Dewey M. Ball

b. 24 April 1908, d. 30 December 1946
  • Dewey M. Ball was born on 24 April 1908 in Montague County, Texas.
  • 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 Dewey M. Ball, Willie Ball, Horace Ball, Rosa Selina Ball, Nellie Ball, Carrie Ball, Lula Ball, Ida Ethel Ball and Floy Elsie Ball. It The identity of Jane Ball (age 21) remains to be discovered.
  • Horace Ball appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas, at Cox Coal Mine. Other members of the household included Dewey M. Ball, Amanda P. Page, Carrie Ball, Lula Ball, Ida Ethel Ball, Floy Elsie Ball and Riley Benjamin Ball.
  • Horace Ball appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Wichita County, Texas. Other members of the household included Dewey M. Ball, Amanda P. Page and Riley Benjamin Ball.
  • He was a laborer doing city work, according to the 1930 census.
  • Dewey M. Ball appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at Wichita Falls State Hospital.
  • Dewey M. Ball died on 30 December 1946 at age 38 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at Wichita Falls State Hospital where he had been residing as a patient since September 1939, unmarried and and suffering from epilepsy.
  • He was interred at Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 14 Nov 2012