Elmer Ellsworth BALL

¹Occupation for Elmer E. Ball. "Occupation for Elmer Ellsworth Ball was a Railroad Section Tender In Nebraska."

²1920 Census for Elmer Ball Salt Lake City, Utah. "1920: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah
Elmer E. Ball
Age: 58 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Spouse's name: Mary A
Father's Birth Place: United States of America  
Mother's Birth Place: United States of America  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
 
Household Members: Name Age
Elmer E Ball 58  
Mary A Ball 48  
James M Ball 26  
Elsworth R Ball 23  
Grant W Ball 21  
Charles L Ball 18  
Leslie W Ball 15  
Hattie M Ball 13  
Myrtle J Ball 10  
George A Ball 7."

³California Death Index. "BALL, ELMER E. Social Security #: 0 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 21 Apr 1862 BirthPlace: ILLINOIS Death Date: 1 Apr 1942 Death Place: LOS ANGELES Mother's Maiden Name: NOY (Noe) Father's Surname: BALL."

⁴Death Certificate for Elmer E. Ball. "Certified Copy of Death Record Registrar's Number 4986: Refistration District No. 1901:
for Elmer E. Ball:
Date of Death April 1, 1942 Sex Male, Cauc. Date of Birth April 21 1862: Married to Mary Ball (Spouse)
Father: James Manuel Ball: Maiden Name of Mother: Julia Noy (Noe)
Place of Death, Los angeles: Los Angeles County, California
Date Received by Local Registrar Apr 5, 1942:
LA County 11-16-73 Date Certified.
signed Leonard Parish Los Angeles County."

⁵Marriage Record for Mary Wilson and Elmer E. Ball. "

Elmer C. Ball Gender: Male Spouse Name: Mary Wilson Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1892 County: Sarpy Source: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 2107860 and 2107861.
The State of Nebraska, Sarpy County:
Be it Remebered, that at Papillion in said county of Sarpy on the 3d day of November A.D. 1892 Mr. Elmer E. Ball and Miss Mary Wilson named in the foregoing license, were legally united in marriage by me in the presence of Nils Straton Wilcox .
I Orville entenman Judge of the County Court of the County of Sarpy, State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copies of MARRIAGE RECORD OF ELMER E. BALL AND MARY WILSON; DOCUMENT 4 PAGE 261 Number 166:
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court in Papillion, County of Sarpy, State of Nebraska, on the 27th day of February A.D., 1967
Orville Entenman, Judge of the County Court
/s/ By Delores Johansen, Clerk of the County Court."

Mary Alice WILSON

¹1885 Nebraska State Census for Nora Wilson and Mary Alice Wilson her Sister. "Nebraska State Census, 1885
about M. Wilson
Name: M. Wilson
Age: 11  
Birth Place: Nebraska  
LOCATION: Springfield Precinct,Sarpy,Nebraska  
Date: 5 Jun 1885
Enumerator: C. E. Denison  
Enumeration District: 711  
Page: 7  
Race: White  
Locality: Midway Borough."

²Death Certificate for Ball, Mary Alice Wilson. "Certificate of Death State of California Department of Health Registration Dist. No. 7053 Registrar's 441:
Deceased: Mary A. Ball, Date of Death January 6, 1956 Female Caucasian, Widowed Date of Birth June 16, 1872 Age 83, Born in Nebraska, Housewife, Owns own Home:, Citcizen of United States of America:, Name of Father WILSON:, Maiden Name of Mother:  Palmer was a remarried name  (Armstrong) is the Maiden Name: Informant Son: James M. Ball, Place of Death, Los Angeles, LA, California, St. Vincents Hospital, 2131 Wesat 3rd Street, California, LA, Residence 1205 West 67th Street LA, LA, California. Physician: Louis C. Bennett, MD 1930 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA Burial January 10, 1956, Inglewood Cemetery:
Funeral Direcotr Utter McKinley Mortuary 3719 West Slauson Ave. LA, California. Disease leading to death Carcinoma of Gall Bladder 6 weeks. Inoperable Carcimona of Gall bladder.
/s/ Certified true copy of record June 27, 1974 Leonard Parrish Registrar-REcorder, Los Angeles, County, California."

³California Death Index for Ball, Mary A. (Wilson). "California Death Index for Ball, Mary A. (Wilson)
BALL MARY A Date of Birth 06/16/1872 Mothers Maiden Name PALMER (Armstrong) is the Maiden name Palmer is taken from the 2nd marriage:::. Fathers Name was WILSON,  
 Born in  NEBRASKA: Date of Death 6 January 1956 83 years, . Los Angeles, LA, California."

⁴Death Certificate for Mary A. Ball (Wilson). "Buria of Mary Alice Wilson Ball:
Death Certificate: Reg Dist.No. 7053 Registrars Number 444
Date of Burial 10 January 1956: Inglewood Park Cemetery."

⁵Marriage Record for Mary Wilson and Elmer E. Ball. "

Elmer C. Ball Gender: Male Spouse Name: Mary Wilson Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1892 County: Sarpy Source: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 2107860 and 2107861.
The State of Nebraska, Sarpy County:
Be it Remebered, that at Papillion in said county of Sarpy on the 3d day of November A.D. 1892 Mr. Elmer E. Ball and Miss Mary Wilson named in the foregoing license, were legally united in marriage by me in the presence of Nils Straton Wilcox .
I Orville entenman Judge of the County Court of the County of Sarpy, State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copies of MARRIAGE RECORD OF ELMER E. BALL AND MARY WILSON; DOCUMENT 4 PAGE 261 Number 166:
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court in Papillion, County of Sarpy, State of Nebraska, on the 27th day of February A.D., 1967
Orville Entenman, Judge of the County Court
/s/ By Delores Johansen, Clerk of the County Court."

James Manual BALL

¹Personal Knowledge by Donna Ball Autrey, Brief History, Ball, James Manual (Jimmy). "      Jimmy is what we always called him.  He was my Uncle Jimmy, brother to my father Leslie W. Ball. Jim was the eldest of eight children 5 brothers and two sisters.  Born to his parents Elmer E. and Mary Alice Wilson Ball. Jim was the only one in the family that never married, but lived next door to his parents in Los Angeles.  Always there if they needed him. He work with his dad in Nebraska as a Railroad Section Tender then on to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1920, and again worked with his brothers in the Steam Railroad field.  In 1925 they moved out to California, and made Los Angeles there home."

