Husband: Toy Ball
Born: Dec- -1885 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: May- 6-1966 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,4
Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 1,5
Father: David Benjamin Ball (1850 - 1912)
Mother: Mary Jane Race (1854 - 1892)
Wife: Sylvia B. Heckert 6
Married: Feb-21-1915 in Gilmer Co, WV 7
Born: Apr-15-1886 in Gilmer Co, WV 8,9
Died: Jan-31-1949 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8,4
Father: Jerymah Dale Heckert (1855 - )
Mother: Mary A. Brown (1862 - )
Notes
F Child 1: Cathern Ball
Born: May-27-1917 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10,11
Died: Sep- 3-1963 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10,11
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10,4
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: Gilbert Ball Born: Apr-21-1921 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Resided: 2012 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 13 Resided: 1966, 2010 in Hurricane, Putnam Co, WV 14,13 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Education: Pullman High School (1941) 15 Wife: Merlyn J. ___ b. Oct-11-1927 Also known as: Merylan 16
M Child 3: David Dale Ball Also known as: Dale Ball 14 Born: Nov-29-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 (see note 1) Died: Nov-10-2010 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer, school bus driver (1968-1987) 1 Military: U.S. Army, World War II (Battle of the Bulge) 1 Wife: Janice Leona Zinn b. Dec- 7-1926 d. Apr- 3-2016 Married: Dec- 1-1950 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 4: Mary Rose Ball
Born: Jan- 4-1928 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Died: Jan- 4-1928 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 19,20
M Child 5: Fred Ball Born: Aug-11-1931 at Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 1,12 Died: Mar-22-2012 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 3 Buried: in Alf Smith Cemetery, Rt 18 S, near Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 1 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1,14,13 Resided: 1955 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 21 Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (3) Obituary - Hospital. (4) Headstone. (5) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (6) Obituary of husband. (7) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as Toy Ball, age 29, of Doddridge Co; and Sylva [sic] Heckert, age 28, of Gilmer Co. Married Feb 21 1915. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (9) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (10) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) Obituary of brother. (14) Obituary of father. (15) Pennsboro News, 9/27/2006. (16) Obituary of husband's brother. (17) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. (18) Newspaper anniversary announcement. (19) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Mary Rose Ball, b. Oxford WV, dau of Toy & Sylvia (Heckert) Ball; died Jan 4 1928, age 2 hours. (Note: The community of Oxford is near the county line separating Ritchie and Doddridge Counties, and it is now located in Doddridge.) (20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Mary Rose Ball, b. Oxford WV, dau of Toy & Sylvia (Heckert) Ball; died Jan 4 1928 at Oxford, in Union District of Ritchie County, age 2 hours. (Note: The community of Oxford is near the county line separating Ritchie and Doddridge Counties, and it is now located in Doddridge.) (21) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Straight Fork