Priscilla Ball

Brief Life History of Priscilla

When Priscilla Ball was born in 1843, in Ohio, United States, her father, John William Ball, was 24 and her mother, Jane Hazelton, was 24. She married George William Trimmer on 20 March 1870, in Perry, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Warren Precinct, Henderson, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Washington Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 17 January 1907, in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

George William Trimmer
1841–1937
Priscilla Ball
1843–1907
Marriage: 20 March 1870
Bertha Jane Trimmer
1870–1960
Daniel Boone Trimmer
1874–1967
Walter Howard Trimmer
1876–1941
Campsy Belle Trimmer
1879–1961
George Charles Trimmer
1881–1964
James William Trimmer
1884–1941

Sources (25)

  • Priscilla Trimmer, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Priscilla Ball, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Pricilla Ball, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1861 · Simple life to Soldiers

Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English bal, ball(e) ‘ball, sphere, globe, round body’ (Old French balle or Old English beall(a)), a nickname for a short, obese person.

English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le) as in 1 above, but applied topographically.

English: from a Middle English adjective ball (weak form balle) in the sense ‘bald’, from ball ‘white streak, bald place’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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