Michigan Births, 1867-1902
Name: Martin W Ball
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1868
Birthplace: Rollin, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Name: Rodintha J Ball
Mother's Birthplace: New York
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Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
Name: Martin Ball
Age (Expanded): 21 years
Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Name: Dora Bennett
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 18 years
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Event Date: 06 Dec 1887
Event Place: Geneva, Lenawee, Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: R. J. Cummings
Spouse's Father's Name: Roswell Bennett
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary J. Hodges
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Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897
Name: Martin Ball
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Oct 1894
Event Place: Detroit, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Fireman
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: Jane Ball
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Martin Ball was a firefighter with the Detroit Fire Department He died in the line of duty. Because of his duty death his name is inscribed on the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial Monument, Stone 2, Row 2 (see photo). The memorial is located at the intersection of County Center Drive East (north entrance) and N. Telegraph Rd., on Oakland County's complex at 1200 North Telegraph Road in Pontiac, Michigan. The memorial has a website on the internet. This is the link to the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: http://www.michiganfallenheroes.com/index.html
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From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, October 11, 1894, under the section for news from around the state of Michigan:
Six Lives Lost in the Burning of Keenan & Jahn’s Big Furniture Store in Detroit – Five Fireman and One Spectator:
Fire destroyed Keenan and Jahn’s big furniture store at 213-217 Woodward avenue, Detroit, and after the big four story building was gutted the front and rear walls fell, killing six people, five of whom were firemen and injuring at least ten. The fire was discovered in the shipping room in the basement at the back of the furniture store by Shipping Clerk James Tewsley. An alarm was promptly turned in, but by the time the engines arrived the fire had gained considerable headway, having run up the elevator shaft, and the entire upper floor was a mass of smoke and flame when the first stream was thrown. In less than three quarters of an hour from the start the roof of the building was completely licked up by the flames. At this time the interior of the building was a vast roaring furnace, the highly combustible material seeming to defy all efforts of the firemen. The flames licked up the solid streams of water almost in mid-air. The floors began to give way, taking the bracing from the walls, but the firemen did not yield an inch. Suddenly, without a moment of warning, there was a shock and then with a thunderous crash the front of the building fell. Almost at the same instant the wall at the rear buckled and fell into the alley burying a dozen men. Panic prevailed for a moment and then brave men rushed to the rescue and with bleeding and blistered hands dragged some of the unfortunate victims from a fiery death, and as carefully as possible lifted from the huge mass of debris the battered and mangled bodies of their unfortunate comrades. Both front and rear walls found their victims. The dead are: Fred Bussey, died at Grace hospital; Michael H. Donoghue, lieutenant of chemical No. 1, was taken out dead; J.R. Dely, pipeman No. 9; John W. Pagel, pipeman No. 9; Julius Cummings, No. 2; Martin Ball. There were about 65 people working in the furniture factory all of whom escaped unhurt by way of the front. The loss on the stock is $60,000; building, $35,000; well insured.
