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Mary “Polly” Buckner Ball

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Jan 1863 (aged 46)
Phelps County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Benjamin James Buckner and Rebecca "Becky" Arrowood, they are buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Mary was the oldest of 11 children

July 10, 1834, Buncombe County, North Carolina, married, Gehazia (Hays) Ransom Ball. They were the parents of 14 children.
In 1857, Gehazi and Mary Buckner Ball, left Buncombe County and went to Knoxville, Tennessee, then traveled on to Evening Shade, Arkansas. About 1860, they moved to Moody, Missouri. During the Civil War, Mary, their daughter Velda Ball Hatfield, and two younger children went to Rolla, Missouri Refugee Camp that was operated by the United States Government. Mary Buckner Ball died in early 1863 and Velda and the younger children had died by April 1863, all victims of the measles out break.

The note up above says no record their being buried here, probably no tombstone, no family living in area, moved from North Carolina.
Daughter of Benjamin James Buckner and Rebecca "Becky" Arrowood, they are buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Mary was the oldest of 11 children

July 10, 1834, Buncombe County, North Carolina, married, Gehazia (Hays) Ransom Ball. They were the parents of 14 children.
In 1857, Gehazi and Mary Buckner Ball, left Buncombe County and went to Knoxville, Tennessee, then traveled on to Evening Shade, Arkansas. About 1860, they moved to Moody, Missouri. During the Civil War, Mary, their daughter Velda Ball Hatfield, and two younger children went to Rolla, Missouri Refugee Camp that was operated by the United States Government. Mary Buckner Ball died in early 1863 and Velda and the younger children had died by April 1863, all victims of the measles out break.

The note up above says no record their being buried here, probably no tombstone, no family living in area, moved from North Carolina.


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  • Created by: Lorraine /John Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Added: Jan 4, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63726029/mary-ball: accessed ), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Buckner Ball (23 Feb 1816–3 Jan 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63726029, citing Rolla Cemetery, Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Lorraine /John (contributor 47307083).