Biography:

Clergyman; historian; teacher.  Born– February 16, 1826, Agawam, Mass. Parents– Hervey and Jane Ayrault (Horton) Ball. Married– Martha Caroline Creighton, April 19, 1855. Children– Two. Education– Franklin College in Indiana, A.B., 1850, A.M., 1853. Taught at Franklin Springs, Ala. in 1851 and began preaching there a short time later. Most of his life was spent in Clarke County, Ala. Died November 8, 1913.

Source:

Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Annie B., the Dying Girl. Crown Point, Ind.; s.n., 1893.

A Dream of Hell, by an Orthodox Dreamer. Crown Point, Ind.; The Register Office, 1886.

Encyclopedia of Genealogy of Lake County, Indiana, with a Compendium of History, 1834-1904; a Record of the Achievements of its People in the Making of a Commonwealth. Chicago; Lewis Pub. Co., 1904.

Francis Ball’s Descendants. Crown Point, Ind.; J. J. Wheeler, 1902.

Genealogical Record of the Dinwiddie Clan of Northwestern Indiana. Crown Point, Ind.; J. J. Wheeler, 1902.

A Glance into the Great South-east; or, Clarke County, Alabama, and its Surroundings, from 1540 to 1877. Grove Hill, Ala.; Knight and Leonard, 1882.

The Home of the Redeemed and Other Discourses. Crown Point, Ind.; Register Printers, 1898.

Inspired Scriptures. Crown Point, Ind.; J. J. Wheeler, 1903.

Lake County, Indiana, 1884; an Account of the Semicentennial Celebration. Crown Point, Ind.; Lake County Star Office, 1884.

Lake County, Indiana, from 1837 to 1872. Chicago; J. Goodspeed, 1873.

The Lake of the Red Cedars; or, Will It Live? Thirty Years in Lake County. Crown Point, Ind.; J. H. Ball, 1889.

A Land in the Great South-east; or, Clarke County, Alabama, and its Surroundings, from 1540 to 1877. Grove Hill, Ala.; Knight and Leonard, 1882.

Mount Vernon, Alabama. Washington, D.C.; Southern History Association, 1898.

Northwestern Indiana from 1800 to 1900; or, a View of Our Region Through the Nineteenth Century. Crown Point, Ind.; Register Printers, 1898.

Notes on Luke’s Gospel. Crown Point, Ind.; Donahue & Henneberry, 1889.

Old Truth in a New Setting. Crown Point, Ind.; J. J. Wheeler, 1906.

Poems and Hymns. Crown Point, Ind.; Register Office, 1888.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Creek War of 1813 and 1814. Montgomery, Ala.; White Woodruff & Fowler, 1895.