Name: Martin W Ball
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1868
Birthplace: Rollin, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Name: Rodintha J Ball
Mother's Birthplace: New York
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Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
Name: Martin Ball
Age (Expanded): 21 years
Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Name: Dora Bennett
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 18 years
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Event Date: 06 Dec 1887
Event Place: Geneva, Lenawee, Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: R. J. Cummings
Spouse's Father's Name: Roswell Bennett
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary J. Hodges
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Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897
Name: Martin Ball
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Oct 1894
Event Place: Detroit, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Fireman
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: Jane Ball
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Martin Ball was a firefighter with the Detroit Fire Department He died in the line of duty. Because of his duty death his name is inscribed on the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial Monument, Stone 2, Row 2 (see photo). The memorial is located at the intersection of County Center Drive East (north entrance) and N. Telegraph Rd., on Oakland County's complex at 1200 North Telegraph Road in Pontiac, Michigan. The memorial has a website on the internet. This is the link to the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: http://www.michiganfallenheroes.com/index.html
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From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, October 11, 1894, under the section for news from around the state of Michigan:
Six Lives Lost in the Burning of Keenan & Jahn’s Big Furniture Store in Detroit – Five Fireman and One Spectator:
Fire destroyed Keenan and Jahn’s big furniture store at 213-217 Woodward avenue, Detroit, and after the big four story building was gutted the front and rear walls fell, killing six people, five of whom were firemen and injuring at least ten. The fire was discovered in the shipping room in the basement at the back of the furniture store by Shipping Clerk James Tewsley. An alarm was promptly turned in, but by the time the engines arrived the fire had gained considerable headway, having run up the elevator shaft, and the entire upper floor was a mass of smoke and flame when the first stream was thrown. In less than three quarters of an hour from the start the roof of the building was completely licked up by the flames. At this time the interior of the building was a vast roaring furnace, the highly combustible material seeming to defy all efforts of the firemen. The flames licked up the solid streams of water almost in mid-air. The floors began to give way, taking the bracing from the walls, but the firemen did not yield an inch. Suddenly, without a moment of warning, there was a shock and then with a thunderous crash the front of the building fell. Almost at the same instant the wall at the rear buckled and fell into the alley burying a dozen men. Panic prevailed for a moment and then brave men rushed to the rescue and with bleeding and blistered hands dragged some of the unfortunate victims from a fiery death, and as carefully as possible lifted from the huge mass of debris the battered and mangled bodies of their unfortunate comrades. Both front and rear walls found their victims. The dead are: Fred Bussey, died at Grace hospital; Michael H. Donoghue, lieutenant of chemical No. 1, was taken out dead; J.R. Dely, pipeman No. 9; John W. Pagel, pipeman No. 9; Julius Cummings, No. 2; Martin Ball. There were about 65 people working in the furniture factory all of whom escaped unhurt by way of the front. The loss on the stock is $60,000; building, $35,000; well insured.
Michigan Births, 1867-1902
Name: Martin W Ball
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1868
Birthplace: Rollin, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Name: Rodintha J Ball
Mother's Birthplace: New York
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Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
Name: Martin Ball
Age (Expanded): 21 years
Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Name: Dora Bennett
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 18 years
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Event Date: 06 Dec 1887
Event Place: Geneva, Lenawee, Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: R. J. Cummings
Spouse's Father's Name: Roswell Bennett
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary J. Hodges
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Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897
Name: Martin Ball
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Oct 1894
Event Place: Detroit, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Fireman
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: Jane Ball
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Martin Ball was a firefighter with the Detroit Fire Department He died in the line of duty. Because of his duty death his name is inscribed on the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial Monument, Stone 2, Row 2 (see photo). The memorial is located at the intersection of County Center Drive East (north entrance) and N. Telegraph Rd., on Oakland County's complex at 1200 North Telegraph Road in Pontiac, Michigan. The memorial has a website on the internet. This is the link to the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: http://www.michiganfallenheroes.com/index.html
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From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, October 11, 1894, under the section for news from around the state of Michigan:
Six Lives Lost in the Burning of Keenan & Jahn’s Big Furniture Store in Detroit – Five Fireman and One Spectator:
Fire destroyed Keenan and Jahn’s big furniture store at 213-217 Woodward avenue, Detroit, and after the big four story building was gutted the front and rear walls fell, killing six people, five of whom were firemen and injuring at least ten. The fire was discovered in the shipping room in the basement at the back of the furniture store by Shipping Clerk James Tewsley. An alarm was promptly turned in, but by the time the engines arrived the fire had gained considerable headway, having run up the elevator shaft, and the entire upper floor was a mass of smoke and flame when the first stream was thrown. In less than three quarters of an hour from the start the roof of the building was completely licked up by the flames. At this time the interior of the building was a vast roaring furnace, the highly combustible material seeming to defy all efforts of the firemen. The flames licked up the solid streams of water almost in mid-air. The floors began to give way, taking the bracing from the walls, but the firemen did not yield an inch. Suddenly, without a moment of warning, there was a shock and then with a thunderous crash the front of the building fell. Almost at the same instant the wall at the rear buckled and fell into the alley burying a dozen men. Panic prevailed for a moment and then brave men rushed to the rescue and with bleeding and blistered hands dragged some of the unfortunate victims from a fiery death, and as carefully as possible lifted from the huge mass of debris the battered and mangled bodies of their unfortunate comrades. Both front and rear walls found their victims. The dead are: Fred Bussey, died at Grace hospital; Michael H. Donoghue, lieutenant of chemical No. 1, was taken out dead; J.R. Dely, pipeman No. 9; John W. Pagel, pipeman No. 9; Julius Cummings, No. 2; Martin Ball. There were about 65 people working in the furniture factory all of whom escaped unhurt by way of the front. The loss on the stock is $60,000; building, $35,000; well insured.
