Brankie Addison Ball (1887 - 1937)

Born 6 Aug 1887 in Madisonville, Madison County, NC, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Bessie (Keener) Ball — married 11 Oct 1911 in Bryson City, Swain County, NC, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1937 at age 49 in Knoxville, Knox County, TN, USA

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Biography

Frank was born Brankie Addison Ball 6 Aug 1887 to George Washington Ball and Sarah Jane Walls in Madison County, North Carolina but sometime between the 1900 and 1910 census he started using the name Frank. My grandmother, his wife, Bessie Keener Ball, said that he hated the name Brankie. For some reason he used Frank B. (just the initial) as his name at times, but mostly just Frank. The name on his death certificate is Franklin B., and although my grandmother was the informant I think that this was done by the person taking the information.

Frank worked for a lumber company as a fireman on their railroad in Swain County, North Carolina before he moved his family to Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee where he and Bessie both worked at Standard Knitting Mill. He died 22 Mar 1937 in Knoxville of a heart attack at the age of 50 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1H-GV5 : accessed 14 November 2020), Branka A Ball in household of George W Ball, Charleston Township (part north of river) Bryson city (prt.), Swain, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 17A, family 305, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,218.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9P-5YY : accessed 14 November 2020), Frank Ball in household of George Ball, Charleston, Swain, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 16A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1123; FHL microfilm 1,375,136.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9P-B51S : 28 November 2018), Frank Ball and Bessie Keener, 15 Oct 1911; citing Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZV3-RHL : accessed 14 November 2020), Frank B Ball, Forneys Creek, Swain, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 177, sheet 5A, line 32, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1314; FHL microfilm 1,821,314.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4G-NTZ : accessed 14 November 2020), Frank B Ball, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 22B, line 82, family 523, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2259; FHL microfilm 2,341,993.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDZ-QPY : 24 August 2019), Frank Ball, 1917-1918.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSC1-Y6T : 26 August 2019), Franklin B. Ball, 22 Mar 1937; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-51CR : 7 August 2020), Frank Addison B Ball, ; Burial, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States of America, Woodlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 15629829, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.