Brief Life History of James
When James Balls was born on 4 July 1861, in Haw Creek Cemetery, Hope, Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, his father, John Balls, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Baxter, was 32. He married Frances Lucy Thurston on 24 January 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States for about 60 years. He died on 3 December 1937, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hyde Park Cemetery, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- James Balch, "United States Census, 1870"
- Utah, Cache County, Hyde Park LDS Ward Record of members, [1860]-1941 James Balls: Birth 1861, Marriage
- James Balls, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · The Union Roller Mill
The Union Roller Mill was built to help grind the grain that was harvested in the Cache Valley and the other surrounding areas. It was later renamed the Thatcher Milling & Elevator Company and the old millstones were discarded.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex): variant of Ball , with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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