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Stephen Munn Ball

b. 1804

Male

Life

4 Dec 1804Born

c. 16 Mar 1831MarriedtoAbigail S. ThroopHanover, New York

Records & Research

Stephen Munn Ball was born 4 December 1804, the son of Marmaduke Ball (1779-1863) and Rebecca Messenger, a relationship confirmed by his father's WikiTree profile. He married Abigail S. Throop in 1831 at Hanover, New York. His father is buried at Balltown Cemetery in Balltown (town of Hanover), Chautauqua County, New York, and Stephen is reported buried in the same family cemetery. A death date of 22 October 1892 and a possible second marriage to Lucinda Guild (1844) are reported only in compiled genealogies / a Find a Grave search and remain unverified against primary records. The birthplace "Pompey, Onondaga County" asserted in the prior draft is not supported by the cited source and has been removed.

Stephen Munn Ball is listed as a son of Marmaduke Ball (1779-1863) and Rebecca Messenger on his father's WikiTree profile; birth date 4 December 1804 matches the known facts.

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Burial in the Balltown family cemetery, Balltown (town of Hanover), Chautauqua County, New York, where his father Marmaduke Ball is also buried.

· Balltown Cemetery, Balltown / Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York findagrave ↗tree ↗

Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.

Death reported as 22 October 1892. likely

1892-10-22 · Chautauqua County, New York (reported) · Downgraded confirmed -> likely. The specific death date 22 Oct 1892 rests on a Find a Grave SEARCH-RESULT URL, not a stable memorial page, so it cannot be independently verified here; the matching birth year (1804) in that search and the confirmed family burial cluster make it plausible but not proven. Needs Stephen's own Find a Grave memorial number or a primary death/cemetery record to confirm the exact date. findagrave ↗findagrave ↗
Second marriage: Stephen Munn Ball reportedly married Lucinda Guild on 24 March 1844, after the death of his first wife Abigail S. Throop (d. 1843). unconfirmed

1844-03-24 · Downgraded likely -> unconfirmed. Rests on a single compiled-genealogy source (New England Ball Project) that was surfaced only via web search and was unreachable for direct verification this session. No primary marriage record cited. Consistent with the known fact that Abigail Throop died in 1843, but timing-consistency is not corroboration of the marriage itself. tree ↗
Possible additional children attributed to Stephen Munn Ball beyond the four in the known facts: a son Stephen Ball and a son Alfred Henry Ball. unconfirmed

· Recorded as a lead only. Two additional sons (Stephen Ball, Alfred Henry Ball) appear in compiled-genealogy / Find a Grave notes but are not verified against primary records, and it is unknown whether they belong to Abigail Throop or to the unverified second wife Lucinda Guild. Note: the WikiTree father profile (verified) does not, on its own, attest these grandchildren. tree ↗findagrave ↗

unconfirmed marriage.date: report “1831-03-16? (marriage to Abigail S. Throop, Hanover, New York)” vs. found “6 August 1831, Hanover, New York”. The New England Ball Project (surfaced via web search, site unreachable for direct fetch) gives the marriage to Abigail S. Throop as 6 Aug 1831 at Hanover, NY, vs the report's tentative '1831-03-16?'. Both agree on year (1831), place (Hanover, NY), and spouse; only day/month differ, and the report's own date carries a question mark. Downgraded to unconfirmed: a single uncited compiled-genealogy source cannot override or settle the report's tentative date. Needs a primary marriage record.

Open questions (7)

Birthplace: the prior draft's claim of 'Pompey, Onondaga County, New York' is NOT supported by the cited WikiTree page (which gives no birth date or place for Stephen) and has been removed. Locate a primary baptism/birth record or a sourced profile to establish his actual birthplace.
Locate Stephen Munn Ball's OWN Find a Grave memorial page number (the prior citation was only a search-result URL) and any headstone photo/inscription to independently confirm the 22 Oct 1892 death date and the Balltown Cemetery burial.
Confirm the exact 1831 marriage date to Abigail S. Throop (report '1831-03-16?' vs New England Ball Project '6 Aug 1831') against a primary marriage record.
Verify the second marriage to Lucinda Guild (reported 24 March 1844) against a primary record, and identify her birth/death and any children of that union.
Verify the two additional children (Stephen Ball, Alfred Henry Ball) and determine whether they belong to Abigail Throop or to Lucinda Guild.
Find census records (1850-1880, Chautauqua County, NY) and any obituary to document residence, occupation, and household, and to corroborate the death year.
Abigail S. Throop's parents: the New England Ball Project names Thomas Billings Throop and Catherine Walker; confirm against primary records if pursuing the spouse line.

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Ancestry

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Stephen Munn Ball b. 1804

father Marmaduke Ball 1779–1863

father Lebbeus Ball 1739–1806

father Johnathan Jr. Ball b. 1692

mother Elizabeth Olds b. 1698

mother Thankful Stowe b. 1738

father Eliakin Stowe 1708–1789

mother Lydia Miller 1711–1761

mother Rebecca Messenger b. 1782