Jul-28-2018
Husband: Edgar Edward Ball Census name: Edward Ball
Born: Feb- 3-1888 1 Died: Jun- 2-1974 1 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1930 patrolman for State Road Commission 4 Occupation: 1920 teamster in oil fields 5 Occupation: 1910 oil field worker 6 Father: William Fountain Ball (1860 - 1940) Mother: Mary Catharine Prim (1857 - 1920)
Wife: Mary Etta Wigner 3 Also known as: Etta Wigner 3,7,8
Born: Feb-16-1893 9,10 Died: May-31-1963 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,10 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Eligah Wigner Mother: Dora Bell
F Child 1: Ruth Evelyn Ball Birth name: Evelyn Ruth Ball 11 Born: Apr- 8-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,10,13 Died: Jan-21-1960 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,10 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,12 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: 1957 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 14 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Paul Hosea Berdine b. May-21-1908 d. Aug-28-1929 Also known as: Hosea Berdine 13,15 Married: Jan-12-1928 in Ritchie Co, WV 16 Husband: Lloyd Lawson Phares b. Mar-31-1903 d. Jan- 1-1957
M Child 2: Wayne Edward Ball Born: Apr-19-1913 17 Died: Dec-16-1998 17 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,18 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 19,20 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: Pfc, US Army, World War II 21 Wife: Mabel Elizabeth Bunner b. Sep- 9-1908 d. Jun-30-1937 Married: Mar-26-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Wife: Marguerite Regiana Lambert b. Sep-15-1913 d. Nov- -1979 Married: May-24-1941 in Ritchie Co, WV 22
F Child 3: Dolly Louise Ball Born: Feb- 7-1918 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Died: Feb-11-2007 in Surprise, Maricopa Co, AZ 23 Buried: (ashes) at Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Paul Griffin d. bef Feb 2007
F Child 4: Viola Pauline Ball Census name: Viola P. Ball Born: 1919 24 Resided: 2007 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 25 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: ___ Carmichael
F Child 5: Maxine O. Ball Born: Mar- 6-1922 15,26 Died: Mar- 5-2007 in Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co, MD 15,26 Resided: from 1975 in Myrtle Beach, Horry Co, SC 15 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Howard Moore d. bef Mar 2007
F Child 6: Betty Nadine Ball 27 Also known as: Nadine Ball 25,4 Born: Sep-24-1924 17 Died: Aug-22-2000 17 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Howard Bricon Hudkins b. ca 1913 d. Sep-19-2007
M Child 7: Paul H. "Bud" Ball Census name: Buddy Ball 4 Born: ca 1927 4 Resided: 2007 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 25 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 8: Lourina Frances Ball Census name: Lohraine Ball 4 Born: ca 1929 4 Resided: 2007 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 25 Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: John Harlan Mahaney b. May-18-1928 d. Sep-30-1971 Married: Aug- 1-1954 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 28 Husband: Kenneth Eugene McGhee b. Feb-27-1928 d. Aug-14-2005 Married: May-31-1980 in Riverside Co, CA 29
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) Obituary of daughter. (4) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (5) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (6) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (7) Death record of daughter. (8) Birth record of daughter. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (14) Death record of husband. (15) Obituary. (16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Hosea Berdine, 20, of Ritchie Co; and Ruth Ball, 17, of Ritchie Co. Married Jan 12 1928. (17) Social Security Death Index. (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Death record of wife. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (21) Military Grave Marker. (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Wayne Edward Ball, widowed, 26, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro, son of Ed & Etta Ball; and Marguerite Regiana Lambert, divorced, 27, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of James & Ella Lambert. Married May 24 1941 in Pennsboro. MR p. 212. (23) Obituary - Nursing home. (24) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District), Age 8 months at time of 6 Feb 1920 enumeration. (25) Obituary of sister. (26) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Washington, DC, before 1951. (27) Obituary of husband. (28) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (29) California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs.Name Index