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Mary Jane Ball
1835–1862 · 27 years
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Mary Jane Ball was born 2 December 1835 in Chautauqua County (Forestville), New York, and died 9 December 1862 in Jones County, Iowa, aged 27. She was a daughter of Stephen Munn Ball (1804-1892) and Abigail S. Throop Ball (1809-1843), married Daniel (Dan) Buell Bills (1830-1914) in 1854, and was the mother of Frank E Bills (1857-1936) and Fred A. Bills (1862-1926). She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa. Audit note: the sole online source (Find a Grave memorial 76400134) was independently re-fetched and verified to contain every cited detail; the identity match is unambiguous and multi-anchored (birth date, death date/place, spouse, both parents, both children).
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Find a Grave memorial (ID 76400134) identifies Mary Jane Ball Bills with birth 2 Dec 1835 and death 9 Dec 1862 in Jones County, Iowa, matching the report's birth date and death date/place exactly. Page independently re-fetched and verified.
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Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa, USA. This is new information not in the 2006 report (which listed burial as null).
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Birth date 2 Dec 1835; Find a Grave lists birthplace as Chautauqua County, New York, USA, consistent with the report's 'Forestville, New York' (Forestville lies in Chautauqua County).
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Parents listed as Stephen Munn Ball (1804-1892) and Abigail S. Throop Ball (1809-1843), matching the report. Find a Grave additionally supplies Stephen Munn Ball's death year (1892).
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Spouse listed as Daniel Buell Bills (1830-1914), married 1854, matching the report's 'Dan Buell Bills (1830-1914)' married 1854.
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Children listed as Frank E Bills (1857-1936) and Fred A. Bills (1862-1926), matching the report's two children. Find a Grave additionally supplies Frank E Bills's death year (1936).
Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.
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Sibling Alvin Billings Ball (1832-1865) and half-siblings Stephen Ball (1845-1860) and Alfred Henry Ball (1847-1932) are listed as her Find a Grave family members. These were not in the report. likely
low birth.place: report “Forestville, New York” vs. found “Chautauqua County, New York, USA”. Not a true conflict: Forestville is a hamlet within the Town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York. Find a Grave gives the county-level placename; the report gives the hamlet. Consistent.
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- Audit confirmation: the Find a Grave memorial (ID 76400134) was independently re-fetched during this audit and every cited field (birth, death, burial, both parents, spouse, both children, siblings/half-siblings) is verbatim present on the live page. Identity is unambiguous and multi-anchored; no wrong-person risk.
- Exact marriage date/place not independently re-verified online; report states 1854-03-21 at Versailles, Chautauqua Co., NY, while Find a Grave gives only the year 1854 (m. 1854) with no place. No conflict, but the day/place remains uncited beyond the family report.
- Cause of death (age 27) is unknown; no source found.
- No independent record (census, vital, or church record image) was located to corroborate Find a Grave; a single memorial is the primary online source. WikiTree/FamilySearch searches did not surface a dedicated profile for this Mary Jane Ball Bills. New single-source details (Stephen Munn Ball d.1892; Frank E Bills d.1936) should be treated as provisional until a second source is found.
- Sibling/half-sibling identities (Alvin Billings Ball 1832-1865; Stephen Ball 1845-1860; Alfred Henry Ball 1847-1932) come only from the Find a Grave family panel and were not separately verified; retained at 'likely'.
Sources consulted (5)
- Mary Jane Ball Bills (1835-1862) - Find a Grave Memorial (ID 76400134) - re-fetched and verified during audit · findagrave
- WebSearch: Mary Jane Ball Bills 1835 1862 Jones County Iowa Dan Buell Bills (findagrave/familysearch/wikitree/billiongraves) · web
- WebSearch: Mary Jane Ball Bills 1835 Forestville NY Dan Buell Bills 1862 Iowa (general web) · web
- WebSearch: Dan Buell Bills 1830 1914 Iowa Find a Grave (no dedicated memorial surfaced) · web
- WebSearch: Mary Jane Ball Bills Riverside Cemetery Anamosa Stephen Munn Ball Abigail Throop (wikitree/familysearch — no dedicated profile found) · web
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