Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-20
Second Son OF James and
Mary Ball; His Second VIE;
Daughter of Edwin Conway;
Born December 81, his;
Died November q, l7se."

This worthy repres NATIVE of the fanl-
| ly appears 10 have followed his latNers
| example, and married three times. His
! first companion must have found an early
! grave. Her name | am unable 10 give.
| His second wife, Mildred" as her tomb
attests. died December Z. lISl; aged 80"
His third wife was Letce Lee. daughter
of Richard Lee, of "Ditchley," Northum-
berland, who long survived her husband.
and died. as her epitaph shows, Mo-
vember Il, ISL, In the s0th year OF her
age"
The children OF this second Colonel
James Ball were two sons and seven
daughters. James Selden, James Wal
lace Ban, and George Lee married three
OF them, and Two more went TO neighbour
ing homes in Richmond county as the
wives Of Thomas Bcale and Robert Faun-
leroy. The eldest son. Jesse, married
Miss Agatha Conway. and the youngest.
James, Miss Fannie bowman.
THIRD COLONEL BALL.
The latter is the third Colonel James
Ball. entombed at White Chapel. The
inscription on his tomb is as follows:
In Memory OF
Colonel James Ball.
Son OF James and Letice Ball.
Born February -. l755;
Died December IS, 1925;
And Fanny. His Wife.
Daughter OF Rawletgh
and Frances bowman,
OF Morattico.
Born May 4. l75s:
Died January .. ls21.
One Grave Contains the Faithful Pair.~
To the faithful pair" thus commemo.
rated there were born four sons and one
daughter. Joseph, the eldest son. mar
ried Miss Olivia Downman. and long
Gwelt at "Dltchey." his grandmother's
paternal home. Bishop Meade wrote OF
II during their occupancy OF the place:
MANY and pleasant have been the hours
which in company with some Of the
brethren I have spent at 'Ditchley.'"
The second son was the late Hon. WILL
liam Lee Ball, who was for seven years
a representative IN Congress from Vir-
ginia, and who died in Washington city
In 1924. and was inferred Ia the Congress
sional Cemetery.
The third son. James Kendall Ball, mar
ried a daughter OF General John Black
well, OF Fauquier, and was father TO the
late Captain Ball, who was a popular and
gallant officer OF the Ninth Virginia Cav
airy during the Confederate war.
The only daughter OF this last Colonel
James. Ball was Frances who married
first Humphrey Carter. Her daughter by
this marriage became the wife OF the late
John f. Brockenbrough, OF Westmoreland,
and mother Of Or. Austin Brockenhrough.
OF the Etstern Shore. who represented
Virginia in the late commission 10 the
Columbian Exposition. Mrs. Carter mar
rled secondly Captain NJ. ID. McCarly,
Of the United States navy. whom Con-
gress rewarded with a medal for merto-
rious conduct In battle
Close beside the tombs which have called
forth these chronicles Of a worthy family
was an unmarked grave. on whose fresh
earth the grass had not yet grown, and
which took to be that Of the above-men-
toned Captain James X. Ball. who died
on the 7th OF July 1896. at the old home.
"Bewdley." Ia the vicinity Of white
Chapel. II was my privilege 10 know him
we'll as soldier. and can testify 10
his high courage and dash. lie was often
In command OF the Charging squadron"
OF the Ninth Cavalry. and his intrepid
conduct called forth on many occasions
the admiration and praise OF his old COM
manders. General w. III. +. Lee ana
General II. l.. T. Beale. No drawer heart
than his ever beat for the veal OF his
native State, and no cooler head ever
met danger In her defence amid the clang
OF swords. Well may the dust OF tho
bravsst OF his slumbering fathers own
In his moldering form It's kindred tie.
In this old church-yard Is TO be seen.
also. the tomb that marks the grave OF
DR.. Meriwether Lewis. a native OF Essex
county. and adopted son OF Lancaster.
A courteous gentleman, popular phys'-
clan. patriotic citizen. and brave soldier.
who rose 70 the rank Of lieutenant-colonei
I'm the sbove-named regiment. and won
an honorable discharge, having received
a bullet through his body. He deserves
a more extended tribute than space now
permits me TO give. q. w. y