Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County, Michigan Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884 [377-378] CHARLES E. BALL, farmer, section 6, Dwight Township, was born Jan. 21, 1839, in Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio. His parents, SANFORD and LAVINA (LOCK) BALL, were natives respectively of Vermont and Pennsylvania. After their marriage they settled in Ohio, where they continued to reside during the remainder of their lives. She died Sept. 18, 1853; and he, April 21, 1859. CHARLES E., LOIS and JAMES constituted their family of children. MR. BALL was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and was at home until he was 15 years of age, when he engaged as a sailor on the lakes and continued to operate in that capacity for a period of 25 years. He was first employed as a steward, afterwards became an ordinary seaman and was promoted to the position of mate. He passed 11 years in command of a schooner in the service of JOHN F. RUST & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf., and served three years as private and Corporal. He was an active participant in all the engagements in which the regi- ment was involved until nine months previous to his discharge, dur- ing which time he was on detached service in Washington. On being discharged, he went to Muskegon and spent a summer there as an assistant in a saw-mili, and, while employed on the lakes, passed the winter months of four years at Algonac. In 1861, previous to his enlistment in the army, he bought 43 acres of land in Dwight Township, which at the date of purchase was in its original timbered condition. He made a clearing and erected a log house, in which he resided a year. In the winter of 1878 he made an additional purchase of 40 acres of land, and settled perma- nently on the place. The efforts and good management of MR. BALL on the place have resulted in the improvement and cultivation of 60 acres. He is a Republican in political connection and a member of the Masonic fraternity. His marriage occurred at Croswell (then Davisville), Sept. 15, 1860, to EMILY, daughter of ELI and JULIA HERRINGTON. She was born Jan. 5, 1843, in Pennsylvania. They have an adopted child, WILLIE by name. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================