Brief Life History of John William
When John William Ball was born in September 1839, in Monroe Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Ball, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Mansfield, was 23. He married Louisa Jane Pence on 13 February 1862, in Henry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Jefferson Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died in 1900, in Monroe Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 61.
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- John W Ball, "United States Census, 1870"
- J W Ball, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- John W Ball in entry for Lewis Powers and Louisa Ball, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1843
Historical Information 1843 - Henry, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
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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