Richard was born in 1857. He was the son of Franklin Ball and Harriet Glasscock. He passed away in 1924. Mrs Ball's book cites "one of the most interesting stories of our family: When Franklin and Harriet Glasscock Ball came to Missouri from Virginia, Harriet's widowed sister, Aunt Peggy (Margaret) Glasscock Painter, came with them. Richard Johnson Ball was a baby, for this was in 1858, and Aunt Peggy sat in a rocking chair in the covered wagon and rocked Richard Johnson Ball all the way to Missouri." (p.2.1.47.0) According to an obituary found in a family scrapbook, Richard was survived by five children - "Claud W and Mrs. Newt Adams of near Curryville; Mrs. J. M. Cash of Frankford; Mrs. Louis Kohl of Vandalia, and Mrs. W. F. Reading of Holly, Colo." According to another obituary found in the scrapbook, one child died in infancy.
According to the history of Pike County Missouri, "R.J. Ball [was a] stock-raiser and dealer, post-office Vandalia. Prominent among the young and enterprising citizens of Indian township, [he] is the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Fauquier county, Virginia. He was born January 4, 1850 [Note: this date is incorrece] and was the son of Franklin and Harriet (Glasscock) Ball. His father was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia. His parents came to Missouri in 1858, settling in Marion county until 1865, when they went to Ralls county, where our subject was reared. He received his education in the common schools and at New London. He commenced to teach at the age of eighteen, teaching some five years, with marked success as a teacher He was married September 11, 1881, to Miss Victoria E. Wright, daughter of J. F. Wright, one of the prominent pioneers of Indian township. Mr and Mrs Ball are the parents of one son, Claud. Mr Ball is located on a fine farm of 260 acres of as good land as the township affords, which is under a good state of cultivation, well improved and fenced; also has a good house and out-buildings. He is engaged in stock-raising and dealing in stock."
Franklin Ball Male 36 Virginia Harriet Ball Male 32 Virginia Talcot E Ball Male 7 Virginia Richard Ball Male 3 Virginia Franklin Ball Male 1 Missouri Thomas Bull Male 20 Virginia Saml Thrasher Male 14 Missouri Margaret Painter Male 46 Virginia
Talcott Ball Self Male 27 Virginia, United States Laura Ball Wife Female 18 Missouri, United States Richard Ball Brother Male 23 Virginia, United States
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