flag male ancestor  Hosea  BALL

  (b. 11 August 1792 Townsend, Massachusetts, USA   d. 1 January 1876 Southfields, Orange, New York, USA )  

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Hosea BALL was born 11 August 1792 in Townsend, Massachusetts, USA

Hosea BALL was the child of Ebenezer BALL   and   Phebe WESTON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Ebenezer BALL and Rebecca BUTTERFIELD

Hosea BALL died 1 January 1876 in Southfields, Orange, New York, USA.
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birth1792 Birth
11 August 1792
Townsend, Massachusetts, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
death1876 Death
1 January 1876
Southfields, Orange, New York, USA

He died at the age of 83.
Added: 3/21/2025 1:34:55 PM - Updated: 3/21/2025 1:34:55 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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