James A. Ball
(Cir 1815-Bef 1880)
Rebecca Kingen
(Cir 1810-1883)
Henry Beachman
(Cir 1793-1848)
Mary Ann Carr
(Cir 1819-)
Pleasant Ball
(Cir 1841-)
Mariah Beachman
(Cir 1844-)
Capitolia Ball
(Cir 1861-1930)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William A. Clover

Capitolia Ball

  • Born: Cir 1861, Indiana
  • Marriage (1): William A. Clover on 26 Feb 1878 in Shelby County, Indiana
  • Died: 1930, Arkansas about age 69
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Research of James W. Straw

Rootsweb message board for surname BALL - courtesy of David G. Ball; April 2006
Captolia (various spellings) Ball was the daughter of Pleasant Ball and Maria Beachman. Pleasant was son of Henry Ball and Nancy and was sometimes refered to as Alfred. Check out the following census records:
1850 Harrison, Hancock Co., IN (page 409, stamped 205) for Henry and son Alfred.
1860 Sugar Creek, Hancock Co. IN (p134) for Pleasant just after marriage. Henry is on p. 139.
1870 Union, Washington Co. MO (p. 13 stamped 143) for both Henry and Pleasant, with dau. Captolia.
1880 Clark Township, Johnson Co. IN (p. 27 stamped 14) for Pleasant showing children born in AR and MO to verify movement and timing.
then from a letter from Ida Montgomery (685 Fairview Dr., Springfield OR 97477) to the late Dr. Joseph Druse in March 1977: "...recently I aquired some photos and a small amount of information on my Capitolias (sic) Ball. Capitolias left her husband William Clover about 1885 and went from Marion Co., Ind. to Arkansas. She was in MO in 1898 and back in Ark. in 1902 where she died in 1930. I do not know if she divorced William Clover or not but the family says she was married 4 times in all. I was told Capitolias and her parents are buried at Delaplain Ark., but haven't found out for sure yet."
Her marriage to William A. Clover was in Feb 1878 and recorded in Shelby Co. IN. Pleasnt Ball married Maria Beachman Jan 31, 1860 in Merian Co. IN.
These bits are in the late Dr. Druse's files, which I have, and there is no further info on this family.

rootsweb message board for BALL: research of S. Kingen 18 May 2006
While I think the info. you received in response to your query is on the right track, I also think it's a bit off. I certainly do not have all of the facts, but I'll share what I think I know. Capitolia was born about 1861 in IN. Her father was Pleasant Ball and her mother was Mariah Beachman. Mariah was born about 1844 in IN and was the daughter of Henry Beachman born abt 1793 in Ireland d. 15 Jun 1848 buried in the Scotton Cem., Buck Creek Twp., Hancock Co., IN and his wife Mary Ann Carr born abt 1819 in OH or IN. Henry and Mary Ann married 31 Dec 1835 in Hancock Co., IN. I have more info. on Henry Beachman's siblings and his children if you want it. Pleasant and Mariah married 31 Jan 1860 in Marion Co., IN. Census records show that they had 8 children, but they had 9 that I know of. Their 2nd child was named Belsory Ball. She was born about 28 Jan 1862 and died 4 Apr 1862. She is buried in the Scotton Cemetery, too. In addition to Capitolia and Belsory, they had Lewis, Mary J., Sarah L., Charles, Cresia M., Lula M., and Wesley A. Pleasant and Mariah were in Sugar Creek Twp., Hancock Co., IN in 1860, in Union Twp., Washington Co., MO in 1870, and Clark Twp., Johnson Co., IN in 1880. IN marriage records do show that Captolia Ball married 26 Feb 1878 in Shelby Co., IN William A. Clover. However, she was listed with her parents in Johnson Co. in 1880, so I don't really know what the situation was. Furthermore, I have not found any verifiable information on Pleasant, Mariah, or any of their children after 1880. The clues in the other response about AR sound promising. I will try to follow up on that.
Now comes the hard part and the part that I think is a bit off in the other response. I believe that Pleasant Ball was the son of James A. Ball and Rebecca Kingen. However, this was Rebecca's second husband. Rebecca born about 1806 in VA first married 1 Aug 1822 in Highland Co., OH Jonathan Taylor. I know almost nothing about him except that he and Rebecca had 3 children and he died soon after moving from OH to Hancock Co., IN (about 1833/1834). Of Rebecca's Taylor children, the eldest was Nancy Taylor who was born about 18221824. She married 19 Feb 1844 in Hancock Co., IN Henry Ball, but I'm reasonably certain that this was his second marriage. By his first wife he had 2 children (possibly 3) - Alfred Ball born about 1840 and Margaret J. Ball born about 1842. Henry and Nancy Ball had 8 children, but I have not had much success in tracking them. The major point, though, is that Pleasant was not one of these children. Instead, he was the son of Rebecca Kingen/Taylor and her second husband James A. Ball who married 29 Jan 1837. They had 3 children actually - Madison Ball, Pleasant Ball, and Rebecca J. Ball. James and Rebecca appear in the 1840 census of Harrison Township, Hancock Co., IN (the record includes both Taylor and Ball children). They were in Noblesville Township, Hamilton Co., IN in 1850 residing beside a person named Lucinda Ball who was age 65 b. VA and may have been James' mother. All three of Rebecca's Ball children, including Pleasant, appear in that census record. James and Rebecca were in Warren Township, Marion Co., IN in 1860, but all the children were gone. In 1870 James and Rebecca were in Buck Creek Township, Hancock Co., IN. In 1880 Rebecca was a widow living with her brother John Kingen and sister Ann in Hancock Co., IN. She died 14 Feb 1883 and was buried in the Curry's Chapel Cemetery, Hancock Co., IN as Rebecca Taylor Ball. As far as I can tell, Pleasant's brother Madison moved to KY. He seems to be in Henderson Co. in 1880 and in Hopkins Co. in 1900. I'm still working on Rebecca J., but I think she married Henry Carr. If so, she had 7 children, but only 3 of them were still living in 1910 - George Mc. Carr, Ed Dell Carr, and Franklin Valley Carr. They all resided in and around Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN. George was a blacksmith, Ed was a shoemaker, and Franklin was a farmer.
If you find more on Capitolia, I'd appreciate hearing about it since she was a Kingen descendant.


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Capitolia married William A. Clover on 26 Feb 1878 in Shelby County, Indiana. (William A. Clover was born before 1862.)




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