Parents are William Green Ball and Elizabeth Charton Ball∼per FAG member #48001753
John was killed, along with his brother Tom, by Shoshones during an attack on the Jonathan Smith Wagon Train on the Raft River, California Trail,Idaho, about 25-30 miles past the Parting of the Ways. The date of 26 August 1862 is correct.
The bodies of those killed in the attack had to be abandoned, as the rest of the train fled for their lives after the sun went down.
John was killed, along with his brother Tom, by Shoshones during an attack on the Jonathan Smith Wagon Train on the Raft River, California Trail,Idaho, about 25-30 miles past the Parting of the Ways. The date of 26 August 1862 is correct.
The bodies of those killed in the attack had to be abandoned, as the rest of the train fled for their lives after the sun went down.
Parents are William Green Ball and Elizabeth Charton Ball∼per FAG member #48001753
John was killed, along with his brother Tom, by Shoshones during an attack on the Jonathan Smith Wagon Train on the Raft River, California Trail,Idaho, about 25-30 miles past the Parting of the Ways. The date of 26 August 1862 is correct.
The bodies of those killed in the attack had to be abandoned, as the rest of the train fled for their lives after the sun went down.
John was killed, along with his brother Tom, by Shoshones during an attack on the Jonathan Smith Wagon Train on the Raft River, California Trail,Idaho, about 25-30 miles past the Parting of the Ways. The date of 26 August 1862 is correct.
The bodies of those killed in the attack had to be abandoned, as the rest of the train fled for their lives after the sun went down.
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