R. F. Ball

Short Name: R. F. Ball
Full Name: Ball, R. F.
Birth Year (est.): 1840
Death Year: 1862

Robert F. Ball (ca. 1840-12 August 1862) was born in Monroe County, Georgia, the son of Jonathan Ball and Eliza Osmore. According to Ogletree, he was a staunch Methodist. The youngest member of the 1859 revision committee for The Sacred Harp, he died near Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War.

The Makers of the Sacred Harp: Addenda and Corrigenda (accessed online 8/12/2019)


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