William Nathan BALL ²

  General Notes:

SD MARRIAGES, 1905-1949: William N. Ball; 21; P.O.: Pierre, Hughes Co.; American; Bachelor married Mattie E. Boyer; 17; P.O.: Pierre, Hughes Co.; American; Maiden; minister: W. H. Swartz; Feb. 13, 1908.

1910 SD CENSUS, Hyde Co, Holabird village: William Ball, 23, 1st marriage, married 2 yrs, b. IA, father b. MO, mother b. IN, farmer; wife Mattie, 19, 1st marriage, 2 children, 1 child, b. IN, parents b. IN; son Francis A., 1, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. IN. (On census, listed next to William's parents, William & Emily Ball.)

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: William Nathan Ball of Ute, Monona Co, IA; 30; b. Jan 15, 1887 at Ute, IA; farmer; wife & 4 children; claimed exemption from draft to support wife and children; medium height and build, blue eyes, dark brown hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Monona, Sherman Twp, Blencoe: William Ball, 32, b. IA, father b. MO, mother b. IN, teamster, farm; wife Mattie, 29, b. IN, parents b. IN; son Francis, 11, b. SD; dau. Hazel, 9, b. SD; dau. Edith, 5, b. IA; dau. Aletha, 3, b. IA; dau. Viola, 2, b, IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, West Fork Twp: Wm. N. Ball, 38; Mattie Ball, 34, b. IN, father: Francis Boyer; mother: Caroline Morris; Albert, 16; Edith, 10; Aletha B., 8; Viola, 7.

1930 WI CENSUS, Taylor Co, Maplehurst Twp: William N. Ball, 43, 1st marriage, 1st marriage age 21, b. IA, father b. MO, mother b. IN, farmer, farm; wife Mattie, 39, 1st marriage, 1st marriage age 17, b. IN, parents b. IN; dau. Aletha M, 13; dau. Viola E., 12. The children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IN.

William married Mattie E. BOYER, daughter of Francis BOYER and Caroline MORRIS, on 13 Feb 1908 in Hughes Co, SD.¹ (Mattie E. BOYER was born about 1891 in IN ⁴.)