²Obituary for Ball, James Manual Ball. "Obituary LOS ANGELES TIMES JANUARY 19, 1976
BALL, JAMES M., Beloved brother of Ellsworth Ray, George Harry and Charles Lee Ball and Mrs. Myrtle Collins.  Service 1 P.M. Tuesday, at the Chapel of the Chimes at Forest Lawn-Glendale, Forest Lawn Mortuary, directing. Burial in Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 E. Florence Ave. Inglewood."

³SSDI James M. Ball 561-12-0713. "JAMES BALL  15 Nov 1893 Jan 1976 90044 (Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA) (none specified) 561-12-0713 California."

⁴Death Certificate for Ball, James Manual. "County of Los Angeles, State of California:
Registration District & Certificate Number 0190-001544
James Manuel Ball Deceased January 15, 1975, Born Nebraska on November 15, 1893 Age 82: Fathers Name: Elmer E. Ball born in Illinois: Mothers Maiden name Mary Alice Wilson (Kansas) wrong:  She was born in Nebraska.
USA Citizen 561-12-00713 : Never Married;;Occupation: Laborer 15 years with Farrar Industrial Products: Chemical Industry... Place of Death Four Palms Santarium 1001 South Osage, Inglewood, LA County,:How many years in County of Death (56 years): In California (56 years).: Usual Residence 11157 S. Raymond Arve Los Angeles, LA, California:
Name of Informant:  Mr. Ellsworth Ray Ball - Brother:  Name of Funeral Director Forest Lawn Memorial Park Assn, Glendale, Ca:   Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
Cause of Death: Broncho Pneumonia 2 Weeks:
Due to Congestive Heart Failure: Months
Due to Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease: Years..."

⁵Burial:  Ball, James Manual. "Burial of James Manual Ball:
Buried at the Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
Burial Date:20 Jan 1975, Mausoleum 174 Evergreen Div A INS GR."

George Emil OLSEN

¹"Courage Enough", MonDAK Families Histories,Richland Counties: Page
, Pages 990, 991,992. "Emil Olsen spent many ears as a commercial fisherman.  Later he became a painter.  He was foreman of a crew that painted on the San Francisco bay bridge when it was built.

Personal Note from Donna Ball Autrey daughter of Alice M. Ball Olsen, and Sept Daughter of George Email Olsen.
George Emil Olsen had never been married before.  He married my mother at age of sixty. She was a Widow of one year when George showed up one day at her little Farm in Junction City, Trinity County, California. She was still greaving over the loss of her first husband of 42 years (Les Ball).  George and Alice were married 1966.  He was a very industrious person.  A good farmer and loved to work with his hands he did not like to read but love to make things. This was a twenty year marriage. George passed away in 1989."

²Death Certificate of George Emil Olsen. "Filed in Art-Family Photo.".

Alice May KROGH

¹By Phil Nelson, Trinity Journal, Weaverville, CA, Trinity Journal 25 July 1990 Article on Alice M. Ball,Olsen. " By Phil Nelson, Trinity Journal, Weaverville, California 25 July 1990 Article on Alice M. Ball,Olsen.
"NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OF 25 JULY 1990 IN THE TRINITY JOURNAL
BY PHIL NELSON ENTITLED DOWNRIVER

"DOWNRIVER" BY PHIL NELSON 25 JULY 1990.
"I first5 met Alice  back in 1977. I had just moved up to Trinity County and a neighbor asked if I would be willing to help him milk a couple of cows for the Olsens downriver.  It seems that George Olsen of Junction City had broken his leg and was bedridden. I said sure.  (George broke his leg kicking the cow)
   Now it had been a long, long time since I had milked a cow and even then I never could get the hang of it.  There's nothing to milking a cow using a milking machine but when it came time to strip the critter by hand Ill be darned if I could get any milk to come out.  That's when I met Alice.
Alice was a lender white haired lady of 70 who proceeded to show me how it was done.  It took a while but I eventually was able to get milk from those cows.  After straining an putting the milk in the cooler I was invited in for coffee where I met George.
    It soon became a routine: after milking we would sit at the kitchen table drinking coffee and talking.  Alice would usually get up and busy herself in the kitchen leaving George to continue our conversation. Sometimes I would stay and have breakfast.

    Alice May Ball Olsen is originally from Salt Lake City, Actually she lived a mile from the streetcar line out in the "boonies"  They lived next to the railroad tracks and that's where she met her first husband, Leslie Ball.
    Leslie and his friend were walking down the tracks past Alice's house.  Alice's step sister, who was a " little bit forward," according to Alice, called Leslie and his friend over to the front gate and made a date to meet at the schoolhouse.
    The schoolhouse was located across the track from Leslie's home which was a mile down the track from Alice's house.  Alice was 14 at the time and refused to go.
    Well, Leslie didn't give up. He phoned Alice and started coming over and the two started dating. A year later, 1922, Alice was 15 and Leslie 18, they were married. A year after the wedding they moved to California.  Leslie went to California a couple of months ahead of Alice to find a job.  Then while Alice worked for the Creamery Leslie went to Barber College, Leslie then in turn, worked at several Barber Shops putting Alice through Beauty School.  In 1930 they moved to Oxnard where Leslie opened up a barber shop in 1937 of his own after working for Mr. Winters OK Barber Shop. Alice then opened up her own Beauty Shop (Alice May Beauty Room).
    When Alice was working for the telephone company in Oxnard she worked with and was a friend with Lottie Morgan, who later moved to Junction City and whose husband was a justice court judge for Junction City.
    Leslie and Alice would visit the Morgans and it wasn't long before they bought their place in Junction City.  It was 1950 and they bought 42 acres on Dutch Creek Road.  It was to be their vacation home only. "But Leslie wanted to move up so bad", says Alice.  So in 1955 Leslie and Alice sold their businesses and home in Oxnard and moved to Junction City.
    "I hated it that first year," says Alice, " I had a large beautiful home in Oxnard and our house here was just a shell."
    Alice continues, "We had to hand pump and bucket water from the spring: no electricity: there were no conveniences, I was used to the city."  After the first year of Leslie "just hunting and fishing", he went to work for Dean Davenport's barber shop in Weaverville. (The hop was located in what is now the Gold Rush Jewelry store.) Alice opened her beauty shop in their home in Junction City also a year after moving up to Junction City.
    And that's the way it was for the next eight years.  One year Leslie became ill and after a year of sickness, in 1965, passed away from Cancer.
    Well, Alice put the place up for sale and one day a man came to the door to inquire about buying the place.  His name was George Olsen.
    "I couldn't get rid of him," Alice said George, a 60 year old bachelor who had never been married, started hanging around.
    George, who in his heyday was an Oakland Bay Bridge painter who hung 500 feet in the air above the Bay in a boatswains chair; a high rise riveter and a farmer in Montana, was retired and living in Alameda. But not for long.  He started coming up and visiting Alice quite often and on June 29, 1966 George and Alice were married.
    It was with George that the place became a mini-farm.  They put in a large garden,
built out buildings and bought two cows - Alice's first experience with a cow.
    "It was a pleasant experience," says Alice, "I taught myself to milk and with George's help learned to make cheese and butter."  They also grew vegetable for the senior citizens through the Green Thumb Program.
    Over the years my visits with the Olsens became less frequent.  One year I photographed Alice in their huge garden for the newspaper but generally we only saw one another picking up our mail at the post office where we would stop and chat for a while.
    George became more stooped as the years passed but Alice never seemed to grow older. In July 1989 George's heart stopped and he passed away.  He was 83.
    Again the property was put on the market for sale and this July Alice moved to Weaverville. "Its a smaller and easier place to take care of, "said Alice
    At 83 Alice still belongs to the North Fork Grange.  She is very active in the Canasta club that years ago started with ladies and now has 12. "I'm the only old timer lift," Alice said.  Only this last year Alice didn't renew her beauticians license.

