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Thomas Braxton Ball 1847–1924 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 January 1847

Birth Location: North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1924

Death Location: Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Jairus Ball

Mother: Mary Roberts

Spouse(s): Polly Marks

Children(s): Peter Ball, Rev Ball, Benjamin Ball, James Ball, Sallie Ball

Thomas Braxton Ball was born in 1847 in North Carolina, USA, the child of Jairus Jay Ball And Mary Elizabeth Roberts. Thomas Braxton Ball married Polly Ann Marks, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Ball, James Christopher Ball, Peter Braxton Ball, Rev Jay Henry Ball, Sallie J Ball. Thomas Braxton Ball passed away in 1924 in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Thomas Braxton Ball was born in 1847 in North Carolina, USA, the child of Jairus Jay Ball And Mary Elizabeth Roberts.
  • Thomas Braxton Ball married Polly Ann Marks, and had children including Benjamin Franklin Ball, James Christopher Ball, Peter Braxton Ball, Rev Jay Henry Ball, Sallie J Ball.
  • Thomas Braxton Ball passed away in 1924 in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Thomas Ball's Ancestors

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Thomas Ball
1847–1924
Birth Place: North Carolina, USA
Parents
Jairus Jay Ball
1788–1870
Mary (Elizabeth) Roberts
1813–1917
Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Daniel Ball
1763–1844
Granville,North Carolina,USA
Ann Jarvis
1769–1854
Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Daniel II
1745–1794
Elizabeth Osborne
1750–1794
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Ball
1713–1794
Sarah Hackney
1718–1794

Thomas Ball's Descendants

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Thomas (Braxton) Ball (2 January 1847–1924) m. Polly (Ann) Marks (7 Jun 1847–9 Mar 1926)
  1. 1. Peter (Braxton) Ball 1885–1965 m. Emma Weaver 1878–1954
    1. 1. Ralph (Wilkie) Ball 1916–1990
    2. 2. Aldine Ball 1909–1966 m. William (Robert) Branton 1912–1971
      1. 1. Paul (J.) Branton 1937–2015
  2. 2. Rev (Jay Henry) Ball 1884–1961 m. Henrietta (Eloise "Etter") Jones 1883–1947
    1. 1. Eloise (Anne "Red") Ball 1922–2016 m. Woodrow (Fletcher) Maxwell 1915–1964
    2. 2. Mary (Louise) Ball 1917–1994 m. Charles (William "Charlie") Underwood 1915–1994
      1. 1. Marion (Louise) Underwood 1939–1939
      2. 2. Ted (Thomas Underwood) Sr 1937–1999
      3. 3. Charles (Jay) Underwood 1935–2005
    3. 3. Reginald (Benjamin) Ball 1913–1990 m. Florence (Emma) Fishel 1916–2011
      1. 1. Betty (Ann) Ball 1936–2008
  3. 3. Benjamin (Franklin) Ball 1880–1945 m. Katie Brown 1877–1945
  4. 4. James (Christopher) Ball 1878–1946
    1. 1. Ethel (Louise) Ball 1897–1956 m. Clay (Lloyd) Young 1893–1956
      1. 1. Virginia (Doris) Young 1933–1973
      2. 2. Ted (G.) Young 1925–1971
      3. 3. Clay (Lloyd Young) Jr 1918–1944 m. Claudine (Grace "Dinnie") Brown 1920–2006
      4. 4. Clydie Young 1916–1993 m. William (Sherman) Lanning 1912–1984
      5. 5. Helen Young 1914–1974 m. Walter (Earley) Burrow 1900–1973
        1. 1. Linda (Gayle) Burrow 1950–2017
        2. 2. Nancy (Ann) Burrow 1940–1985
        3. 3. Kenneth (Lloyd "Dusty") Burrow 1936–1979
  5. 5. Sallie (J) Ball 1870–1915

Thomas Ball's Timeline

2 Records

1847
2 January 1847
Birth of Thomas Braxton Ball in North Carolina, USA
North Carolina, USA
1924
1924
Age 77
Death of Thomas Braxton Ball in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 January 1847
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] North Carolina, Death Certificates, North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1924
    Event Place: Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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