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Betty: moved Senica S. Ball to Ball, Senica S.

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moved Senica S. Ball to Ball, Senica S.

Betty: Created page with "NOTOC ==Birth== Senica Snyder Ball was born on Switzkill Road in Berne, Albany County, N.Y. on 22 Oct. 1846.Bernehistory.org
2012-10-16T19:24:42Z

Created page with "NOTOC ==Birth== Senica Snyder Ball was born on Switzkill Road in Berne, Albany County, N.Y. on 22 Oct. 1846.<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref><ref name="Howell"..."

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==Birth==
Senica Snyder Ball was born on Switzkill Road in Berne, Albany County, N.Y. on 22 Oct. 1846.<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref><ref name="Howell">Howell, George Rogers, [[History of the County of Albany]], NY from 1609-1886, W. W. Munsell & Co., 1886, page 817</ref> He was one of 16 children of [[Robert Ball]] (1809-1893) and [[Anna Barbara Dietz]] (1815-1897).<ref name="Bernehistory"/><ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref>

On ancestry.com, the U.S. Federal Census of 1850 for Berne, N.Y., shows Senica in the following household:
Robert Ball, 41
Anna Barbara Ball, 35
John Ball, 16
Ambervelia Ball, age 13
Sylvanus Ball, 11
Mary Ball, 9
Lucius Ball, 7
Seneca Ball, 3
Jerome Ball, 8/12
John B Dietz, 80

John was Senica's maternal grandfather Johannes Bellinger Deitz (B. Aug 18, `172, D. Sept 1, 1856).<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

==Marriage & Children== 
May 22, 1877 he married Rhoda Fleming<ref>MN. marriage records</ref>. Rhoda was born in ca. 1856 in MN. They had a son Oscar F. Ball born in in MN<ref>1895 state census</ref>
Oct 1882. Oscar was a hotel clerk in Grand Rapids, ND in 1900.<ref>1900 federal census records Grand Rapids, ND</ref>. In 1930 Oscar was single, a telephone operator living in Minneapolis, MN.
==Military Service==
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Residence at Enlistment:
|Berne<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
|-
|Place of Birth:
|Berne, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Date of Birth:
|22 Oct 1846<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Names of Parents:
|Robert (Ball) and Barbara Dietz<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Farmer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|1 year<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Bounty Received:
|None<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|April 12, 1865<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> or 31 Mar 1865<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Albany, NY<ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|43rd Infantry<ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company D
|-
|Muster Out Date:
|27 Jun 1865 <ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|Muster Out Place:
|Washington, DC<ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Seneca applied for his invalid pension benefits on August 1, 1890 from his home in Minnesota. Enlisted at the age of 18.<ref name="Ancestry"/>

Parents names, Robert and Barbara Dietz, Single, Born in Berne, NY on October 22, 1846 age 18, Occupation, farmer, Brown eyes, Brown hair, Fair complexion, 5'8" tall.<ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref>
|-
|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865, American Civil War Soldiers, Civil War Pension Index; 1865 census Berne, Albany Co.,NY; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
|}

==Life==
The 1865 NY State Census recorded Seneca living with his parents and siblings on June 1, 1865 in Berne. He was working as a farmer with his father and brother Jerome while his older brother Henry A. Ball was recorded as a soldier.<ref name="1865Census"/>

After the Civil War, like brothers [[Henry Arthur Ball| Henry]] and [[Jerome D. Ball| Jerome]], both of whom were also in the Civil War, and brother [[Sylvanes M. Ball]], Senica move to the mid-west. The 1870 US Federal census recorded Senica Ball living with his younger brother [[Jerome D. Ball]] in the home of his older brother [[Sylvanes M. Ball| Miner Sylvanus A. Ball]] in Crow River PO, Town of Franklin, Wright County, MN.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref> He continued to live with his brother Miner and his family in Franklin in 1875.<ref name="1875Census">1875 Minnesota State Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref>

1880 Federal census Delano, Wright, Minn
:S. S. Ball 35
:Rhoda Ball 24

:He was an engineer,

1895 Delano, Wright, Minn
:Sin S. Ball 49 retired
:Rhoda Ball 39
:Oscar F. Ball 14

:He was retired

In 1900 and 1905 he was in Delano Village, Franklin Twp., Wright, MN. In 1900, he was recorded as widowed, working as a driver and owning a mortgaged house.<ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref>

==Death==
Senica died on October 5, 1907 at Delano, Wright County, MN<ref name="Minnesota Deaths">Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990, LDS Pilot Search</ref> and Rhoda, his wife, died between 1895<ref>1895 state Census</ref>and 1899<ref>May 1, 1899 letter to brother [[Charles E. Ball]]</ref>.

==Obituary== 
Unknown.


==Additional Research Notes== 

A Seneca S. Ball is recorded in the book:
Howell, George Rogers, Bi-centennial [[History of the County of Albany]] 1609-1886 Published 1886.

==Additional Media==
'''[[Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War]]'''
'''Letter from Senica Snyder Ball in Delano, Minn. to his brother [[Charles E. Ball]] in Knox, NY --written May 1, 1899

''Delano May 1 99

''Brother Charley How are you? Anyway, i was Just thinking it is 23 years ago today that I was married. How time goes by here. I am giting to be a old man and I do hate to git old and rinkley. But we have to take our medicine as it comes to us. I have not had very good health for some time. But I am to blame myself. I lived little too fast when I was younger and I am now reaping Evil Doings. My Ray is in ND. He has been gone over a year. He is 17 years old. So you See I am Back Whare I was 25 years ago only Better fixed. I have a nice House of furnished in good Shape. But it is no Home for me Since my wife died.

''A young man can stand those things Whare a old man can't.

''Well Charley Who gites the old farm whare we was all Raised? I hope you will git it. Have you made a Settlement yet? What will you give me for my interest in cash?

''I must close. Give my Love to your wife. Tell her to write me and I will answer. It is awful hard work for me to write. I am so nervous i can't read this after I write.

''Senica Snyder Ball


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 The 1865 NY State Census recorded Seneca living with his parents and siblings on June 1, 1865 in Berne.  He was working as a farmer with his father and brother Jerome while his older brother Henry A. Ball was recorded as a soldier.<ref name="1865Census"/>
-After the Civil War, like brothers [[Henry Arthur Ball| Henry]] and [[Jerome D. Ball| Jerome]], both of whom were also in the Civil War, and brother [[Sylvanes M. Ball]], Senica move to the mid-west. The 1870 US Federal census recorded Senica Ball living with his younger brother [[Jerome D. Ball]] in the home of his older brother [[Sylvanes M. Ball| Miner Sylvanus A. Ball]] in Crow River PO, Town of Franklin, Wright County, MN.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref> He continued to live with his brother Miner and his family in Franklin in 1875.<ref name="1875Census">1875 Minnesota State Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref>
+After the Civil War, Senica moved to the mid-west. The 1870 US Federal census recorded Senica Ball living with his younger brother Jerome D. Ball in the home of his older brother [[Sylvanes M. Ball| Miner Sylvanus A. Ball]] in Crow River PO, Town of Franklin, Wright County, MN.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref> He continued to live with his brother Miner and his family in Franklin in 1875.<ref name="1875Census">1875 Minnesota State Census, Franklin, Wright Co, Minn</ref>
 *1880 Federal census Delano, Wright, Minn

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 ==Additional Media==
-*'''[[Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War]]'''
+*'''[[h:Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War|Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War]]'''
 *'''Letter from Senica Snyder Ball in Delano, Minn. to his brother [[Charles E. Ball]] in Knox, NY  --written May 1, 1899

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