    I drive by George and Alice's old place just about every day to and from town.  There used to be a sign at the entrance to their driveway that said, "The Olsens, George and Alice."  (Before that the sign use to read "The Balls Breezeway")  The signs are down now and I feel a little sad for the change.  That's the way it goes, I guess, nothing ever stays the same.  So, welcome to the new people and Alice May Ball Olsen.  I hope to see you around."."

²Death Certificate for Ball, Burner, Alice May. "Death Certificate for Alice May Krogh, Ball, Olsen, Burner:
State of California Certification of Vital Records, County of Shasta 26 50 Breslauer Way, Redding, Caliofnria 96001  Local Resistration Number 3 2000 45 000397:
Date of Death March 19, 2000:  Date of Burial March 21, 2000."

³Single Town, Shasta Co. CA., Headstone for Alice May Alice May Krogh,Ball Ogburn-Inwood Cem.Shingletown, Shasta County, CA. "1st Marriage Leslie Ball 40 years: 2nd Marriage George Olsen 20 years: 3rd marriage to Donald Burner 4years:.". "Rose on the Side: " In Loving Memory"  "Alice May Ball, April 2, 1907 to March 19, 2000, Wife, Mother and Grandmother"
Ogburn-Inwood Cem.Shingletown, Shasta County, CA."

Alice May KROGH

¹By Phil Nelson, Trinity Journal, Weaverville, CA, Trinity Journal 25 July 1990 Article on Alice M. Ball,Olsen. " By Phil Nelson, Trinity Journal, Weaverville, California 25 July 1990 Article on Alice M. Ball,Olsen.
"NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OF 25 JULY 1990 IN THE TRINITY JOURNAL
BY PHIL NELSON ENTITLED DOWNRIVER

"DOWNRIVER" BY PHIL NELSON 25 JULY 1990.
"I first5 met Alice  back in 1977. I had just moved up to Trinity County and a neighbor asked if I would be willing to help him milk a couple of cows for the Olsens downriver.  It seems that George Olsen of Junction City had broken his leg and was bedridden. I said sure.  (George broke his leg kicking the cow)
   Now it had been a long, long time since I had milked a cow and even then I never could get the hang of it.  There's nothing to milking a cow using a milking machine but when it came time to strip the critter by hand Ill be darned if I could get any milk to come out.  That's when I met Alice.
Alice was a lender white haired lady of 70 who proceeded to show me how it was done.  It took a while but I eventually was able to get milk from those cows.  After straining an putting the milk in the cooler I was invited in for coffee where I met George.
    It soon became a routine: after milking we would sit at the kitchen table drinking coffee and talking.  Alice would usually get up and busy herself in the kitchen leaving George to continue our conversation. Sometimes I would stay and have breakfast.

    Alice May Ball Olsen is originally from Salt Lake City, Actually she lived a mile from the streetcar line out in the "boonies"  They lived next to the railroad tracks and that's where she met her first husband, Leslie Ball.
    Leslie and his friend were walking down the tracks past Alice's house.  Alice's step sister, who was a " little bit forward," according to Alice, called Leslie and his friend over to the front gate and made a date to meet at the schoolhouse.
    The schoolhouse was located across the track from Leslie's home which was a mile down the track from Alice's house.  Alice was 14 at the time and refused to go.
    Well, Leslie didn't give up. He phoned Alice and started coming over and the two started dating. A year later, 1922, Alice was 15 and Leslie 18, they were married. A year after the wedding they moved to California.  Leslie went to California a couple of months ahead of Alice to find a job.  Then while Alice worked for the Creamery Leslie went to Barber College, Leslie then in turn, worked at several Barber Shops putting Alice through Beauty School.  In 1930 they moved to Oxnard where Leslie opened up a barber shop in 1937 of his own after working for Mr. Winters OK Barber Shop. Alice then opened up her own Beauty Shop (Alice May Beauty Room).
    When Alice was working for the telephone company in Oxnard she worked with and was a friend with Lottie Morgan, who later moved to Junction City and whose husband was a justice court judge for Junction City.
    Leslie and Alice would visit the Morgans and it wasn't long before they bought their place in Junction City.  It was 1950 and they bought 42 acres on Dutch Creek Road.  It was to be their vacation home only. "But Leslie wanted to move up so bad", says Alice.  So in 1955 Leslie and Alice sold their businesses and home in Oxnard and moved to Junction City.
    "I hated it that first year," says Alice, " I had a large beautiful home in Oxnard and our house here was just a shell."
    Alice continues, "We had to hand pump and bucket water from the spring: no electricity: there were no conveniences, I was used to the city."  After the first year of Leslie "just hunting and fishing", he went to work for Dean Davenport's barber shop in Weaverville. (The hop was located in what is now the Gold Rush Jewelry store.) Alice opened her beauty shop in their home in Junction City also a year after moving up to Junction City.
    And that's the way it was for the next eight years.  One year Leslie became ill and after a year of sickness, in 1965, passed away from Cancer.
    Well, Alice put the place up for sale and one day a man came to the door to inquire about buying the place.  His name was George Olsen.
    "I couldn't get rid of him," Alice said George, a 60 year old bachelor who had never been married, started hanging around.
    George, who in his heyday was an Oakland Bay Bridge painter who hung 500 feet in the air above the Bay in a boatswains chair; a high rise riveter and a farmer in Montana, was retired and living in Alameda. But not for long.  He started coming up and visiting Alice quite often and on June 29, 1966 George and Alice were married.
    It was with George that the place became a mini-farm.  They put in a large garden,
built out buildings and bought two cows - Alice's first experience with a cow.
    "It was a pleasant experience," says Alice, "I taught myself to milk and with George's help learned to make cheese and butter."  They also grew vegetable for the senior citizens through the Green Thumb Program.
    Over the years my visits with the Olsens became less frequent.  One year I photographed Alice in their huge garden for the newspaper but generally we only saw one another picking up our mail at the post office where we would stop and chat for a while.
    George became more stooped as the years passed but Alice never seemed to grow older. In July 1989 George's heart stopped and he passed away.  He was 83.
    Again the property was put on the market for sale and this July Alice moved to Weaverville. "Its a smaller and easier place to take care of, "said Alice
    At 83 Alice still belongs to the North Fork Grange.  She is very active in the Canasta club that years ago started with ladies and now has 12. "I'm the only old timer lift," Alice said.  Only this last year Alice didn't renew her beauticians license.

