Marion Eli Ball

Brief Life History of Marion Eli

When Marion Eli Ball was born on 25 January 1867, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Ball, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Francis Ketterman, was 20. He had at least 3 sons and 9 daughters with Clara Elizabeth Strickland. He lived in Civil District 2, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and East Ridge, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 26 March 1953, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in East Ridge, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marion Eli Ball
1867–1953
Clara Elizabeth Strickland
1876–1921
Alice Nanny Ball
1898–
Addie Mae Ball
1902–1980
James Elmer Ball
1903–1985
Mary Bel Ball
1905–2001
Addia Ball
1907–
Charles Wesley Ball Sr
1908–1971
Edith Ball
1908–
Albert Leslie Ball
1909–1983
Edna Earle Ball
1912–
Betty Ball
1913–1991
Frances Ball
1919–1926
Dorthy Evelyn Ball
1920–1990

Sources (15)

  • Marion Eli Ball, "United States Census, 1940"
  • M E Ball, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
  • Marion E. Ball, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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