This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wizabe1420 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.harlan/14808.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: William Martin "Will" BALL and Emily SKIDMORE were my 2d great grandparents. Margaret Eliza BALL, who married Dr. Granville Pearl BAILEY, was their daughter. I think they had a second daughter who was listed in the 1880 census as Ruthia, but I think that was the enumerator's interpretation of the name, Jerusha. I do not know what happened to Jerusha after the 1880 census. She may have died in childhood or married before the 1900 census, but my entire family always thought that Margaret Eliza was an only child until I looked at the 1880 census entry. Emily (Skidmore) BALL used her maiden name in 1880 and probably had divorced William Martin BALL by that time. William Martin BALL deserted her, fled to TX, re-married in 1876, and raised a second larger family in TX and later, in OK. I communicate with a grandson of William Martin BALL and his second wife, and he has shared information on that family branch. William Martin BALL told his second wife and her family that th! e two children were "deaf and dumb". Interestingly, Margaret Eliza BALL was a schoolteacher when she met and later married Dr. Granville Pearl BAILEY. Bailey Francis Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.