    I drive by George and Alice's old place just about every day to and from town.  There used to be a sign at the entrance to their driveway that said, "The Olsens, George and Alice."  (Before that the sign use to read "The Balls Breezeway")  The signs are down now and I feel a little sad for the change.  That's the way it goes, I guess, nothing ever stays the same.  So, welcome to the new people and Alice May Ball Olsen.  I hope to see you around."."

²Death Certificate for Ball, Burner, Alice May. "Death Certificate for Alice May Krogh, Ball, Olsen, Burner:
State of California Certification of Vital Records, County of Shasta 26 50 Breslauer Way, Redding, Caliofnria 96001  Local Resistration Number 3 2000 45 000397:
Date of Death March 19, 2000:  Date of Burial March 21, 2000."

³Single Town, Shasta Co. CA., Headstone for Alice May Alice May Krogh,Ball Ogburn-Inwood Cem.Shingletown, Shasta County, CA. "1st Marriage Leslie Ball 40 years: 2nd Marriage George Olsen 20 years: 3rd marriage to Donald Burner 4years:.". "Rose on the Side: " In Loving Memory"  "Alice May Ball, April 2, 1907 to March 19, 2000, Wife, Mother and Grandmother"
Ogburn-Inwood Cem.Shingletown, Shasta County, CA."

Charles Waldemar KROGH

¹History and War Record of Charles Waldemar Krogh 1877-1962. "!     My grandfather served in the Spanish American War he was single and Volunteered for duty on May 5, 1898.  His place of residence at the time was Salt Lake City, Utah.  He enrolled at Fort Douglas, Utah for 2 years. At the time of his enlistment he was 21 years of age Height 5 feet 9 and 1/2 inches. Complexion was fair; eyes blue; hair light brown. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Occupation Shoemaker.  He was a Private, Batt'y A, Batt'n Utah Light Art'y.

!    Grandpa Krogh was Appointed a Musician in his Battery.  He played the tuba and liked music.  He was assigned this Dec 19 1898.  He was muster-out in August 16, 1899 in San Francisco, California.  He received 3.00 and 63 cents.

!The above information was taken off his Spanish American War Record which is in my possession.        Donna Autrey Granddaughter.

!My Grandpa Krogh was a Streetcar Conductor the rest of his life in Salt Lake City, Utah and retired from that when he was in his retirement years.
!The Salt Lake City Newspaper ran a long article on him when he retired and I have that in my possession.
   He played in a band on the weekends for his own personal enjoyment.  He married my grandmother Zina Louise Nielsen and had five children.  Because of some problem their was a divorce and he remarried several more times.   My grandpa lived in Woodscross, Utah for the remainder of his life.  He had a peach orchard, and Cherry orchard and lived with his latest wife for quite a number of years until death.  (Edith Copeland)

Employment: Charles W. Krogh:  Served in the Spanish American War.  He also was a Street Car Conductor in Salt Lake City and that is were he Retired:  He Played the Tuba.  He had a Peach Orchard were he lived in Woodscross, Utah.  SS# 528-03-0502."

²Obituary of Krogh, Charles Waldemar 1877-1962. "Salt Lake Tribune, August 25, 1962 Page 26.
Obituary of:
CHARLES W. KROGH, NORTH SALT LAKE.
Charles W. Krogh 85, 748 W. 7600 South, died Thursday, at 10:3) p.m. of natural causes in a Salt Lake hospital.  Born Jan 24, 1877, Copenhagen, Denmark, to Jens Martin and Theresa Petersen Krogh.  Married Zina Nielsen November 8, 1899; later divorced. Married Edith Coplin April 28 1937, Firth, Idaho.  Motorman 44 years for Utah Light and Traction Co., retired 1943.  Active, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Veteran, Spanish American War.  Survivors: widow; son, daughters, Charles Elmer, Mrs. R. A. (LaFon) Reid, Salt Lake City; Mrs. L. W. (Alice) Ball, Junction City, California; 28 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren; half brothers, John P. Krogh, Salt Lake City; Joseph Krogh, Los Angeles; half sister, Mrs. C. (Myrtle) Blanchard, Salt Lake City; sister Mrs. A. (Martha) Tietien, Salt Lake City, Funeral Monday, 3 P.M., 2350 E. 13th South, where friends may cal,l Sunday, 6-8 p.m. Monday prior to services.  Burial, Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Note The 25 of August was a Saturday 1962:  He Died that thursday which would have been August 23, 1962."

³Krogh, Charles Waldemar. "Salt Lake City Cemetery, SLC, UT

Name: Charles W. Krogh
Birth Date: Jan 24, 1877  
Birth Place: Denmark  
Death Date: 23 Aug 1962
Death Place: Salt Lake City,Utah  
Plot: 88023 PARK-10-19-3  
Burial Date: 27 Aug 1962."

