William F Ball (abt. 1808 - 1883)

Born about 1 Aug 1808 in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Zahniser) Ball — married 6 Oct 1834 in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1883 at about age 75 in Venango, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

William Ball lived in Appalachia, in Pennsylvania. See Appalachia Project.

William was born in 1808. He was the son of Caleb Ball and Phoebe Walton. He passed away in 1883.

There is a discussion of William Ball in the book History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania: Its Past and Present: Including its aboriginal history; its early settlement and development; a description of its historic and interesting localities; sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages; neighborhood and family histories; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens; statistics, etc. Also: A condensed history of Pennsylvania, ^[1] which lists the ten children of William and Sarah (Zahniser):

Caleb

Henry

Valentine Z.

Elizabeth (Ball) Hunter

Rebecca (Ball) Kenniston

Phoebe (Ball) Bissell

Sarah (Ball) Meadbury

Beriah

Nettie

Jacob

At the time of the publishing of the book, Caleb and Henry were already dead.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania: Its Past and Present: Including its aboriginal history; its early settlement and development; a description of its historic and interesting localities; sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages; neighborhood and family histories; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens; statistics, etc. Also: A condensed history of Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois: Brown, Runk & Co. publishers, 1888, p. 1071, downloaded 12/8/2018 from: https://books.google.com/books?id=pJ74jS4lqcIC&pg=PA616&lpg=PA616&dq=Caleb+Ball+Allegheny+County&source=bl&ots=oCSUK5HTNw&sig=d3ue5DpIB2OtEgmumgV7Q9RCwAQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvj5ur45HfAhUs4oMKHZlRCfIQ6AEwCXoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Caleb%20Ball&f=false

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-DY6?cc=1786457&wc=31SV-DRY%3A1588669737%2C1588666327%2C1588670942 : 24 August 2015), Pennsylvania > Mercer > Sandy Lake Township > image 7 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QGS-YHD?cc=1401638&wc=95RW-2JW%3A1031314301%2C1032190201%2C1031761501 : 9 April 2016), Pennsylvania > Mercer > Worth > image 11 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSH-VF3?cc=1473181&wc=7QL9-Y6J%3A1589434177%2C1589424062%2C1589426547 : 24 March 2017), Pennsylvania > Mercer > Worth Township > image 13 of 26; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #42216304