A. T. Ball
A. T. BALL
WASHINGTON’S RELATIVE DEAD IN CITY OF DENTON
Newspaper.
Denton, Texas, Jan. 21- Captain A. T. , 84, distant cousin of George Washington and pioneer Texan, died at his home Tuesday night of organic heart disease. He had been ill for about five weeks, but had been confined to his bed only a few days. His relationship to George Washington was through his great-grandmother, who was a cousin of the first President of the United States. Mr. Ball had lived in Texas for fifty-eight years, having moved here from Missouri after the close of the Civil War. He was born in Lexington, Ky., and when the Civil War broke out enlisted and served in Price’s Escort, a cavalry regiment, during the four years of the war with the rank of Captain.
Upon reaching Texas in 1868 he settled at Lebanon, Collin County, where he was married two years later to Miss Ruth Elizabeth Crosier, who survives. Five children, Mrs. J. P. Schulz and Mrs. J. E. Burton of Handley, Mrs. J. Lee Cole of Fort Worth, C. C. Ball of Dallas and O. D. Ball of Globe, Ariz., also survive.
After his marriage Captain Ball was a merchant and cotton buyer and when he moved to Cooke county he bought cotton almost exclusively. During the early days he carried cotton by an ox wagon to Jefferson, Texas, the nearest market at that time. He had lived here for about ten years and as a cotton buyer was well known in this section.
WASHINGTON’S RELATIVE DEAD IN CITY OF DENTON
Newspaper.
Denton, Texas, Jan. 21- Captain A. T. , 84, distant cousin of George Washington and pioneer Texan, died at his home Tuesday night of organic heart disease. He had been ill for about five weeks, but had been confined to his bed only a few days. His relationship to George Washington was through his great-grandmother, who was a cousin of the first President of the United States. Mr. Ball had lived in Texas for fifty-eight years, having moved here from Missouri after the close of the Civil War. He was born in Lexington, Ky., and when the Civil War broke out enlisted and served in Price’s Escort, a cavalry regiment, during the four years of the war with the rank of Captain.
Upon reaching Texas in 1868 he settled at Lebanon, Collin County, where he was married two years later to Miss Ruth Elizabeth Crosier, who survives. Five children, Mrs. J. P. Schulz and Mrs. J. E. Burton of Handley, Mrs. J. Lee Cole of Fort Worth, C. C. Ball of Dallas and O. D. Ball of Globe, Ariz., also survive.
After his marriage Captain Ball was a merchant and cotton buyer and when he moved to Cooke county he bought cotton almost exclusively. During the early days he carried cotton by an ox wagon to Jefferson, Texas, the nearest market at that time. He had lived here for about ten years and as a cotton buyer was well known in this section.