Zina Louise NIELSEN

¹Obituary of Zina Louise Krogh Sawyer 69.. "Deseret News 23 Jan 1950 Zina N. Krogh Sawyer:
Obituary:Zina Krogh Sawyer, 69, formerly of 1011 W. 4th South, Salt Lake City, died Monday at 9:15 am in Oxnard, Ca. of cancer.
    Born Feb 22, 1880, in Spanish Fork, Utah she was a daughter of Rasmus and Louise W. Nielsen.
    Mrs Sawyer had been a resident of Salt Lake City from 1899 to 1941, attending the Twenty-fifth Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during that time.
    In 1921 she was married to Philip Frank Sawyer, who died in 1932.
    Surviving are five children.  Charles E. Krogh, Edward Krogh and Mrs.Raymond A. (LaFon)
    Reid, all of Salt Lake City;   Mrs. L. W. Ball and Mrs. George Winters(Emma Sawyer), Oxnard, Ca; 19 grandchildren, six      great grandchildren, and seven brothers and sisters, Edward Nielsen, Brockway, Ore; Mrs Pearl Peterson, Payson, Utah; Delbert Nielsen, Provo; Lonnie Nielsen, Spanish Fork; Mrs Willis Bartlett, Provo canyon, and Niels  Nielsen of Napa, California.
    Funeral services for Mrs. Zina Krogh Sawyer, 69 former Salt Lake resident who did Monday at Oxnard, Calif., will be conducted Friday at 1PM at 36 East Seventh South St.  Friends may cal at the place of services Thursday evening and Friday to before the funeral hour.  Burial will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park."

James M. BALL

¹Donna Ball Autrey, James M. Ball Family History by Donna Ball Autrey. "History of James M. Ball
By Great Granddaughter Donna L. Ball Autrey
Lineage through her Father Leslie W. Ball and Grandfather Elmer Ellsworth Ball

James Melvern Ball was the Eleventh son of James R. Ball and Elizabeth Owen Ball.  James M. was born 17 September 1831 in a little town of Freedom, Cattaragus County, New York State.  There were six brothers besides him and five sisters.

A History of the Township of Freedom in Cattaragus County, New York. 1879 Book974.7943 E25 Found at the BYU Genealogy Library in Provo, Utah.
The Town of Freedom is the northeast corner in the county.  The surface is a rolling or moderately hilly upland.  Its principal watercourses are Clear Creek, which takes its rise from Fish Lake and flows northwest through the central part, and the south branch of Cattaragus Creek, which flows in the same direction across the southwest corner.  Fish Lake in the east part, Beaver Lake in the south, and Scum and Laws Lakes in the center, are small bodies of water.  The soil is of good quality, of clay and gravelly loam, well adapted to grazing, dairying, fruit-culture, and all other pursuits of agriculture.  .  The town contains a total area of 25,998 acres, of which 18,125 acres are improved, and in 1875 had a population of 1341 inhabitants.  In 1835 a lot of believers in the Mormon Faith migrated from this vicinity to Kirkland, Ohio with that Faith.
Previous to 1825 the following-named settlers were here and located as follows: David Austin, David Alton and Elliott Alton, on lot 1, the third range.
JAMES R. AND EDWARD BALL, ON LOT 7, THIRD RANGE; (James R. is the Father of James M. Ball ) Edward Ball would be the brother to James R. Ball)
The Balls were located here in the State Census of 1835, and on a   Land Record of purchase in Freedom, NY showing James R. Alvin and Edward.
1835 NY State census shows James R: Alvin: and Edward of Freedom. Cattaragus Co., NY.”
1840 Census shows James R. Ball with his family living in Freedom, Cattaragus County, New York.  This census is very hard to read but shows the best I can make out as 2 male children between 5 and 10 years; l male child between 10 and 15 years: 1 male child between 15 and 20: l male between 50-60; 1 female 10-15 years; 1 female 15-20 years and l female 40-50.  This is a guess as no names are listed in this Census Year of 1840.  They were still here at this time.  They were shown as Farmers.

In 1850 the Balls migrated to Dupage Township, Winfield County, Illinois and purchased land to farm.  James M. Ball and is Brother Silas S. Ball both close in age show up on this census working as a farmers. James was 19 and Silas was 17.  They were on their own.  
In 1855 James met his wife Julia E. Noe somewhere in Illinois. I am not sure but they were living in Dupage, Illinois in 1850 cannot locate her father on this date until 1855 whey Cyrenus Noe Julia’s father signed the marriage application for her to marry James M. Ball in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. On 8 March 1855.  
In 1860 both families where living in the Town of Rochester in Sangamon County, Illinois, just outside Springfield.  Cyrenus was listed as a Phy6sician and had three more children besides Julia. John C. 1844 New York: Alice J. 1853, Illinois; Milton H. 1859, Rochester, Illinois.

James secured a good job with the Union Pacific Rail Road as a Foreman in Galesburg, Illinois.  While he and Julia where living there a lot of there children where born.  My grandfather Elmer Ellsworth Ball was born in 1862.   James was then sent to Omaha in 1869 to supervise Railroad Shops.   He resigned in 1870 and they all moved to Sarpy County.  The County records show that James owned section 33, in Plattford Township. One Hundred Twenty Acres of land.  He purchased it in 1870 and the land had an estimated value for the period of $50.00 per acre.  

When the Balls arrived in Sarpy County from Illinois, the Nebraska land had just been opened to settlers and all they could see surrounding them were Indians thus they called James M. (Timber Jim) and James R. Ball cousin through Alvin Ball (Brother to James M.)  (Prairie Jim).

James M. and Julia are both buried at the Ball Cemetery in Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska.  The Ball Cemetery sets on a bluff overlooking the Platt River on land that once belonged to James R. Ball a cousin to James M. Ball.  The cemetery is filled with large cedar trees and has a large cement archway over the entrance entitled “The Ball Cemetery”.  

The inscriptions on the head stones read: James M. Ball Born Sept. 17, 1830, died March 20, 1903.  Julia Ball Wife of James M. Born Jan 25, 1839 died Aug 13, 1907."

²Census, 1860 Rochester,Sangamon Co.,  Illinois Page 274  District No. 16, Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 16, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M653_226; Page: 274; Image: 273.
"Name: James Ball Age in 1860: 28 Birth Year: abt 1832 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: District 16, Sangamon, Illinois Gender: Male Post Office: Rochester Value of real estate: View Image Household Members:
Name Age
James Ball 1860  Age 28
Julia E Ball  Age 20 born New Jersey
A M Ball Age 5 born Illinois
James R Ball  Age 2, Born Illinois

Census, 1860 Rochester,Sangamon Co.,  Illinois Page 274  District No. 16, Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 16, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M653_226; Page: 274; Image: 273."

