He was the son of Clarissa (Andrews) and Manassah Sawyer Ball. His birth is recorded on pg 14 of the Vital Records of Boylston thru 1849.
He married Sarah Augusta Holyoke on December 21, 1848 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Vital Records of Marlborough thru 1849). They had two children before her death in 1864 and he married Mary Jane Otis (daughter of Benjamin Otis) in November 1865.
He learned surveying from an uncle in Rhode Island and later became a civil engineer. He planned and constructed the water works from Lynde Brook in Leicester to Worcester. He was responsible for advancing the swere system in worcester where he was also water commisioner from 1863-1867, and city engineer from 1867-1872. He was involved in the construction and/or reporting on water and sewer systems throughout New England.
He was member of the Worcester City Council and was elected mayor for the year 1865.
He began manufacturing water meters and formed Union Water Meter Company where he remained president until his death in 1894.
Information above from the collection description of his notebooks at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.
He married Sarah Augusta Holyoke on December 21, 1848 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Vital Records of Marlborough thru 1849). They had two children before her death in 1864 and he married Mary Jane Otis (daughter of Benjamin Otis) in November 1865.
He learned surveying from an uncle in Rhode Island and later became a civil engineer. He planned and constructed the water works from Lynde Brook in Leicester to Worcester. He was responsible for advancing the swere system in worcester where he was also water commisioner from 1863-1867, and city engineer from 1867-1872. He was involved in the construction and/or reporting on water and sewer systems throughout New England.
He was member of the Worcester City Council and was elected mayor for the year 1865.
He began manufacturing water meters and formed Union Water Meter Company where he remained president until his death in 1894.
Information above from the collection description of his notebooks at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.
He was the son of Clarissa (Andrews) and Manassah Sawyer Ball. His birth is recorded on pg 14 of the Vital Records of Boylston thru 1849.
He married Sarah Augusta Holyoke on December 21, 1848 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Vital Records of Marlborough thru 1849). They had two children before her death in 1864 and he married Mary Jane Otis (daughter of Benjamin Otis) in November 1865.
He learned surveying from an uncle in Rhode Island and later became a civil engineer. He planned and constructed the water works from Lynde Brook in Leicester to Worcester. He was responsible for advancing the swere system in worcester where he was also water commisioner from 1863-1867, and city engineer from 1867-1872. He was involved in the construction and/or reporting on water and sewer systems throughout New England.
He was member of the Worcester City Council and was elected mayor for the year 1865.
He began manufacturing water meters and formed Union Water Meter Company where he remained president until his death in 1894.
Information above from the collection description of his notebooks at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.
He married Sarah Augusta Holyoke on December 21, 1848 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Vital Records of Marlborough thru 1849). They had two children before her death in 1864 and he married Mary Jane Otis (daughter of Benjamin Otis) in November 1865.
He learned surveying from an uncle in Rhode Island and later became a civil engineer. He planned and constructed the water works from Lynde Brook in Leicester to Worcester. He was responsible for advancing the swere system in worcester where he was also water commisioner from 1863-1867, and city engineer from 1867-1872. He was involved in the construction and/or reporting on water and sewer systems throughout New England.
He was member of the Worcester City Council and was elected mayor for the year 1865.
He began manufacturing water meters and formed Union Water Meter Company where he remained president until his death in 1894.
Information above from the collection description of his notebooks at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.
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age 70 years, 11 months, 1 day
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