Benjamin Franklin Ball, born in Alexandria County, Virginia on January 15, 1839, entered Dickinson in 1857 and graduated with his class in 1860. He became a clergyman and served two terms as the "presiding elder" at the Methodist Episcopal Church south. He did not serve in the military. He married Alice A. Hobbs in February 1870, had 6 children, and died in Waynesboro, Virginia on January 26, 1923. (By Brandon Rothenberg)
Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Class of 1860
Life Summary
Full name
Benjamin Franklin Ball
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
Family
John Ball (father), Margaret A. (Shreve) Ball (mother), Alice A. Hobbs (wife)
Education
Dickinson (Carlisle College)
Occupation
Clergy
Church or Religious Denomination
Episcopalian
Methodist