³1870 Census Omah City, Douglas, Nebraska for James M. Ball and Family. "1870 Census Omah City, Douglas, Nebraska for James M. Ball and Family
Age 35 Male White, Carpentar Born in New York:
Julia Age 30 Keeping House (Wife) Born in New Jersey,
Alfred Age 13 Male White At Home Born in Illinois
James age 10 male, white, at home Born in Illinois.
Ettie Age 9 female at home born in Illinois.
Elmer age 7 male white at home born in Illinois.
Benny age 5 male white born in Illinois.
Sam age 3 male white born in Illinois.
Frank age 2 male white born in Illijnois."

⁴1880 Plattford Precinct, Sarpy, Nebraska for James M. Ball Family. "1880 Census Platford, Sarpy, Nebraska
James M. Ball age 46 Head, Farmer  Born N.Y. FatherNY, Mother NY
Julia E. Wife age 41, Keeping House
Elmer son age 18 at home born in Illinois.
William age 15 son at home born Illinois.
Samuel age 13 son at home born in Illinois.
Frank age 12 son at home born in Illinois.
John age 9 Son at home born in Nebraska.
Asa age 8 son born in Nebraska.
Minnie age 6 Daughter born in Nebraska."

⁵Springfield Monitor Newspaper, Springfield, Sarpy Co. NE.
pringfield Monitor Newspaper, Springfield, SArpy Co. NE.
Obituary for James M. Ball . "Obituary for my Great Grandfather James M. Ball;

! After suffering from many ailments for a long time the venerable James M. Ball succumbed Monday morning to a stroke of parpalysis which affected him Saturday.  Mr. Ball had been in poor health for some time and on account of his advanced age was hardly expected to make a permanent recovery.  Deceased was born in the state of New York, September 17, 1831.  While yet a young man he located in DuPage county Ill., and on March 8, 1855 he was married to Miss Julia Noe at Princeton, Ill.  The family moved to Galesburg. Where Mr. Ball's proficiency in mechanical work secured for him the position of foreman of the Union Pacific shop at that place.  In 1869 he was sent by the company to take charge of the shops at Omaha and resigned in 187) to take up his residence on a farm in Sarpy county.  He made his home on the old farm in Plattford precinct from that time until about 10 years ago when he moved with his family to Springfield where he remained the balance of his life.
! Surviving him are his wife, ten sons and two daughters, and a brother SILAS S.BALL AND a sister who reside in California.     Mr. Ball was a gentleman who had the respect and esteem of every acquaintance.  His record during the thirty years, which he spent in this community, is one that any man might envy.  Since 1888 he had been a member of the Methodist church.  Burial is being delayed until the arrival of a daughter from Texas.  The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with interment in the Ball cemetery.  The sympathy of the community is with the bereaved family."

⁶Ball, James Melvern, Burial at Ball Cem. "Shows photo of his Grave Marker and Julia's together at the Ball Cemetery in Springfield, Nebraska."

⁷Marriage Registration and Marriage Certificate in Posesses of Donna Ball Autrey autrey@c-zone.net. "James M. Ball and Julia E. Noe took out an Application to be married in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois.  Julia's Father Cyrenus Noe had to sign for her to be married as she was only 16.". " "Cyrenus Noe signed for permission for his daughter Julia E. Noe to marry James M. Ball 1855 Princeton, Bureau Co. Ill. "
James M. Ball and Julia E. Noe took out an Application to be married in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois.  Julia's Father Cyrenus Noe had to sign for her to be married as she was only 16. In Donna L. Autrey's Possession, 2754 Crystal Tree Drive, Redding, Shasta, California."

⁸Marriage Certificate 1855 for James M. Ball and Julia E. Noe, State of Illinois, Bureau County, Book C. Page 10. "MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE;  1855 OF PRINCTON, BUREAU CO. ILL.  Cyrenus Noe had to sign the permission for his daughter Julia Noe to marrie James M. Ball.".

Julia Etta NOE

¹1860 Census of Rochester Sangamon Co. Illinois James M. Ball Family. "SOURCES:!1860 Census of Rochester Sangamon Co. Ill. shows James M. Ball Age 28 and Julia E. Noe age 20 born in New Jersey not New York as previously on her chart.  Shows Alfred M. Ball age 5 and James R. Ball age 2. 4-9-93.    They were living next door to Julias Parents and brothers and sisters."

²Springfield Monitor Aug 22nd 1907. "Interment was in the Ball Cemetery.". "Springfield Monitor Aug 22nd 1907.
"Interment was in the Ball Cemetery.".
"Obituary Taken from the Springfield Monitor August 22, 1907 Page 3 Column 3.
"While sitting at the supper table Monday evening laughing and chatting with members of the family, Mrs. J. M. Ball suddenly straightened up in her chair and died without a word or groan, her heart having failed.  Mrs. Ball's friends had noted a gradual decline in her health for a year or two, but otherwise she had been remarkably well and helped prepare the meal, which was to be her last.     Julia E. Noe was born January 25, 1839, and at the age of fifteen was united in marriage to James M. Ball at Galesburg, Ill.  She was the mother of twelve children and ten of them survive her.  They are Alfred and James of Fremont, Elmer and Sam of Louisville, Ben, Ace, John and Lester Ball, Mrs. E. C. Armstrong and Mrs. George Stuart of Springfield, all whom were present at the funeral.  The deceased came to Sarpy county with her husband in 1869 and for fifteen years had made her home in Springfield.  The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church at 11 o’clock yesterday.  Rev. Illsley officiated."

Notes to the above Obituary: Julia E. Noe was born in New Jersey:  She was united in marriage to her husband James M. Ball at an early age of 16 or 15.  Her Marriage Certificate in my possession says she was married in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. 8 March 1855 and permission to marry signed by her father Cyrenus E. Noe.  James and Julia probably eventually moved to Galesburg, IL at a later date as some of her children were born there.  But they also lived in Rochester, Sangamon County, IL on the 1860 Census /s/ Donna L. Ball Autrey."

³Marriage Registration and Marriage Certificate in Posesses of Donna Ball Autrey autrey@c-zone.net. "James M. Ball and Julia E. Noe took out an Application to be married in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois.  Julia's Father Cyrenus Noe had to sign for her to be married as she was only 16.". " "Cyrenus Noe signed for permission for his daughter Julia E. Noe to marry James M. Ball 1855 Princeton, Bureau Co. Ill. "
James M. Ball and Julia E. Noe took out an Application to be married in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois.  Julia's Father Cyrenus Noe had to sign for her to be married as she was only 16. In Donna L. Autrey's Possession, 2754 Crystal Tree Drive, Redding, Shasta, California."

