Joel BALL (b. 1816)

BALL, ISLER

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 6/7/2005 at 21:43:20

BALL, Joel, saloon keeper, Sec. 20; P. O. Fayette; was born in Madison Co., Ky., Jan. 2, 1816; moved to Jo Daviess Co., Ill, in 1836. He was married, same year, to Lydia Isler; she was born in Virginia July 7, 1819. They came to this county in 1861; bought a farm in Smithfield Township; sold and moved to Clayton Co., in 1865; returned to this place in 1870; have five children living - William H., Lucy, Laurana, Faulty and Orlinda; lost seven - Joanna, Mary, John R., and four in infancy. Mr. Ball held the office of Constable six years. He is a Democrat.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Westfield Township
Page 686