John Robert Ball (1860 - 1881)

Born 10 Jan 1860 in Fulton, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 May 1881 at age 21 in Izard, Arkansas, United States

Biography

John's father had journeyed to the trading post for supplies and while he was gone his mother took John to a spring for water. As they returned to their cottage, a large bear stood on his hind legs threatening them. Edna threw John's teething bone at the bear and they ran home unharmed as the bear was distracted by the bone. However, the bear followed them to the cottage, clawed at the door and circled the cottage most of the night.

"United States Census, 1870", Union, Fulton, Arkansas^[1]

G W Ball Male 34 Tennessee

Elisabeth Ball Female 32 Kentucky

John R Ball Male 10 Arkansas

Mary E Ball Female 7 Missouri

Nancy R Ball Female 4 Missouri

Rose A Ball Female 1 Arkansas

"United States Census, 1880," Guthrie, Izard, Arkansas^[2]

George Ball Self Male 44 Tennessee

Elisabeth Ball Wife Female 42 Kentucky

John Ball Son Male 20 Arkansas

Mary Ball Daughter Female 17 Missouri

Nancy Ball Daughter Female 14 Missouri

Rosa Ball Daughter Female 11 Arkansas

Name

Name: John Robert /Ball/^[3]

Reference

Reference: 96

Note

Note: #NI00096

Sources

• Source: S038754 Title: From Saddlebags to Satellites Author: Harold E. Ball Publication: Privately published 1990 Note: #NS387541 Note: #NS387542 Repository: Note: #NS387543 Call Number: Media: Book

Notes

Note NI000961.

1. ↑ , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC3-KSD : 28 May 2021), John R Ball in entry for G W Ball, 1870.
2. ↑ , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWC-7KX : 19 February 2021), John Ball in household of George Ball, Guthrie, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 81, sheet 333D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,047.
3. ↑ Source: #S038754 Page: page 28

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lawrence 'Larry' Chesebro' for creating WikiTree profile Ball-4845 through the import of LarryChesebro'Ball.ged on Aug 16, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lawrence 'Larry' and others.