⁴Marriage Certificate 1855 for James M. Ball and Julia E. Noe, State of Illinois, Bureau County, Book C. Page 10. "MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE;  1855 OF PRINCTON, BUREAU CO. ILL.  Cyrenus Noe had to sign the permission for his daughter Julia Noe to marrie James M. Ball.".

Emery WILSON

¹1870 Census for Salt Creek, Cass County, NE Emery Wilson and Alice , Page 180 PO Ashland, Page 180. "1870 Census for Salt Creek, Cass County, NE Emery Wilson and Alice , Page 180 PO Ashland.
List Emery Wilson age 33 Male Farmer born NY.  Wife: Mary age 27 F. Keeping House Born Illinois: Cora 6 mos. F. born NE."

²Marriage and Divorcement  of Margaret E. Armstrong and Emery E. Wilson  AND Divorcement:. "Nebraska Marriages, 1856-1898 Record about Margaret E. Armstrong
Name: Margaret E. Armstrong
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Emery Wilson
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1868
County: Sarpy
Source: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 2107860 and 2107861.

TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA COUNTY OF SARPY;
WHEREAS, It has been duly shown to my satisfaction, that there is no legal impediment existing to the marriage of Mr./s/ Emery Wilson and Miss Margaret E. Armstrong both of Sarpy County, therefore Marriage License this day issued December 17, 1868. /s/ Florence Ragus Probate Judge.

TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA COUNTY OF SARPY;  I hereby certify that I did on the Twentieth day of December 1868 solemnize the Marriage of Mr. Emery Wilson and Miss Margaret E. Armstrong both of Sarpy County at the House of David Armstrong in said County, in presence of Washington Armstrong and Dilly Armstrong.
Witness my hand Officially December nth, 1868
/S/ AL. A. Deskill, Justice of the Peace.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEGAL NOTICE OF DIVORCEMENT;
In the District Court of the 24 Judicial District In and for Cass County Nebraska. Margaret E. Wilson, plaintiff Vs Emery Wilson, defendant.
To Emery Wilson: You are hereby notified that Margaret E. Wilson has filed her petition against you in the District court of Cass County, Nebraska praying that she may be divorced from you and for the custody of the children born to you and her by virtue of marriage.  She avers as cause of action against you neglect and desertion and a failure to provide the necessaries of life for her and the said children.  You are hereby notified to appear and answer the same, according to law, or judgment will be rendered against you by default, and the prayer of said petition is granted.
 /s/ Margaret Wilson by R. B. Windham, her Att'y.
Divorce granted 13 December 1978:."

Margaret Elizabeth ARMSTRONG

¹Obituary for Margaret Elizabeth Armstrong Wilson Palmer. "Obituary: for: Margaret Armstrong was born Nov.9th, 1842 in Green County, Illinois  ( 1843 in Missouri This is an error) and died at her home in Tipton Canyon on Driftwood Creek, 20 Jan 1927, aged 84 years, 2 months and 11 days.  She moved with her parents to Iowa and resided for a few years then moved to Sarpy County, Nebraska.  She was married to  Emory Wilson in 1869 and to this union were born three children, two of whom survive her:  Mrs. Nora Smith of Ava, Missouri and Mrs. Mary Ball of Los angeles, Calif.  She was married to William Palmer March, 1879 and to this union were born three children, two of whom survive her, Mrs Lena Randall and William D.
Palmer of Culbertson.  They moved to Hitchcock Co. to the home where they resided until recently, in 1884.  Mrs. Palmer died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.C. Randall.  Grandma had been in failing health for sometime and was taken seriously ill Jan 16.
She leaves to mourn, her husband, three daughters and one son, several grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends.  Grandma Palmer was well known, being one of the early pioneers of Hitchcock Co. and will be missed by those who knew her.

Obituary: !  Funeral services were conducted from the Stone Church Sunday by Rev. L. L. Dewey and interment made in the Stone Church Cemetery.
From: The Republican Leader, Jan 28, 1927.  Trenton, Nebraska Newspaper."

²Death Certificate. "Death Certificate copy in Donna Autrey's possession. Date of Issuance July 17 1981 Lincoln, Nebraska.
Certificate of Death, Hitchcock County, Driftwood Township for:
Margaret Elizabeth Palmer: Female, while, married: Husband W. A. Palmer: Date of Birth Nov 9, 1841. 84 years 2 mos 11 days:
Occupation Famrer Wife. Born, Illinois.Name of Father David C. Armstrong: Maiden name of mother Sarah Salley Renfro.
Informant W. D. Palmer of Culbertsen, Nebraska.Date of Death Jan 20 1927: Cause of Death Labor Pneumonia:
Burial Stone Church Graveyard."

³Cemetery, Grove known also at Stone Church Cemetery. "Buried at Stone Church Cemetery (also known as Grove Cemetery) Hitchcock County, Nebraska."

⁴Marriage and Divorcement  of Margaret E. Armstrong and Emery E. Wilson  AND Divorcement:. "Nebraska Marriages, 1856-1898 Record about Margaret E. Armstrong
Name: Margaret E. Armstrong
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Emery Wilson
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1868
County: Sarpy
Source: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 2107860 and 2107861.

TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA COUNTY OF SARPY;
WHEREAS, It has been duly shown to my satisfaction, that there is no legal impediment existing to the marriage of Mr./s/ Emery Wilson and Miss Margaret E. Armstrong both of Sarpy County, therefore Marriage License this day issued December 17, 1868. /s/ Florence Ragus Probate Judge.

TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA COUNTY OF SARPY;  I hereby certify that I did on the Twentieth day of December 1868 solemnize the Marriage of Mr. Emery Wilson and Miss Margaret E. Armstrong both of Sarpy County at the House of David Armstrong in said County, in presence of Washington Armstrong and Dilly Armstrong.
Witness my hand Officially December nth, 1868
/S/ AL. A. Deskill, Justice of the Peace.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEGAL NOTICE OF DIVORCEMENT;
In the District Court of the 24 Judicial District In and for Cass County Nebraska. Margaret E. Wilson, plaintiff Vs Emery Wilson, defendant.
To Emery Wilson: You are hereby notified that Margaret E. Wilson has filed her petition against you in the District court of Cass County, Nebraska praying that she may be divorced from you and for the custody of the children born to you and her by virtue of marriage.  She avers as cause of action against you neglect and desertion and a failure to provide the necessaries of life for her and the said children.  You are hereby notified to appear and answer the same, according to law, or judgment will be rendered against you by default, and the prayer of said petition is granted.
 /s/ Margaret Wilson by R. B. Windham, her Att'y.
Divorce granted 13 December 1978:."

