Gail Alkire -
Re your recent message on the surnames you are researching, I am also
interested in the Ball, Hattabaugh, and Hunter families in Greene Co.
and would be glad to share information with you.
I am directly descended from Mary Ball who married John Stanley in
Greene Co., 1827. Mary is the daughter of Isaiah Ball of Butler Co., OH
and the sister of John Ball who married Phebe Archer in Parke Co, 1832,
and moved to Greene Co. shortly thereafter. Mary is also the sister of
Martha "Patty" Ball who married Benj Stafford Jr in Greene Co, 1833.
I have some information on the Hattabaugh family in Greene Co. but have
primarily been interested in the ancestry of Sarah Ball who married
Isaac Hattabaugh in 1837. To date, I have found no definite link between
Sarah Ball and the Isaiah Ball family but there well be one since she
was also born in Ohio.
I've just begun collecting data on the Hunter's in Greene Co. but Isaiah
Ball's brother, Zopher, and at least 3 of Isaiah's children married
Hunters so there was obviously a close relationship between these
families.
I'd certainly appreciate any additional information you can provide on
any of these family lines and would be glad to provide any further
details that might interest you.
Bill Stanley
bstanley(a)indy.net