James Samuel Ball

b. 8 October 1888, d. March 1981
  • James Samuel Ball married Henrietta (?)
  • James Samuel Ball was born on 8 October 1888 in Jack County, Texas.
  • 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 James Samuel Ball, Willie Ball, Mary Ball, Odie Seline Ball, Horace Ball, Rosa Selina Ball, Annie Bell Ball, Nellie Ball and Samantha Gowing.
  • He served while living 6-1/2 southwest of Bowie with his wife and five children, self-employed there as a farmer.
  • The following appeared on 6 March 1927 in the Wellington Leader: Mrs. Rosy Salina Poore died in Wellington on Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Carl McDonald after an illness of five months caused by Bright's Disease.
         Mrs. Poore was born in Texas September 7, 1894, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Ball. She was married May 1, 1913, to J. F. Poore and two children who survive her were born to the union. They are: Margaret, aged 11, and Adren, aged 4. Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Poore is survived by two brothers and three sisters, who are: Horace Ball of Wichita Falls, Sam Ball of Terrell, Okla., Mrs. Carl McDonald of Wellington, Mrs. Willis Scarbough of Bowie and Miss Annie Bell Ball of Knott, Texas.
         Mrs. Poore had been in a hospital at Childress, where she underwent an operation. She had never fully recovered when her husband brought her to the home of Mrs. McDonald in Wellington where a local doctor was called but due to the headway of the disease she could not recover and succumbed Wednesday afternoon.
         Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the Carl McDonald home, with Rev. C. R. Joyner of the First Baptist Church in charge. Scott & Thomas conducted the funeral.
  • James Samuel Ball died in March 1981 at age 92.
  • He was interred at Ryan Cemetery, Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
  • Last Edited: 13 Nov 2012

Family: Henrietta (?) b. 1893, d. 1969