Wood & Torbert Families - Benjamin B. Ball

Benjamin B. Ball

b. 14 February 1861, d. 17 March 1917

Benjamin B. Ball was born on 14 February 1861 in Texas.
James Samuel Ball Jr. and Nancy Green appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Wise County, Texas. Other members of the household included Benjamin B. Ball.
He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
He married Sarah Elizabeth Shortes say 1881.
Benjamin B. Ball became a widower at the 1896 death of his wife Sarah Elizabeth Shortes.
He married Amanda P. Page, daughter of Seborn Page and Elizabeth Hill, circa 1898.
Benjamin B. Ball and Amanda P. Page appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montague County, Texas. Other members of the household included Willie Ball, Mary Ball, Odie Seline Ball, James Samuel Ball, Horace Ball, Rosa Selina Ball, Annie Bell Ball, Nellie Ball and Samantha Gowing.
He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
Benjamin B. Ball and Amanda P. Page appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas. Other members of the household included Willie Ball, Horace Ball, Rosa Selina Ball, Nellie Ball, Carrie Ball, Lula Ball, Ida Ethel Ball, Dewey M. Ball and Floy Elsie Ball. It The identity of Jane Ball (age 21) remains to be discovered.
He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
Benjamin B. Ball died on 17 March 1917 at age 56 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas, . Informant was Mrs. G. Ball.
His wife Amanda P. Page became a widow at his death.
He was interred at Selma Cemetery, Bowie, Montague County, Texas.