REV. JOHN A. BALL, Congregational Minister, Potosi; was born at Schuylerville, Saratuga Co., N. Y., Nov. 13, 1837. Son of D. S. and Fanny (nee Dewey) Ball. Married in Tioga Co., N. Y., Nov. 3, 1867, by Rev. S. Johnson, to Amelia, daughter of Enoch and Lucy Hooker, of Newark Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y. Has four children - Frederick H., George Dessick, Lillian Dewey, Florence A. Graduated at Brockport, N. Y., 1860; enlisted in 85th O. V. I. as Corporal; re-enlisted in 3d N. Y. V. I.; served two years, and was transferred by promotion to Second Lieutenant to 127th U. S. C. T.; served nine months and was discharged in Texas. Mr. Ball's grandfather (John Ball) was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, and afterward a member of the New York Legislature. He was a son of Eliphalet Ball, who was a graduate of Yale College, and a member of New Haven College; founder of Ballston Spa, N. Y., and a second cousin of Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. After Mr. Ball's promotion, he commanded the company and post at Ft. Isabel, Tex., and served in Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama, at siege of Charlestown, S. C., and in the series of engagements about Richmond and Fitchburg, Va., and also at Fortress Monroe. The mother of Mrs. Ball (Lucy Brewster Hooker) was a descendant of William Brewster, a member of the Plymouth colony; her father was a descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who led the colony that settled Hartford, Conn., and his father served in the war of 1812.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.