Name: Martin W Ball
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1868
Birthplace: Rollin, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Name: Rodintha J Ball
Mother's Birthplace: New York
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Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
Name: Martin Ball
Age (Expanded): 21 years
Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Name: Dora Bennett
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 18 years
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Event Date: 06 Dec 1887
Event Place: Geneva, Lenawee, Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: R. J. Cummings
Spouse's Father's Name: Roswell Bennett
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary J. Hodges
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Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897
Name: Martin Ball
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Oct 1894
Event Place: Detroit, Lenawee, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Fireman
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Name: Nathaniel Ball
Mother's Name: Jane Ball
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Martin Ball was a firefighter with the Detroit Fire Department He died in the line of duty. Because of his duty death his name is inscribed on the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial Monument, Stone 2, Row 2 (see photo). The memorial is located at the intersection of County Center Drive East (north entrance) and N. Telegraph Rd., on Oakland County's complex at 1200 North Telegraph Road in Pontiac, Michigan. The memorial has a website on the internet. This is the link to the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: http://www.michiganfallenheroes.com/index.html
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From the Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, October 11, 1894, under the section for news from around the state of Michigan:
Six Lives Lost in the Burning of Keenan & Jahn’s Big Furniture Store in Detroit – Five Fireman and One Spectator:
Fire destroyed Keenan and Jahn’s big furniture store at 213-217 Woodward avenue, Detroit, and after the big four story building was gutted the front and rear walls fell, killing six people, five of whom were firemen and injuring at least ten. The fire was discovered in the shipping room in the basement at the back of the furniture store by Shipping Clerk James Tewsley. An alarm was promptly turned in, but by the time the engines arrived the fire had gained considerable headway, having run up the elevator shaft, and the entire upper floor was a mass of smoke and flame when the first stream was thrown. In less than three quarters of an hour from the start the roof of the building was completely licked up by the flames. At this time the interior of the building was a vast roaring furnace, the highly combustible material seeming to defy all efforts of the firemen. The flames licked up the solid streams of water almost in mid-air. The floors began to give way, taking the bracing from the walls, but the firemen did not yield an inch. Suddenly, without a moment of warning, there was a shock and then with a thunderous crash the front of the building fell. Almost at the same instant the wall at the rear buckled and fell into the alley burying a dozen men. Panic prevailed for a moment and then brave men rushed to the rescue and with bleeding and blistered hands dragged some of the unfortunate victims from a fiery death, and as carefully as possible lifted from the huge mass of debris the battered and mangled bodies of their unfortunate comrades. Both front and rear walls found their victims. The dead are: Fred Bussey, died at Grace hospital; Michael H. Donoghue, lieutenant of chemical No. 1, was taken out dead; J.R. Dely, pipeman No. 9; John W. Pagel, pipeman No. 9; Julius Cummings, No. 2; Martin Ball. There were about 65 people working in the furniture factory all of whom escaped unhurt by way of the front. The loss on the stock is $60,000; building, $35,000; well insured.
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