~ Ruth M. Ball Wooten ~
my 2nd cousin 4x removed

Father: Sampson Harrison Ball, Millwright, Owned & Operated, Holten Mill, Iredell, NC (Birth 18 Jul 1789 • Osbornville, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA-Death 1 Apr 1875 • Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) s/o William Ball & Sarah "Sally" Campbell, my 5th great uncle & aunt.

Mother: Rosanna Norman (Birth Sep 1792 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA-Death 25 Apr 1860, age 67 • Union Grove Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA; Burial: 26 Arp 1860 • Union Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) the broken headstone of Rosanna Norman Ball reads "85yrs"

Married (1840 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA): Thaddeus Thomas “Thad” Wooten (Birth 12 Jan 1816 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA-Death 19 Aug 1893, aged 77 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA).

Children (my 3rd cousins 3x removed):
1. Festus Franklin Wooten (Birth 15 Oct 1842 • Surry County, North Carolina, USA-Death 24 Mar 1928, aged 85 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA) married Sarah M. Huie Wooten, sister of John Roby Huie (my 3rd great-uncle by marriage);
2. Augustus Yarborough Wooten (Birth 17 Apr 1844 • Union Grove, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA-Death 14 Jul 1900, aged 56 • Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA) married Rachel E Renegar (Birth 13 Jun 1844 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA-Death 10 Sep 1909 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
3. Miss Nancy Catherine Wooten (Birth 13 Nov 1845 • Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA-Death 6 Jan 1913 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
4. Leander Quinton Wooten (Birth 3 Feb 1849 • Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA-Death 24 Aug 1931 • Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) married Dicey Adeline Templeton (1850–1926);

Notes: Ruth M. Ball Wooten was living next door to her parents in the 1850 Census with her age listed as 32 years old.