Nancy (Glover) Ball (1816 - 1897)

Born 4 Jan 1816 in Paoli, Orange, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Ball — married 9 May 1836 in Michigan City, LaPorte Co. Indiana

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1897 at age 81 in Sunnyside, Clackamas, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Nancy Glover was born in Putnam City, Indiana Jan . 4, 1816 to John Glover and Melinda Genn.

Nancy married John Ball on May 9-10, 1836 in Michigan City, LaPorte Co. Indiana. The couple moved to Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana where seven of their eight children were born. They remained engaged in farming until 1853 when they immigrated to Ulster Township, Floyd County, Iowa, and were the first settlers of that township. They homesteaded a 400-acre farm. ^{[1] [2]}

Nancy can be found on the 1850 US census for Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana. Jane Glover, the last person mentioned in the household is Nancy Glover's younger sister.

Nancy can be found on the 1860 US census for Floyd Co. Iowa along with her husband and children.

Nancy can be found on the 1870 US census for Ulster, Floyd County, Iowa, along with her husband John Ball and their children.

Nancy and John Ball can be found on the 1880 census for Ulster, Floyd County, Iowa, along with their son James G. Ball and Grandson Howard.

Nancy Glover Ball's Findagrave memorial page, which can be viewed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8033506/nancy-ball, states that she was born on January 4, 1816 in Putnamville, Putnam County, Indiana, and died on June 18, 1897 in Sunnyside, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA. Her headstone reads "Our Mother, Nancy Ball, Died June 18, 1897, Aged 81 Years". Nancy is buried in Damascus Pioneer Cemetery, Damascus, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.

The site provides the following information about Nancy's children and siblings:

Children: Amzi Lewis Ball unknown–1865; George Clinton Ball 1840–1897; Mary Jane Ball Lackore 1843–1927; Joseph Emmons Ball 1848–1916; Emily H. Ball Hubbard 1851–1937

Siblings Andrew Jackson Glover 1815–1903; James Glover 1818–1893; Jane Glover 1819–1900; Celia Glover Morley 1821–1894 ^[7]

Sources

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genepool/balljohn.htm

1. ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genepool/balljohn.htm
2. ↑ https://ia801408.us.archive.org/18/items/historyoffloydco02inte/historyoffloydco02inte.pdf in the History of Floyd County, Iowa Chicago: Chicago Interstate Publishing Co., 1882. Ulster Township (p. 1031).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XCM7-FK?cc=1401638&wc=95RC-TQ2%3A1031336301%2C1032318301%2C1032323501 : 9 April 2016), Indiana > Lake > Winfield > image 4 of 6; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B9J-ST9Q?cc=1473181&wc=7QL9-TNF%3A1589426666%2C1589423360%2C1589427503 : 24 March 2017), Iowa > Floyd > Ulster Township > image 1 of 4; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTK3-PYY?cc=1438024&wc=92KM-6BH%3A518655701%2C519250701%2C519409901 : 22 May 2014), Iowa > Floyd > Ulster > image 4 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBK-99S5?cc=1417683&wc=QZ24-HPD%3A1589394762%2C1589399936%2C1589403716%2C1589395272 : 24 December 2015), Iowa > Floyd > Ulster > ED 223 > image 10 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2018), memorial page for Nancy Glover Ball (4 Jan 1816–18 Jun 1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 8033506, citing Damascus Pioneer Cemetery, Damascus, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Loma Mitchell Bennett (contributor 46570882) .