History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 850, Pleasant Township
J. W. Ball, physician and surgeon, Ipava, son of Elijah and Mary
Ball, was born in Morgan Co., O., Sept. 26; came to Illinois in 1854.
He commenced his medical studies in 1844 and the practice of medicine
in 1849, in Ohio. He settled in Ipava in 1855, where he has had a great
run of practice. July 7, 1845, in Ohio, he married Nancy Buckley, who
was born in Ohio Dec. 9, 1824, and they have 10 children, 7 of whom are
now living,--Caroline M. (married), Charles, a medical graduate, Dillon
P., Sarah J., Amos, J. V. and Bertha. Dr. Ball's father was a first
cousin of George Washington. Freemason. Republican.
transcribed by Nan Krull
Note: My info states: 1. buried in the Rushville cemetery on the
BALL lot are: Joseph Taylor BALL, M. D. September 26, 1826 - April 4,
1895: Nancy BUCKLEY, wife, December 9, 1824 - March 3,
1905; A. W. BALL, M. D. August 21, 1861 - December 8, 1945;
Anne R., wife, March 21, 1870 - August 5, 1909; 2. Rushville Times
newspaper April 11, 1895 contains an obit. for Dr. Joseph T. BALL; 3.
The 1908 History of Schuyler County, IL has a biography of Amos Willis Ball, M. D. (son of Joseph T. BALL) on pages 772-773.
