Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Alexander Green Ball; died 30 Dec 1905 From unnamed & undated newspaper under heading "Confederate Home": Died at the home, Dec. 30, 1905, Alexander Green Ball, aged 70, *** was admitted to the home Aug. 27, 1891, from St. Louis, and was a member of Landis' Missouri battery. Rev. Lotspeich conducted the funeral services. Additional Notes: Richmond (MO) Herald, June 16, 1892 Capt. Green Ball came over from Higginsville Monday and is visiting relatives. We were glad to see him looking so well. Confederate Home Records: Application for Admission. Digest transcription follows: State of Missouri, City of St. Louis}S.S. I, Green Ball, hereby apply....My full name is Alexander Green Ball Occupation salesman Age 56 present residence 421 South 14th St. City of St. Louis Service Record: private, Landis Battery, Firts Missouri Battles: Oak Hills, Carthage, DryWood, Lexington, Champion Hills, Port Gibson, Vicksburg, Iuka Springs, Corinth Oct 4, 1862, (illegible but looks like Second Time), Farmington I was in prison at Camp Morton and discharged on the ? day after the war Unable to provide support for self, wife & 3 children Rheumatism & unable to provide for about 4 years Family: wife Theodosia, son, Jno T Ball, son, Albert & son, Vester Application dated August 6, 1891 Approved Aug 11, 1891 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Shirley Brungardt USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------