Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Ball, Edward J. 
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     EDWARD J. BALL.  The efficiency which characterizes the Portland post 
office is due largely to the capable and loyal efforts of such men as Edward 
J. Ball, who has served a number of years in the responsible position of 
superintendent of mails and is regarded as one of the most competent members 
of the office force. Mr. Ball was born at Second and Columbia streets, in 
Portland, and is a son of Chauncey and Margaret (Edwards) Ball. His father 
came to the Pacific coast by way of Cape Horn in 1851, and located first in 
California, where he engaged in mining until sometime in the '60s, when he 
came to Portland, where he spent the remaining years of his life. In 1865 he 
became a member of the city police force and also served as a member of Engine 
Company No. 4 of the old volunteer fire department. His wife was a daughter of 
Josiah Edwards, who brought his family across the plains, with horse team and 
wagon, in 1864, locating in Chehalem valley, Oregon. Both parents are now 
deceased.

     Edward J. Ball received a good public school education, graduating from 
high school, and in 1894 entered the Portland post office as a clerk, and has 
been connected with the office continuously since, except while serving in the 
Spanish-American war. He rendered faithful and efficient service and, on April 
16, 1920, was appointed superintendent of mails, which position he has since 
filled.

     In 1905 Mr. Ball was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Habighorst, of 
Portland, and they are the parents of a daughter, Margaret, now twelve years 
of age. Mr. Ball is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has attained 
the Knight Templar degree, is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and belongs to the 
Woodmen of the World. A man of clean life and agreeable manner, he has not 
only gained the sincere respect of the people of this city, but has also won a 
large circle of warm friends, who esteem him for his genuine worth as a man 
and citizen.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 557 - 558

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