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PVT Caleb Ball

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PVT Caleb Ball Veteran

Birth
USA
Death
Apr 1814 (aged 58–59)
Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Delaware Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veteran. Husband of Phoebe Walton Ball whom he married in Cumberland, Virginia April 5, 1792. Together, they had seven children.

Private in Capt. Lawrence's Company, 22nd Regiment, U.S. Staff, Mercer Co. PA, Blues. Revolutionary War, War of 1812, & Battle of Lundy's Lane, helped to build Perry's Fleet at Erie, PA. Gov. gave him a land grant of 100 acres for service in the Revolutionary War.
Bought additional 100 acres, built cabin in the center of land. Died of fever while en route home from Erie while serving in the War of 1812. One half of his grave was under a sidewalk in Mercer, PA. In 1906 he was reburied in a private cemetery on the Amos Entheus Ball farm.
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veteran. Husband of Phoebe Walton Ball whom he married in Cumberland, Virginia April 5, 1792. Together, they had seven children.

Private in Capt. Lawrence's Company, 22nd Regiment, U.S. Staff, Mercer Co. PA, Blues. Revolutionary War, War of 1812, & Battle of Lundy's Lane, helped to build Perry's Fleet at Erie, PA. Gov. gave him a land grant of 100 acres for service in the Revolutionary War.
Bought additional 100 acres, built cabin in the center of land. Died of fever while en route home from Erie while serving in the War of 1812. One half of his grave was under a sidewalk in Mercer, PA. In 1906 he was reburied in a private cemetery on the Amos Entheus Ball farm.


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  • Created by: CharlieBall
  • Added: Jul 18, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28360522/caleb-ball: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Caleb Ball (1755–Apr 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28360522, citing Ball Cemetery, Delaware Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by CharlieBall (contributor 46996409).