Ellsworth Raymond BALL

¹World War I Draft  Ellsworth Raymond Ball. "Ellsworth Raymond Ball,registered for the WW I Draft 1129 Rosevelt Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah, Age 21 Born 7 July 1896, Louisville, Nebraska. Fathers birthplace Galesburg, Illinois..Employed by Utah Copper Company, Arthur, Utah.  Fathers name Elmer Ball.
1129 Roosevelt Ave. SLC, UT. Hight, Tall, Medium Build, Blue Eyes, Light Brown Hair.  1918."

²Brief History: for Uncle Ellsworth Raymond Ball. "My Uncle Ray was a brother to my father, Leslie W. Ball. I remember him well. Uncle Ray served in the World War I.  He was married to Olive Smith in 1937 at the Forest Lawn Wedding Chapel- Glendale, California.  I remember, we all went to Catalina after the Wedding.  It was their honeymoon.
I was six years old.
Uncle Ray and his wife Olive (Olivette) Smith Ball, along with my mother Alice M. Krogh Ball took care of my dad when he was dying of Cancer of the Lymph Glands.  This was 1965.  They provided a place close to the Hospital in Inglewood so he could go for his weekly radiation treatments and injections. My parents lived to far away from a large hospital that was equipped to handle this type of treatment. I made weekly trips to their home in Inglewood with my three children and husband to visit my father and to visit with them.
I received a lot of Family History from Uncle Ray and his wife. Place of burial from his daughter Lynn."

³SSDI and California Death Index  for Ellsworth Raymond Ball. "ELLSWORTH R BALL Birth: 07 Jul 1896 Died:21 Mar 1990 (V) 95219 (Stockton, San Joaquin, CA  95209 (Stockton, ) 560-18-7873 California

California Death Index, 1940-1997 about Ellsworth Ray Ball
Name: Ellsworth Ray Ball
Social Security #: 560187873
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1896
Birthplace: Nebraska
Death Date: 21 Mar 1990
Death Place: San Joaquin
Mother's Maiden Name: Wilson."

⁴Ball, Ellsworth Raymond . "Buried at Forrest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale.
Freedom Mausoleum Bldg. Sancturay of Prayer, Holly Terrace.
Cript 5695."

Olive Lorrene (Olivette) SMITH

¹California Death Index Olive Lorrene Smith Ball. " BALL OLIVAETTE C Born 11/19/1901 Mothers Maiden Name FIELD Father Name SMITH Female born in  UTAH Died May 22 1994, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA 05/22/1994 SS# 563-03-9477   92 yrs."

²Ball, Olivette Smith. " Buried Forrest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
Sancturay of Prayer, Holly Terrace, Freedom Mausoleum  Bldg.
Cript 5694."

Ulysses Grant BALL

¹World War I Draft. "Ulyesses Grant Ball City: Salt Lake City County: Salt Lake State: Utah Birth Date: 28 Aug 1898 Race: White Roll: 1983911  Age 20: Permanent Address 1129 Roesvelt Ave. SLC,UT:Permanent Occupation, Street Car Conductor with U.L. Tranctions Company, Salt Lake City, Utah: Medium Hight, Slendar Build, Blue Eyes and Light Brown Hair.
Nearest Relative: Mother, Mrs. Mary Ball."

²1900 Census for Birth of Ulysses Grant Ball. "Name: Elmer E Ball
Home in 1900: Louisville, Cass, Nebraska
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary A
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Elmer E Ball 38
Mary A Ball 27
James M Ball 6
Elsworth R Ball 3
U Gramd Ball 1 Birth August 1898."

³1910 Census for Ulysses G. Ball. "1910 United States Federal Census about Elmer Ball
Name: Elmer Ball
Age in 1910: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Illinois
Mother's Birth Place: United States of America
Spouse's Name: Mary
Home in 1910: Louisville, Cass, Nebraska
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Elmer Ball 48
Mary Ball 38
James Ball 16
Ellsworth Ball 13
Grant Ball 11
Charley Ball 9
Leslie Ball 6
Hallie Ball 3
Myrtle Ball 6/12."

⁴Death Certificate for Ulysses Grant Ball. "Certificate of Death Resistration District and Certificate Number 0190-036114
County of Los angeles, State of California.
Ulysses Grant Ball Date of Death 11 August 1975 2:45 PM. Male Caucasian,born Nebraska. FAthers name. Elmer E.
Ulysses Grant Ball
Death Certificate in hands of Donna Ball Autrey:
Ball born (Nebraska) wrong: (born in Illinois) Mother: Mary Alice Wilson born (Kansas wrong) Born in Nebraska. Name of Surviving Spouse : Sarah Cook. Last Occupation Truck driver: Number of years in this Occupation 30+: Employer Carey Truck Lines: Industry: Trucking.
Place of Death: St. Vincents Hospital 2131 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, California.: Name and Mailing Address of
Informant: Rodney A. Ball 1411 W. 70th Street, Los Angeles, LA County, California.
Entombent Burial 14 Aug 1975: Cemetery: Inglewood Park Cemetery. Doctor Lewis W. Huiss M.D. Immediate Cause of Death: Multple Myeloma 1 yr. : Due to Consequence of: Cancinome Prostate. 1 year.
Multiple myeloma (also known as myeloma or plasma cell myeloma) is a progressive hematologic (blood) disease. It is a cancer of the plasma cell, ..."

⁵SSDI Ulyesses Grant Ball. 570-14-9323. "Called Grant.  SSDI was Ulyesses G. Ball.".

⁶Burial, Ball, Ulysses Grant Ball, Inglewood Park Cemetery, LA, CA. "Inglewood Park Cemetery: REcords show that Ball, Ulysses, G. was buried on August 14, 1975 at the Crypt I-137 Sanctuary of Unity Manchester Garden Mausoleum
He is buried with his 3rd wife Sarah Agnes Cook Ball, Rickard, Kolda.  His name is not on the Crypt only Sara Agnes Kolda."