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His son Freelon was a lawyer and public figure in Massachsetts.
Freelon Quincy Ball, son of Joseph Ball, was bornin Acworth, New Hamshire, May 5, 1826.
He was educated in Acworth School, and there resided until 1857, when he went West to Charlotte, Clinton County, Iowa, where he becamse a prosperous farmer, remaining until 1896, when he returned to Massachutts, making his home with his son Freelon Quincy Ball in Monson until his death, eight years later, March 1904.
He was prominent in public and church work, a school in Davenport being named "The Ball School," in his honor. He held the office of town cleark. He married Christine Petersen, born in Sweden, her sister Rose also coming to the United States, becoming the wife of a prominent jeweler of Moline, Illinois.
Mrs. Ball died in Charlotte, Iowa, in 1872. She was a member of the Baptist church, her husband a Methodist.
They were the parents of the following: Harvey, H., Quincy, Rose, Austin C., Herbert C., Freelon Quincy (2), Rose C., Quincy H., Gordon F.
Note: Joseph wrote a letter from his home in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, to his two sons, Hiram Harvey Ball (1821-1877) and Freelon Quincy Ball (1826-1904) who were working in Baldwinville (near Templeton), Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the time this letter was written in 1848. Hiram remained in manufacturing and became a foreman in a chair factory in Gardner, Massachusetts. Carlos Ball — another brother mentioned in this letter — also worked at the same factory. Two sisters, Laura Ball and Hannah Ball, were working as school teachers in 1848. Laura died unmarried; Hannah married Levi Stevens. Freelon Q. Ball eventually went West to Charlotte, Clinton county, Iowa.
Freelon's first wife died 30 days after their daughter was born in 1872. He had three more children with his second wife Christine Varner.
They were married in Preston, Iowa, just up the road from Charlotte.
There is also a marriage record of a marriage to Emma Osman in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
His son Freelon was a lawyer and public figure in Massachsetts.
Freelon Quincy Ball, son of Joseph Ball, was bornin Acworth, New Hamshire, May 5, 1826.
He was educated in Acworth School, and there resided until 1857, when he went West to Charlotte, Clinton County, Iowa, where he becamse a prosperous farmer, remaining until 1896, when he returned to Massachutts, making his home with his son Freelon Quincy Ball in Monson until his death, eight years later, March 1904.
He was prominent in public and church work, a school in Davenport being named "The Ball School," in his honor. He held the office of town cleark. He married Christine Petersen, born in Sweden, her sister Rose also coming to the United States, becoming the wife of a prominent jeweler of Moline, Illinois.
Mrs. Ball died in Charlotte, Iowa, in 1872. She was a member of the Baptist church, her husband a Methodist.
They were the parents of the following: Harvey, H., Quincy, Rose, Austin C., Herbert C., Freelon Quincy (2), Rose C., Quincy H., Gordon F.
Note: Joseph wrote a letter from his home in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, to his two sons, Hiram Harvey Ball (1821-1877) and Freelon Quincy Ball (1826-1904) who were working in Baldwinville (near Templeton), Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the time this letter was written in 1848. Hiram remained in manufacturing and became a foreman in a chair factory in Gardner, Massachusetts. Carlos Ball — another brother mentioned in this letter — also worked at the same factory. Two sisters, Laura Ball and Hannah Ball, were working as school teachers in 1848. Laura died unmarried; Hannah married Levi Stevens. Freelon Q. Ball eventually went West to Charlotte, Clinton county, Iowa.
Freelon's first wife died 30 days after their daughter was born in 1872. He had three more children with his second wife Christine Varner.
They were married in Preston, Iowa, just up the road from Charlotte.
There is also a marriage record of a marriage to Emma Osman in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
the Encylopedia of Massachusetts Vol. 4.
His son Freelon was a lawyer and public figure in Massachsetts.
Freelon Quincy Ball, son of Joseph Ball, was bornin Acworth, New Hamshire, May 5, 1826.
He was educated in Acworth School, and there resided until 1857, when he went West to Charlotte, Clinton County, Iowa, where he becamse a prosperous farmer, remaining until 1896, when he returned to Massachutts, making his home with his son Freelon Quincy Ball in Monson until his death, eight years later, March 1904.
He was prominent in public and church work, a school in Davenport being named "The Ball School," in his honor. He held the office of town cleark. He married Christine Petersen, born in Sweden, her sister Rose also coming to the United States, becoming the wife of a prominent jeweler of Moline, Illinois.
Mrs. Ball died in Charlotte, Iowa, in 1872. She was a member of the Baptist church, her husband a Methodist.
They were the parents of the following: Harvey, H., Quincy, Rose, Austin C., Herbert C., Freelon Quincy (2), Rose C., Quincy H., Gordon F.
Note: Joseph wrote a letter from his home in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, to his two sons, Hiram Harvey Ball (1821-1877) and Freelon Quincy Ball (1826-1904) who were working in Baldwinville (near Templeton), Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the time this letter was written in 1848. Hiram remained in manufacturing and became a foreman in a chair factory in Gardner, Massachusetts. Carlos Ball — another brother mentioned in this letter — also worked at the same factory. Two sisters, Laura Ball and Hannah Ball, were working as school teachers in 1848. Laura died unmarried; Hannah married Levi Stevens. Freelon Q. Ball eventually went West to Charlotte, Clinton county, Iowa.
Freelon's first wife died 30 days after their daughter was born in 1872. He had three more children with his second wife Christine Varner.
They were married in Preston, Iowa, just up the road from Charlotte.
There is also a marriage record of a marriage to Emma Osman in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
His son Freelon was a lawyer and public figure in Massachsetts.
Freelon Quincy Ball, son of Joseph Ball, was bornin Acworth, New Hamshire, May 5, 1826.
He was educated in Acworth School, and there resided until 1857, when he went West to Charlotte, Clinton County, Iowa, where he becamse a prosperous farmer, remaining until 1896, when he returned to Massachutts, making his home with his son Freelon Quincy Ball in Monson until his death, eight years later, March 1904.
He was prominent in public and church work, a school in Davenport being named "The Ball School," in his honor. He held the office of town cleark. He married Christine Petersen, born in Sweden, her sister Rose also coming to the United States, becoming the wife of a prominent jeweler of Moline, Illinois.
Mrs. Ball died in Charlotte, Iowa, in 1872. She was a member of the Baptist church, her husband a Methodist.
They were the parents of the following: Harvey, H., Quincy, Rose, Austin C., Herbert C., Freelon Quincy (2), Rose C., Quincy H., Gordon F.
Note: Joseph wrote a letter from his home in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, to his two sons, Hiram Harvey Ball (1821-1877) and Freelon Quincy Ball (1826-1904) who were working in Baldwinville (near Templeton), Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the time this letter was written in 1848. Hiram remained in manufacturing and became a foreman in a chair factory in Gardner, Massachusetts. Carlos Ball — another brother mentioned in this letter — also worked at the same factory. Two sisters, Laura Ball and Hannah Ball, were working as school teachers in 1848. Laura died unmarried; Hannah married Levi Stevens. Freelon Q. Ball eventually went West to Charlotte, Clinton county, Iowa.
Freelon's first wife died 30 days after their daughter was born in 1872. He had three more children with his second wife Christine Varner.
They were married in Preston, Iowa, just up the road from Charlotte.
There is also a marriage record of a marriage to Emma Osman in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
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