Show 02 AM M 2 MW w SS 1 so 2 as DIST distinguished eb illin LINEAGE F AGE SyMS Ts niti od e irowa received I 1 this 3 ce gehis mb molher t Elsie ase of ja iha th heirs to thea famous aus joseph ban ball estate is esti bolita based at over bazi ai ITo ball idies intestate in IL out isz ne e leaving a vat vast estate consist ling mostly Ait of real leal estates estate a large amount of f 4 which aich was leased for fai lleane ll eare S numerous numerous attempts have been made e to collect testimony sufficient to secure an equitable settlement odthe of the estate and to collect data to J write up upa correct history of the bill ball family all of which have been partial failures recently the interest in the matter lias has been re by the report rt that the government was bonx owin the ball estate a large amount of money in consequence of the payment of the french spoliation claims the inc indianapolis li anapolis sentinel gives the following account of a systematic effort that is being made maae to accomplish com the desired result the claimants of the joseph ball estate adjourned yesterday after electing permanent officers president V E R bala ball Brook brookston ind secretary EW E W gans mansfield ind assistant secretary prof BL B roney honey chicago historian J E sutton on logansport Logan sport ind george washington was the son of augustian washington and his second wife mary ball a descendant of john W ball who emigran eato virginia from england about 1657 his family has been satis facto rily traced in england to the century and to the county of Iu durham there here is no doubt that the ball descent from william ball lord of the manor of backham Boc kham berks england who died in 18 1840 10 is authentic and through that descent the crest which appears at the head of the column in the logans Ij port reporter is an old family institution worthy of respect their search in regard to theline age has brought out the fact that all who can prove have flowing in their veins the blood of the balls ba one of whom was the mother of george washington so that even if the heirs never realize any mit material erial benefit mrs felts will still have the satisfaction of knowing she is related to the father of our country for she is directly descended from the ball family ex H A ball the genile gentlemanly manly manager of the W P noble 1 r 7 Merci mercantile Etile co of or this pity city and his rather father Ball Bountiful Of have the great bisti distinction inaction of being the immediate descendents descendants of the balls mentioned in the above 1 articles |