Lewis Charlton Ball
Saturday night fun instructions from Randy at Genea-Musings.
Since Randy lives and posts in San Diego and I am in Oklahoma, I’m often dreaming genealogical dreams by the time he posts his Saturday night fun. So here’s my Saturday night fun posting on Sunday morning before going off to church.
His directions:
This little exercise in computer file organization was on Facebook this week and a number of genealogy Facebookers played it.
1) Go to your My Pictures folder (or the equivalent) and pick out the 6th item in that folder. Then pick out the 6th item in that folder, and so forth, until you get to an actual picture.
2) Post that picture to your blog with an explanation of what the picture depicts, including place and date.
ALBUMS > Ball Tombstones > AndertonBallCromwell Photos > L C Ball
(obviously I need to do a little cleaning in my file structure–this is not a tombstone)
This photo was is Lewis Charlton Ball, 1848 – 1904.
The photo was probably taken in Iowa.
He is the youngest son of my 4th great grandparents, Dr. William Green and Elizabeth Charlton Ball. I am grateful to a cousin for this photo as well as copies of photos of William and Elizabeth.
I really did a double take when I saw your title! My children have an ancestor named Carlton Ball. I know nothing of the Ball’s (my ex was adopted, so I’m lucky I even know of the Ball relationship) but this was a good reminder that I should work on this for them while there are still folks around with the answers. You never know where someone else’s post will take you!
Isn’t that the truth!! Good luck on searching Balls. They are prolific and a common name.
(and they’re all related to George Washington, y’know)