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Mabel May BALL

Mabel May BALL

Female 1888 - 1953  (64 years)


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  • Name Mabel May BALL
    Census 1910, 20, 30, 40  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 13 Jan 1888  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1888, but her birth record shows it as 13 Jan 1888. The date on her headstone is 1886.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1909  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1918, 1941  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Residence 1951  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 1953  [6] 
    Person ID I74255  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2025

    Father Zacariah Taylor BALL,   b. 24 Feb 1856, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age 78 years)
    Mother Emily Louisa NUZUM,   b. Jan 1853   d. 1924 (Age ~ 70 years)
    Family ID F21774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Leslie Owens KESTER,   b. 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1918 (Age 37 years)  [7]
    Marriage 27 Jun 1909  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Lestie KESTER,   b. 10 Oct 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1962, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     2. Adam Benton KESTER,   b. 25 Dec 1911, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    >3. Mary KESTER,   b. 24 Aug 1918, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1998 (Age 79 years)
    Photos
    74254_Leslie-Owens-Kester_Mabel-May-Ball.jpg    		74254_Leslie-Owens-Kester_Mabel-May-Ball.jpg
    Documents
    74254_LeslieOKester_MabelBall_MarriageRecord_27Jun1909.jpg    		74254_LeslieOKester_MabelBall_MarriageRecord_27Jun1909.jpg
    Family ID F31678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Clarence E. HUSK,   b. 6 Jan 1879, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1970, Allenton, Washington Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Marriage 16 Jan 1941  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Documents
    830_ClarenceHusk_MabelKester_MarriageRecord_16Jan1941.jpg    		830_ClarenceHusk_MabelKester_MarriageRecord_16Jan1941.jpg
    830_ClarenceEHusk_MabelBallKester_WeddingAnnouncement_WUHerald_Thurs-23Jan1941.jpg    		830_ClarenceEHusk_MabelBallKester_WeddingAnnouncement_WUHerald_Thurs-23Jan1941.jpg
    Family ID F37829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement.

    5. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    6. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 228 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794622&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Leslie O. Kester, 28. b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mabel Ball, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married June 27 1909 "at her home on Morgan Run."

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 39 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797564&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Clarence Husk, 62, b. Doddridge Co, res. Adamston WVa, son of John Husk (both parents deceased); and Mabel Kester, 52, b. Doddridge Co, res. Morgansville WVa, dau of (both parents deceased). Married Jan 16 1941 in West Union; ceremony by Ottis R. Snodgrass, Minister of the Gospel, Methodist Church.

    10. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement.
      "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 23 1941, in its entirety:
      "HUSK-KESTER
      Mrs. Mabel Kester, of Morgansville, and Clarence Husk, of Adamston, were united in marriage Wednesday, January 15th at the Methodist parsonage in West Union. Rev. Ottis Snodgrass, pastor of the church, read the ceremony."
      (NOTE: This marriage date of Jan 15th, confirmed to be a Wednesday, is at variance with the marriage record, which states Jan 16th for both the marriage license and ceremony.)