Edmond
1839 – 1/31/1887
Died—In Edmond, Kansas, on Monday, January 31, 1887; of congestion of the lungs and liver and fatty degeneration of the heart, Orson S. Ball, aged 48 years, 6 months and 24 days. The remains were laid to rest Tuesday afternoon in the cemetery north of town.
Dr. Ball came to Edmond sometime in the spring or early summer of 1886 and deciding to locate here, returned to Iowa Point and brought his oldest daughter back with him. During the summer and fall he built a house and then his wife and remaining children came to the new home. In a few days the eldest daughter sickened and died. Then other members of the family were taken sick but all recovered. Just one week prior to his death Dr. Ball told the writer that his prospects were brightening and that he hoped his health and that of his family would permit of his starting ahead once more. Friday evening last we learned that he was sick, having been compelled to go to bed that day for the first. Sunday evening we were told that death was liable to occur at any time, and Monday evening he passed quietly over the river. His son who was in the east part of the state arrived here about twenty hours before his father died and a brother and nephew arrived a few hours after death. During his short residence here Dr. Ball made many friends all of whom were pained to learn of his short and fatal illness. He was a good citizen; kind and attentive physician; a loving father and husband—a man who will long be missed in the community and whose place can never be supplied for the family circle.
Miss Fanny V Ball, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ball, died October 1886 of typhoid malaria fever. She was 23 years, 8 months and 7 days. She is buried in Edmond Cemetery.
School report on December 10, 1886, shows two Ball children, Anna and Myrtle.
In January, 1887, Mrs. Ball went to Iowa Point to live
All taken from The Times, Edmond, Kansas newspaper.