When Ruth Evoline Ball was born on 18 April 1826, in Ohio, United States, her father, Farlin Ball, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Moores, was 32. She married David Wakefield Watt on 19 February 1844, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jefferson, Green, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 August 1893, in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States.
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American settlers began mining the Wisconsin Territory in the early 1800's. The lead ore in the territory had largely been mined previously by American Indians. By 1829, nearly 4,000 miners had moved to Wisconsin Territory. The miners became known as badgers as they burrowed into hillsides for shelter. The name eventually represented the state and Wisconsin is now known as the Badger State. (Wisconsin Historical Society: Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin)
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Iowa is the 29th state.
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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