Phinehas Ball (January 18, 1824 – December 19, 1894) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1865.

Phinehas Ball
14th Mayor of
Worcester, Massachusetts
In office
1865–1865
Preceded byDaniel Waldo Lincoln
Succeeded byJames B. Blake
Personal details
BornJanuary 18, 1824
Boylston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 19, 1894(1894-12-19) (aged 70)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)Sarah Augusta Holyoke, m. 1848[1]
Mary Jane Otis, m. November 1865.[1]
ChildrenAllard Holyoke Ball (1851–1857)
Helen Augusta Ball (1858–?)
Alma materBrown University

Early life

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Ball was born on January 18, 1824, in Boylston, Massachusetts.[2]

Family life

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In 1848 Ball married Sarah Augusta Holyoke.[1]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 555
  2. ^ Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 553