Notes for Edwin Dwight Ball: Note on occupation: 1930 Mt. Pleasant City Directory lists Edward D. Ball as a night policeman in 1930. Family stories have it that all the Ball boys were very tall and stout. When Ed became a policeman in Mt. Pleasant, he was known as, "Big Ed Ball, the cop" and is still remembered by that description by the old-timers.
Buried in Riverview Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant under "Ed Ball," not Edwin, as he was commonly called Ed. Headstone also states his death date as 1879, which is the agreed date family members use, regardless of any census reports to the contrary.
Note on children: There may be one additional child born to Edwin Ball and Agnes Gleason named Thomas (Tom).
More About Edwin Dwight Ball: Burial: 1950, Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan. Cemetery Location: Riverside Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan. City Directory: 1930, Edward Ball listed in the Mt. Pleasant City Directory, Michigan. Occupation 1: 1930, Night Police work in 1930. Occupation 2: Bef. 1930, Hudson Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan.
More About Edwin Dwight Ball and Agnes May Gleason: Marriage: Abt. 1900, Mt. Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan.
Marriage Notes for Edwin Dwight Ball and Agnes May Gleason: One daughter and three more sons were born to this marriage, names are unknown.
Children of Edwin Dwight Ball and Agnes May Gleason are:
Edwin Dwight Ball (b. September 26, 1879, d. 1950)
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