Dwight BALL

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abt. 1835 , West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

15 February 1855 , Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1835 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Dwight BALL died 15 February 1855 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Stephen Ball
Mother: Elenora Ball

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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
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farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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Name: Dwight Ball
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: Holyoke
Death Date: 15 Feb 1855
Death Place: Holyoke, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1835
Birth Place: West Springfield
Occupation: Farmer
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Father's Name: Stephen Ball
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Mother's Name: Elenora Ball
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01272-8
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 2026621
Reference ID: v 1 p 14

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHMS-DX8 : 10 December 2014), Dwight Ball, 15 Feb 1855; citing Holyoke, Hampden Co, Massachusetts, reference v 1 p 14; FHL microfilm 2,026,621.'