Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Ball, Alpha A. February 28, 1852 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Ball, Alpha A., Warren, was born February 28, 1852, in Litchfield, a son of 
Horatio and Roxey (Manning) Ball.  The grandfather, Eleas Ball, was also born 
in Litchfield, where his father was a pioneer.  He was twice married, first to 
Fannie Holding, by whom he had these children:  Horatio, Varnum, Fidelia and 
Celia.  By his second wife, Mary A. Wilkerson, he had five children:  Ira, 
Alfred, Jared, Daniel and Sarah.  Horatio was born in Litchfield, but has 
lived thirty-three years in Warren.  His children were Alpha A. and Alice C.  
The former received a district and select school education, and came to Warren 
when seven years of age.  When twenty-one he began for himself, working by the 
month for two years.  He then rented 102 acres, where he lived three years, 
and worked his father's farm for two years.  He also spent a year in 
Columbia.  In the spring of 1889 he bought fifty-two acres, where he now 
resides in Warren.  March 26, 1875, he married Rose E., daughter of Solomon 
and Catharine (Walters) Hoke.  They have three children, Carrie M., Florence 
C., and Walter M.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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