The son of William & Elizabeth (Dreppard) Ball, he married Anna Sophia Hubley ca. 1859, and fathered Wilford or Wilfred H. (b. 1859), Frank E. (b. 05/06/62), Amy A. (b. 08/12/65), Ella G. (b. 07/15/68), John Greenwald (b. 03/15/71, d. 01/12/79), Lillian Myrtie (b. 07/08/75 - married Wilmer E. Swayne), Arthur Hershey (b. 11/30/77), Charles W. (b. 11/??/82), Florence M. (b. 09/??/84), and Anthony (b. ? - mentioned in his obituary but are not found in any census). In 1860, he was a clerk in a furnishing store living with his young family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is in the 1863-65 draft registration still residing there.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-five in Harrisburg April 20, 1861, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. F, 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-eight in Lancaster June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service that day as a sergeant with Co. I, 50th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 15, 1863. His obituary in the Lancaster New Era erroneously claims he served with "Company R, 50th Regiment." While his other obituaries get the company right, they also use the misleading "50th Regiment" implying the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, with which he never served.
He died at St. Joseph Hospital from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor. He had been an involved member of Reynolds Post No. 405, G.A.R., serving variously as commander, adjutant, and chaplain.
The son of William & Elizabeth (Dreppard) Ball, he married Anna Sophia Hubley ca. 1859, and fathered Wilford or Wilfred H. (b. 1859), Frank E. (b. 05/06/62), Amy A. (b. 08/12/65), Ella G. (b. 07/15/68), John Greenwald (b. 03/15/71, d. 01/12/79), Lillian Myrtie (b. 07/08/75 - married Wilmer E. Swayne), Arthur Hershey (b. 11/30/77), Charles W. (b. 11/??/82), Florence M. (b. 09/??/84), and Anthony (b. ? - mentioned in his obituary but are not found in any census). In 1860, he was a clerk in a furnishing store living with his young family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is in the 1863-65 draft registration still residing there.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-five in Harrisburg April 20, 1861, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. F, 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-eight in Lancaster June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service that day as a sergeant with Co. I, 50th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 15, 1863. His obituary in the Lancaster New Era erroneously claims he served with "Company R, 50th Regiment." While his other obituaries get the company right, they also use the misleading "50th Regiment" implying the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, with which he never served.
He died at St. Joseph Hospital from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor. He had been an involved member of Reynolds Post No. 405, G.A.R., serving variously as commander, adjutant, and chaplain.
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