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Ira Nelson Ball

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Ira Nelson Ball

Birth
Johnson County, Missouri, USA
Death
27 Dec 1952 (aged 81)
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Ira was the son of John Kinsley and Mary Jane (Burnside) Ball who married in 1861. Father was Born in Marion, Indiana, on 25 Aug 1833 to Ruben and Polly Ball. Mother's Birthplace Ohio

Ira was one of ten children, with seven alive by the 1900 census in Kelly, Story County, IA, where the family farmed. He had younger brothers: Edward, b. in Missouri, Benjamin J., b. in Illinois and Marcus, b. in Iowa in 1881. He had older brothers Frederic and Willis.

He married Blanche McDaniel on 24 Jul 1901 in Ames. She was a daughter of Samuel and Lydia E. (Corry) McDaniel. They had five children, with three alive by 1910 in Washington township where they farmed. He was widowed by 1925. Among their children:
1. Frank H. / Harold Franklin, 1904, wed Edna Mae (Baker) Erickson in 1929
2. Lewis R. / Ira Lewis, 1906, wed Mary Vada Pendergrass
3. Hattie M., 1909, wed Robert E. Childs on 06 Dec 1926 in Boone, by 1940 was Hattie M. Crouch, divorced, with 7yr. old daughter Hellen L. Crouch living with her father in Ames.

His mother died 28 Nov. 1912 in Washington township, buried in Ames. His father died 06 Feb. 1920 in Ames.
Ira was the son of John Kinsley and Mary Jane (Burnside) Ball who married in 1861. Father was Born in Marion, Indiana, on 25 Aug 1833 to Ruben and Polly Ball. Mother's Birthplace Ohio

Ira was one of ten children, with seven alive by the 1900 census in Kelly, Story County, IA, where the family farmed. He had younger brothers: Edward, b. in Missouri, Benjamin J., b. in Illinois and Marcus, b. in Iowa in 1881. He had older brothers Frederic and Willis.

He married Blanche McDaniel on 24 Jul 1901 in Ames. She was a daughter of Samuel and Lydia E. (Corry) McDaniel. They had five children, with three alive by 1910 in Washington township where they farmed. He was widowed by 1925. Among their children:
1. Frank H. / Harold Franklin, 1904, wed Edna Mae (Baker) Erickson in 1929
2. Lewis R. / Ira Lewis, 1906, wed Mary Vada Pendergrass
3. Hattie M., 1909, wed Robert E. Childs on 06 Dec 1926 in Boone, by 1940 was Hattie M. Crouch, divorced, with 7yr. old daughter Hellen L. Crouch living with her father in Ames.

His mother died 28 Nov. 1912 in Washington township, buried in Ames. His father died 06 Feb. 1920 in Ames.


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