F.M. Ball

Frank Mitchell Ball

Full Name: Frank Mitchell Ball
Date of birth: September 29, 1869
Date of death: January 4, 1914

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 1 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Texarkana / Bowie   Bowie

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House District 1
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texarkana / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

Biographical Information top

Other Resources

  • Obituary, "Dallas Lawyer Passes Away: F.M. Ball Dies at Family Residence. Funeral to Be Held Today," 1/5/1914, p. 2. Born 9/29/1869 in New Boston, Texas. "About a year ago he moved from Texarkana to Dallas and had resided here since that time." Dallas Morning News.
  • Census of 1880 - Frank Ball, Bowie County, age 12, born circa 1868 in Texas, son of Isac. M. and Lou Ball.
    Census of 1900 - Frank M. Ball, Johnson County, age 31, born September 1868 in Texas, lawyer, wife Linder, son Frank M., Jr., daughters Eliza and Devis Hart Ball.
    Census of 1910 - F.M. Ball, Texarkana, Bowie County, age 40, born circa 1870 in Texas, lawyer, wife Ethyl, daughter Eliza. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910
  • F.M. Ball, birth date 9/29/1869 in New Boston [Bowie County], Texas, death date 1/4/1914 in Dallas, Dallas County, lawyer, father I.M. Ball. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Frank Mitchell Ball, birth date 9/29/1869, death date 1/4/1914, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, Frank M. Ball, Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas), 1/7/1914, p. 9. Frank M. Ball, "for many years, was a resident of the Texas side of the town [Texarkana] . . . Twenty years ago he represented Bowie county one term in the Texas legislature and later he was twice elected city attorney of Texarkana, Tex." Newspapers.com.
  • 23rd Legislature (1893) - F.M. Ball, postoffice Texarkana, nativity Texas, age 24 (born circa 1869), lawyer, 24 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

  • Photograph. F.M. Ball, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. F.M. Ball, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893
Constitutional Amendments  
Judiciary No. 1  
Penitentiaries  

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