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Richard Johnson Ball (1857 - 1924)

Richard Johnson Ball
Born in Fauquier County, VAmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 67 in Pike County, MIssourimap
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Biography

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."

  • Fact: Residence (1900) Cuivre Township (west part) Farber village, Audrain, Missouri, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1910) Indian, Pike, Missouri, United States
  • Fact: Burial (March 1924) Kilby Cemetery, Curryville, Pike, Missouri, United States


Sources


  • Ball, Helen, Benjamin Franklin Ball (Husband of Ann Elizabeth Rose): His Ancestors and Descendants, Self Published, 1982. Contains hundreds of pages of copied documents, courthouse research and personal family interviews and correspondence. The author, Mrs. Ball (Helena Anne Trippe Wiki profile Trippe-199) was married to HR Ball (Wiki Profile Ball -11753), the grandson of Benjamin Franklin Ball (Wiki profile Ball-11741). Profile manager is glad to share resources and copies with other interested persons.
  • 1860 Census - errors in gender on original document - Harriet and Margaret are both shown as male - "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZC-STS : 14 December 2017), Richard Ball in entry for Franklin Ball, 1860.Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

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

  • 1880 Census - living with brother Talcott -"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FQ-H9M : 14 August 2017), Richard Ball in household of Talcott Ball, New Harmony, Pike, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 139, sheet 631B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0709; FHL microfilm 1,254,709.Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Talcott Ball Self Male 27 Virginia, United States Laura Ball Wife Female 18 Missouri, United States Richard Ball Brother Male 23 Virginia, United States

  • 1881 - Marriage to Victoria -"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2D9-6P9 : 11 February 2018), Richard J. Ball and Victoria Wright, 11 Sep 1881; citing Pike,Missouri; FHL microfilm 974,636.




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