Husband: John R. Ball
Also known as: Jonathan Ball 1,2
Born: Oct-20-1861 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3,4
Died: Sep-29-1924 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5,4
Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 3,7
Father: Shelton Ball (1825 - 1880)
Mother: Hannah Christena Moore (1827 - 1880)
Wife: Rachel Wilson Married: Oct-31-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Born: Feb- -1860 7,2,4 Died: 1940 4 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Edgar Floyd Ball Born: Jul-11-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,10,11 Died: Sep-12-1966 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10,11 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12,9 Census: 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Myrtle Delva Ash b. Jul- 3-1890 d. Mar- 4-1963 Married: Jul- 3-1908 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Wife: Opal Hopkins b. Mar- 3-1895 Married: Apr-21-1966 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
Sources: (1) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Headstone (year only) (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Age 63y 11m 9d reported on death certificate would put birth date at Oct 20 1860. But death certificate specifies birth date as Oct 20 1861, and headstone also shows birth year as 1861. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Jonathan Ball, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Rachel Wilson, 23, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 31 1883. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (10) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Edgar Floyd Ball, widowed, b. Jul 11 1884 in Ritchie Co, res. Pullman WV, son of John & Rachel (Wilson) Ball; and Opal Hopkins Ash, divorced, b. Mar 3 1895 in Wood Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of William Fayette & Sarah Ellen (Wells) Hopkins. Married Apr 21 1966 in Harrisville. MR p. 1.