Etta A. Pierce was born on 3 September 1858 in Massachusetts.
1 Etta A. Pierce married
George F. Ball, son of
Silas Ball, Jr., and
Miranda Bartlett II, after 1867.
1 Etta A. Ball died on 22 March 1929 in Franklin County, Massachusetts, at age 70.
1 She was buried in Long Plain (aka Hillsboro or Leverett Station) Cemetery, Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts. The Ball Monument reands:
Silas Ball
Born Nov. 10 1804
Died Aug. 19 1887
Miranda, his wife
Born Jan. 30 1804
Died Nov. 5 1892
George F. Ball
Nov. 13, 1899
65 yrs.
Mary, his wife
Dec. 19, 1867
26 yrs.
Etta A. Pierce, his wife
Sept. 3, 1858 – Mar. 22 1929.
1,2 Etta A. Ball and
George F. Ball appeared on the census of 1880 in Long Plain Village, Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts, which lists George F. Ball, 45, born in Massachusetts, both parents also born in Massachusetts; Ella [sic] A. Ball, 21, born in Massachusetts, both parents also born in Massachusetts.
3 Etta A. Ball appeared on the census of 1900 in Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts, which lists Etta A. Ball. 41, born in Massachusetts in September 1858, a widow; her daughter Alice W. Ball, 19, born in Massachusetts in November 1880; and her son Fordyce S. Ball, 5, born in Massachusetts in August 1894. Etta had given birth to two children, both of whom were living.
4 Etta A. Ball appeared on the census of 1910 in Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts, which lists Etta A. Ball, 51, a widow; and her son Fordyce W. Ball, 15, both born in Massachusetts.
5 Etta A. Ball appeared on the census of 1920 in Long Plain Road, Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts, which lists Etta A. Ball, 61, a widow; her daughter Alice W. Pratt [mis-indexed as Prott], 39, divorced; and Alice's son Clarence, 12, all born in Massachusetts.
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