Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . udy of medicine inChicago graduated in 1902, and is now located at Valley Mills, Texas, wherehe is practicing his profession with flattering success. Neva Belle, theyoungest of the family, was born April 21, 1881, and on January 12, 1904,married John T. Daily, of Chicago. The two daughters married happy family is well known and highly esteemed in the social circlesof Crown Point, and both children and parents individually have found andI are performing worthy parts in the worlds affairs. JAMES HERVEY BALL, Esq. Jam


Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . udy of medicine inChicago graduated in 1902, and is now located at Valley Mills, Texas, wherehe is practicing his profession with flattering success. Neva Belle, theyoungest of the family, was born April 21, 1881, and on January 12, 1904,married John T. Daily, of Chicago. The two daughters married happy family is well known and highly esteemed in the social circlesof Crown Point, and both children and parents individually have found andI are performing worthy parts in the worlds affairs. JAMES HERVEY BALL, Esq. James H. Ball, of whom a likeness is here given, youngest son of JudgeHervey Ball, was fifteen months of age when his father settled at CedarLake. A student for a time at Franklin College in Indiana, he became ateacher in the public schools of Lake county, and at length school examinerof the county. He held as county examiner the third, fourth, fifth, sixth andseventh county institutes. He made the first official school visitations beforethey were required by JAMES H. BALL HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. 577 In 1871 he graduated at tlie Law School of the University of was in active life in Lake county for several years. He has been forsome time a resident in Scott. Kansas, where he has a law office, and he hasbeen for two terms probate judge of Scott county. Before leaving Crown Point he erected four brick dwelling houses whichstill remain as memorials of his enterprise, as well as his work for manyyears in educational lines. He now holds, in Scott county, quite a tract of land, through whichflows a stream of water, making it valuable for grass and for this pasture land he keeps some fine cattle of the Galloway variety. Hisplace is called Edith Ranch. JOHN J. WHEELER. John J. \Vheeler. proprietor and publisher of the Lake County Star atCrown Point, the newspaper known as possessing the best equipment and thelargest circulation of any paper in northwestern Lid


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