Kate was the daughter of William Nelson Ball, a printer, and Ann Catherine Downey, who were married in Richmond City, Virginia on 2 Jan 1845. William and Ann Ball moved to Washington, D.C. shortly after they were married. They had three daughters, Kate being one of the three, and the only child to survive to adulthood. Tragically, Kate's father William Ball was drafted by the United States Infantry in 1863. He was captured during the summer of 1864 and imprisoned at Andersonville, where he starved to death before the war ended. At the time of William Ball's death, Kate was his only surviving child.
Kate first married John Randolph Carpenter in Washington, D.C. on 2 December 1867. Kate tried to divorce John in the 1870s in the District of Columbia, but the case was thrown out because the couple had not established residency in Washington, D.C. at that time. They had been living in New York, where purportedly both John and Kate had some connection to the New York Herald. They had at two children born in New York, both believed to have died in infancy. It is unknown whether Kate and John ever actually divorced, but John died in Colorado in 1881.
Kate next married George W. Black on 17 Aug 1885 at St. Paul's Parish in Baltimore, MD. After their marriage the couple lived off and on in both Chicago and Washington, D.C. Kate and George's only known child was George W. Black, Jr., born on 12 Dec 1888 in Chicago, Cook County, IL. At the time of his birth, Kate was noted to have had 5 other children, but nothing further is known about them as of this date.
Kate first married John Randolph Carpenter in Washington, D.C. on 2 December 1867. Kate tried to divorce John in the 1870s in the District of Columbia, but the case was thrown out because the couple had not established residency in Washington, D.C. at that time. They had been living in New York, where purportedly both John and Kate had some connection to the New York Herald. They had at two children born in New York, both believed to have died in infancy. It is unknown whether Kate and John ever actually divorced, but John died in Colorado in 1881.
Kate next married George W. Black on 17 Aug 1885 at St. Paul's Parish in Baltimore, MD. After their marriage the couple lived off and on in both Chicago and Washington, D.C. Kate and George's only known child was George W. Black, Jr., born on 12 Dec 1888 in Chicago, Cook County, IL. At the time of his birth, Kate was noted to have had 5 other children, but nothing further is known about them as of this date.
Kate was the daughter of William Nelson Ball, a printer, and Ann Catherine Downey, who were married in Richmond City, Virginia on 2 Jan 1845. William and Ann Ball moved to Washington, D.C. shortly after they were married. They had three daughters, Kate being one of the three, and the only child to survive to adulthood. Tragically, Kate's father William Ball was drafted by the United States Infantry in 1863. He was captured during the summer of 1864 and imprisoned at Andersonville, where he starved to death before the war ended. At the time of William Ball's death, Kate was his only surviving child.
Kate first married John Randolph Carpenter in Washington, D.C. on 2 December 1867. Kate tried to divorce John in the 1870s in the District of Columbia, but the case was thrown out because the couple had not established residency in Washington, D.C. at that time. They had been living in New York, where purportedly both John and Kate had some connection to the New York Herald. They had at two children born in New York, both believed to have died in infancy. It is unknown whether Kate and John ever actually divorced, but John died in Colorado in 1881.
Kate next married George W. Black on 17 Aug 1885 at St. Paul's Parish in Baltimore, MD. After their marriage the couple lived off and on in both Chicago and Washington, D.C. Kate and George's only known child was George W. Black, Jr., born on 12 Dec 1888 in Chicago, Cook County, IL. At the time of his birth, Kate was noted to have had 5 other children, but nothing further is known about them as of this date.
Kate first married John Randolph Carpenter in Washington, D.C. on 2 December 1867. Kate tried to divorce John in the 1870s in the District of Columbia, but the case was thrown out because the couple had not established residency in Washington, D.C. at that time. They had been living in New York, where purportedly both John and Kate had some connection to the New York Herald. They had at two children born in New York, both believed to have died in infancy. It is unknown whether Kate and John ever actually divorced, but John died in Colorado in 1881.
Kate next married George W. Black on 17 Aug 1885 at St. Paul's Parish in Baltimore, MD. After their marriage the couple lived off and on in both Chicago and Washington, D.C. Kate and George's only known child was George W. Black, Jr., born on 12 Dec 1888 in Chicago, Cook County, IL. At the time of his birth, Kate was noted to have had 5 other children, but nothing further is known about them as of this date.
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