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Clara BALL

Clara BALL

Female 1885 - 1960  (75 years)

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  • Name Clara BALL 
    Born 17 Mar 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Mar 1887, but headstone reads 1885, and death record states Mar 17 1885.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1921  Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 11 Oct 1960  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I28803  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2018 

    Father William Fountain BALL,   b. Aug 1860, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1940, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Catharine PRIM,   b. 23 May 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1920, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F14321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin F. "Zell" RICHARDS,   b. 29 Jan 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1958, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 2 Jan 1910  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 7 1920:
      Zell B. Richards, 45, teamster; wife Clara, 34; dau Elsie L, 4y 4m. [7, 8]
    Children 
     1. Bess Anne RICHARDS,   b. 6 Sep 1910,   d. Jan 1975  (Age 64 years)
    +2. Elsie Louise RICHARDS,   b. 4 Feb 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1971, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     3. Earl Harold RICHARDS,   b. 4 Apr 1920, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1984  (Age 64 years)
     4. Darrell RICHARDS,   b. 4 Apr 1920, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1921, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     5. Paul RICHARDS,   b. CA 1924
    Family ID F10960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    28803_RICHARDS_ClaraBall_1885-1960_DeathCertificate.jpg    		28803_RICHARDS_ClaraBall_1885-1960_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1787] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999)).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1736] Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Zell Richards, 29, b. Ritchie Co, res. White Oak WV; and Clara Ball, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jan 2 1910.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.