Shade was the son of George Washington Ball and Sarah Moore. He married Jane Walker 8 September 1836 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, raising their first children there. About 1850, they left there for Izard County, Arkansas, moving on to Linn County, Kansas, soon before the Civil War.
A Methodist minister, Shade was known for strongly proclaiming the "Abolitionist's Gospel". He took his three oldest sons and son-in-law, Thomas Bettes, to enlist in the Union Army. His oldest, Edward Wiley Ball, was unable to pass the physical, but the others joined.
Soon afterward, Shade fell ill of a cause now lost to history. His other two military sons, Arthur and George, returned home on leave to care for him. George, who had contracted typhoid in the military, died at home before he was able to return.
A Methodist minister, Shade was known for strongly proclaiming the "Abolitionist's Gospel". He took his three oldest sons and son-in-law, Thomas Bettes, to enlist in the Union Army. His oldest, Edward Wiley Ball, was unable to pass the physical, but the others joined.
Soon afterward, Shade fell ill of a cause now lost to history. His other two military sons, Arthur and George, returned home on leave to care for him. George, who had contracted typhoid in the military, died at home before he was able to return.
Shade was the son of George Washington Ball and Sarah Moore. He married Jane Walker 8 September 1836 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, raising their first children there. About 1850, they left there for Izard County, Arkansas, moving on to Linn County, Kansas, soon before the Civil War.
A Methodist minister, Shade was known for strongly proclaiming the "Abolitionist's Gospel". He took his three oldest sons and son-in-law, Thomas Bettes, to enlist in the Union Army. His oldest, Edward Wiley Ball, was unable to pass the physical, but the others joined.
Soon afterward, Shade fell ill of a cause now lost to history. His other two military sons, Arthur and George, returned home on leave to care for him. George, who had contracted typhoid in the military, died at home before he was able to return.
A Methodist minister, Shade was known for strongly proclaiming the "Abolitionist's Gospel". He took his three oldest sons and son-in-law, Thomas Bettes, to enlist in the Union Army. His oldest, Edward Wiley Ball, was unable to pass the physical, but the others joined.
Soon afterward, Shade fell ill of a cause now lost to history. His other two military sons, Arthur and George, returned home on leave to care for him. George, who had contracted typhoid in the military, died at home before he was able to return.
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