BALL, Sarah Jane Richards 1845-1920

BALL, RICHARDS, KELLEY, MILLER, SHELLHAMMER, CUTLER, WATSON, ARMSTRONG, KNIGGE

Posted By: Marilyn O'Connor (email)
Date: 3/7/2007 at 15:11:16

Mitchell County Press March 31, 1920

Mrs. Brinsley Ball Is Dead

Passed Away Saturday Morning After Lingering
Illness-Funeral Held Monday Afternoon at Home

Mrs. Brinsley Ball passed away on Saturday morning, after a long illness. Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. L. C. Lemon. Internment was in the Osage cemetery beside her husband, who preceded her about a year ago.

Sarah Jane Richards was born in Weston, Ill, Sept. 5, 1845, and was married to Brinsley Ball Mar. 12, 1862. To this union thirteen children were born, nine of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Ball moved from Illinois to Iowa in 1877, and have lived in Osage since that time-nearly half a century. Both were highly-respected people; good neighbors, and will be kindly remembered by all who knew them.

The surviving children are: Georgia Ball; Mrs. Silas Kelley, Mrs. John Miller, James J. Ball, all of Osage; Mrs. Jud Shellhammer, of Wilsal, Montana; Mrs. A. B. Cutler, of Kalispel, Mont., Mrs Fred Watson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Mrs. H. L. Armstrong, Seattle, Wash.; and Mrs. George Knigge, of Ft. Dodge, Iowa.