Pictorial (one of 1st illustrated newspapers in the United States), circa 1850.
1st editor Boston Daily Globe, 1872-1874. Author: The Naval Officer, 1845.
The History of Cuba, 1854. Due West; or Round the World in Ten Months, 1884.
Under the Southern Cross.
Or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and other Pacific Islands, 1888.
Married Mary Anne Roberts, September 15, 1839.