★★★ Ball, Mottrom Dulany

Mottrom Dulany Ball

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Born: June 23, 1835

Birthplace: Oak Mount Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia

Father: Spencer Mottrom Ball 1801 – 1859
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​

Mother: Mary Dulany 1813 – 1856
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​

Wife: Sarah Lewis Wright 1838 – 1923
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​

Children:

Sarah Lewis Ball 1866 – 1944​
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​
Mottrom Corbin Ball 1868 – 1904​
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​
Caroline Ball Mackall 1869 – 1949​
(Buried: Lewinsville Presbyterian Cemetery, McLean, Virginia)​
James Stuart Ball 1872 – 1941​
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​
Annie Addison Ball 1875 – 1879​
(Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia)​
Francis Mallory Ball 1876 – 1968​
(Buried: Lewinsville Presbyterian Cemetery, McLean, Virginia)​

Education:

1854: Graduated from College of William & Mary​

Occupation before War:

Teacher at University of Maryland​
School Teacher in Virginia​
1856: Presented a political speech at Liberty Hall in Alexandria, Virginia​
Attorney in Fairfax Court House, Virginia​
1860: Member of the Constitution Union Political Party​
1860: Organizer of Fairfax Cavalry at Lewinsville, Virginia​

Civil War Career:

Colonel of 11th​ Virginia Cavalry Regiment​

Occupation after War:

Founder of Virginia Sentinel Newspaper​
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Collector of Customs in Alaska Territory​
1878 – 1879: Governor of Alaska Territory​
1885 – 1887: United States Attorney in Alaska Territory​
Founding Editor of the Alaskan Newspaper​

Died: September 13, 1887

Place of Death: Sitka, Alaska

Age at time of Death: 52 years old

Burial Place: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia
 
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