Individual Details

Emily Comstock Porter

(15 May 1816 - )



Emily married Christopher Crittenden Ball on 17 Oct 1839. They left Richmond KY for Missouri in Oct of 1867, settling with his family in Carthage, Jasper Co. Their children were born in Richmond.

1850 Census. Madison Co KY, p.204, Hh 53
C. C. Ball, age 37, b. Madison Co KY
Emily, age 33, b. Madison Co KY
Ellen 8, Louis 6, Francis 4, Christopher 3, Caroline, 9 months

1860 Census [not indexed on Ancestry] Madison Co KY, Richmond. Hh 11
C. C. Ball, age 42, saddler and harness maker, b. Lincoln Co KY
Emily, age 42, b. Fayette Co KY
Children all born in Madison Co KY: Ellen 18, Lewis 16, Francis 14, Christopher 12, Caroline 10, George 8, Sarah A. 6, Emily 4, William 1
James Pumphrey, age 20, apprentice, b. Garrard Co KY
Lyman Brown, age 18, apprentice, b. Madison Co KY
John Sidney, age 28, saddler, b. New York
Thomas H. Faulconer, age 33, saddler, b. Fayette Co KY

1870 Census. Jasper Co MO, Marion Twp, Carthage, Hh 105
Cristopher C. Ball, age 51, Farmer, b. KY
Emily C. age 48, b. KY
Lewis H. 26, Carolina 18, George 17, Anna 15, Emma 12, William 9, Porter 7
[children all born in Kentucky]

1880 Census. Jasper Co MO, Union Twp, p.410, Hh 1
C. C. Ball, age 67, Farmer & Justice of Peace, b. KY, parents b. VA
E. C. Ball, age 65, wife, b. KY, father b. Mass., mother b. R.I.
L. H., age 35, son, Deputy Co. Collector, b. KY
Caroline L., age 26, daughter, teacher.
Annie S., age 24, daughter.
Emily W., age 22, daughter.
Wm. L., age 20, son.
Nathl. P. age 17, con. [b. Missouri]

Both Christopher and Emily must have died in Jasper Co prior to 1900. That year I found:
Jasper Co, MO, Preston, Hh 171
William L. Ball, age 42, b. Apr 1858, head of household, farm labor
Emily W. Ball, sister, age 44, b. Feb 1856, author
Lewis H. Ball, brother, age 57, b. Mar 1843, farmer
Caroline L., sister, age 50, b. Dec 1850, teacher
Porter N., brother, age 38, b. Mar 1862, lawyer and salesman

Daughter Anna had gone to California:
1900 Census. Colton Twp, Colton City, San Bernardino Co, CA, Hh 150
Sarah A. Porter, head, b. Apr 1821, age 79, b. IN, father b. NH, mother b. RI
Anna Ball, niece, b. Apr 1854, age 46, b. KY, parents b. KY, school teacher

Events

Birth15 May 1816
Marriage17 Oct 1839Madison County, Kentucky - Christopher Crittenden Ball

Families

SpouseChristopher Crittenden Ball (1813 - 1881)
ChildChristopher Porter Ball (1847 - 1883)
FatherNathaniel Sargent Porter (1789 - 1827)
MotherElizabeth Comstock (1792 - 1877)
SiblingSamuel Huntington Porter (1812 - 1876)
SiblingOliver Fuller Porter (1814 - 1815)
SiblingCaroline Porter (1818 - )
SiblingSarah Anne Porter (1821 - )
SiblingEliza Porter (1823 - 1888)
SiblingJohn Sargent Porter (1826 - 1876)

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