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Ball, Edward – Ballard, Andrew Jackson

Ball, Edward

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1853 to 1855, and was re-elected to the thirtyfourth congress.

Ball, Ephraim

inventor, was born Aug. 12, 1812, in Greentown, Ohio. The Ohio Mower was invented by Mr. Ball in 1854, and afterward he devised the World Mower and Reaper, and in 1858 the Buckeye Machine was brought out, all of which have sold extensively. He died Jan. 1, 1872, in Canton, Ohio.

Ball, George W. I

lawyer, conveyancer. He has been connected with railroads as military agent and general passenger and ticket agent; and since 1884 has been chief conveyancer of the Pennsylvania railroad of Philadelphia, Pa.

Ball, Herman F

civil engineer, railroad manager, was born Dec. 17, 1867, in Altoona, Pa. Since 1884 he has been in the railroad service; has been chief draftsman in the car department of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad at Cleveland, Ohio; and since 1894 has been general car inspector of that company.

Ball, Howard J

railroad manager, was born May 23, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1863 he has been in the railroad service; and since 1887 has been general western passenger agent of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad at Buffalo, N. Y.

Ball, R. T. Mason

naval officer. In 1880 he entered the navy; in 1881 joined the Mayflower for a practice cruise with naval cadets. In 1884 he joined the monitor fleet and served two years; in 1885 joined the monitor Nantucket at New York for experimental cruise; and subsequently joined the United States naval station at New London, Conn.

Ball, Thomas

sculptor, was born June 3, 1819, in Charlestown, Mass. In early life he was a singer of basso parts in oratorios, and a portrait painter in Boston. About 1852 he devoted himself to modeling, and made a miniature bust of Jenny Lind, another of Daniel Webster, and a life-size statue of the statesman. His statue of Webster, in the Central park of New York city, is his noblest work.

Ball, Thomas H

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1859, in Huntsville, Tex. He was educated in private schools and Austin college, in his native town; afterwards obtained practical business training upon a farm and in the mercantile business; and served three terms as mayor of Huntsville. He attended lectures at the university of Virginia and was elected president of the law class. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Ball, William Creighton

educator, journalist, was born Dec. 27, 1846, in Terre Haute, Ind. For many years he taught school in his native city; and since 1872 has been proprietor and editor of the Terre Haute Daily, Evening and Weekly Gazette. He has always taken an active part in public affairs, and is a member of the Terre Haute board of park commissioners.

Ball, William Lee

congressman, was born in 1779, in Lancaster county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1824. He died Feb. 28, 1824, in Washington, D. C.

Ballance, Robert

railroad manager, was born Dec. 22, 1850, in Canada. Since 1866 he has been in the railway service as machinist to the Michigan Central railroad; and since 1870 general manager of the machinist department of the Burlington and Missouri River railroad at.

Denver, Colo.

Ballard, Andrew Jackson

lawyer, journalist, legislator, was born about 1817. In 1842-43 he represented the city of Louisville in the legislature. In 1871 he became the principal political editor of the Louisville Daily and Weekly Commercial.