Son of Louise Ball.
In St. Louis on May 10th, 1919, a new Service recognition group was being created. The National American Legion was formed and in less than a month, on June 3rd, a meeting was held in the Emporia Courthouse to organize a Lyon County post. At a second meeting a week later, June 10th, the proposed post was organized with 32 names on the charger to be submitted to the National and State offices for acceptance. The post was to be called the Homer J. Ball post, he being the first Lyon County man killed in France.
Homer J. Ball was born in 1889 on a farm near Saffordville [Chase Co, KS]. His parents died when he was a youngster and he was brought up in the foster home of William C. Jones three-and-one-half miles southeast of Emporia. He was educated in the country schools, and then attended the Normal School and the Emporia Business College.
He went to Camp Funston for training with the 89th Division on September 19, 1917, missing the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Hettie Morgan of Olpe, who died a week later on September 26th.
On January 17, 1918, he was sent to France where he became a member of the Motor Truck Supply Company #406, American Expeditionary Force. On July 8, 1918, while driving a truck in an ammunition convoy, he met his death from an airplane bomb and was buried in the St. Mihiel sector.
It was nearly two years after signing of the Armistice that his body was returned to Emporia on Saturday, September 25, 1920, for a Sunday funeral service at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, in charge of the American Legion post bearing his name. Company D, 4th Kansas Infantry provided a firing squad and buglers. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, two-and-one-half miles south of Emporia on the east side of Highway 99, his grave in Section #4, Row 12, Grave #1.(Information by Robert Hodge, provided by Becky Doan)
Other Sources for Homer J. Ball: Kansas Casualties in the World War, 1917-1919 and Lyon County Archives Casualties World War, #59, p. 29 (listed Jones as stepfather).
Robert Hodge, Emporia (Lyon County, Kansas) Gazette Obituary Index, (regarding September 14, 1918 obituary entry).U.S. Census 1900, Emporia Township, Lyon County, Kansas (listed month of birth and mother's name).
World War I Draft Registration List, 1917-1918, Lyon County, Kansas (listed date of birth).
In St. Louis on May 10th, 1919, a new Service recognition group was being created. The National American Legion was formed and in less than a month, on June 3rd, a meeting was held in the Emporia Courthouse to organize a Lyon County post. At a second meeting a week later, June 10th, the proposed post was organized with 32 names on the charger to be submitted to the National and State offices for acceptance. The post was to be called the Homer J. Ball post, he being the first Lyon County man killed in France.
Homer J. Ball was born in 1889 on a farm near Saffordville [Chase Co, KS]. His parents died when he was a youngster and he was brought up in the foster home of William C. Jones three-and-one-half miles southeast of Emporia. He was educated in the country schools, and then attended the Normal School and the Emporia Business College.
He went to Camp Funston for training with the 89th Division on September 19, 1917, missing the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Hettie Morgan of Olpe, who died a week later on September 26th.
On January 17, 1918, he was sent to France where he became a member of the Motor Truck Supply Company #406, American Expeditionary Force. On July 8, 1918, while driving a truck in an ammunition convoy, he met his death from an airplane bomb and was buried in the St. Mihiel sector.
It was nearly two years after signing of the Armistice that his body was returned to Emporia on Saturday, September 25, 1920, for a Sunday funeral service at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, in charge of the American Legion post bearing his name. Company D, 4th Kansas Infantry provided a firing squad and buglers. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, two-and-one-half miles south of Emporia on the east side of Highway 99, his grave in Section #4, Row 12, Grave #1.(Information by Robert Hodge, provided by Becky Doan)
Other Sources for Homer J. Ball: Kansas Casualties in the World War, 1917-1919 and Lyon County Archives Casualties World War, #59, p. 29 (listed Jones as stepfather).
Robert Hodge, Emporia (Lyon County, Kansas) Gazette Obituary Index, (regarding September 14, 1918 obituary entry).U.S. Census 1900, Emporia Township, Lyon County, Kansas (listed month of birth and mother's name).
World War I Draft Registration List, 1917-1918, Lyon County, Kansas (listed date of birth).
Son of Louise Ball.
In St. Louis on May 10th, 1919, a new Service recognition group was being created. The National American Legion was formed and in less than a month, on June 3rd, a meeting was held in the Emporia Courthouse to organize a Lyon County post. At a second meeting a week later, June 10th, the proposed post was organized with 32 names on the charger to be submitted to the National and State offices for acceptance. The post was to be called the Homer J. Ball post, he being the first Lyon County man killed in France.
Homer J. Ball was born in 1889 on a farm near Saffordville [Chase Co, KS]. His parents died when he was a youngster and he was brought up in the foster home of William C. Jones three-and-one-half miles southeast of Emporia. He was educated in the country schools, and then attended the Normal School and the Emporia Business College.
He went to Camp Funston for training with the 89th Division on September 19, 1917, missing the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Hettie Morgan of Olpe, who died a week later on September 26th.
On January 17, 1918, he was sent to France where he became a member of the Motor Truck Supply Company #406, American Expeditionary Force. On July 8, 1918, while driving a truck in an ammunition convoy, he met his death from an airplane bomb and was buried in the St. Mihiel sector.
It was nearly two years after signing of the Armistice that his body was returned to Emporia on Saturday, September 25, 1920, for a Sunday funeral service at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, in charge of the American Legion post bearing his name. Company D, 4th Kansas Infantry provided a firing squad and buglers. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, two-and-one-half miles south of Emporia on the east side of Highway 99, his grave in Section #4, Row 12, Grave #1.(Information by Robert Hodge, provided by Becky Doan)
Other Sources for Homer J. Ball: Kansas Casualties in the World War, 1917-1919 and Lyon County Archives Casualties World War, #59, p. 29 (listed Jones as stepfather).
Robert Hodge, Emporia (Lyon County, Kansas) Gazette Obituary Index, (regarding September 14, 1918 obituary entry).U.S. Census 1900, Emporia Township, Lyon County, Kansas (listed month of birth and mother's name).
World War I Draft Registration List, 1917-1918, Lyon County, Kansas (listed date of birth).
In St. Louis on May 10th, 1919, a new Service recognition group was being created. The National American Legion was formed and in less than a month, on June 3rd, a meeting was held in the Emporia Courthouse to organize a Lyon County post. At a second meeting a week later, June 10th, the proposed post was organized with 32 names on the charger to be submitted to the National and State offices for acceptance. The post was to be called the Homer J. Ball post, he being the first Lyon County man killed in France.
Homer J. Ball was born in 1889 on a farm near Saffordville [Chase Co, KS]. His parents died when he was a youngster and he was brought up in the foster home of William C. Jones three-and-one-half miles southeast of Emporia. He was educated in the country schools, and then attended the Normal School and the Emporia Business College.
He went to Camp Funston for training with the 89th Division on September 19, 1917, missing the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Hettie Morgan of Olpe, who died a week later on September 26th.
On January 17, 1918, he was sent to France where he became a member of the Motor Truck Supply Company #406, American Expeditionary Force. On July 8, 1918, while driving a truck in an ammunition convoy, he met his death from an airplane bomb and was buried in the St. Mihiel sector.
It was nearly two years after signing of the Armistice that his body was returned to Emporia on Saturday, September 25, 1920, for a Sunday funeral service at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, in charge of the American Legion post bearing his name. Company D, 4th Kansas Infantry provided a firing squad and buglers. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, two-and-one-half miles south of Emporia on the east side of Highway 99, his grave in Section #4, Row 12, Grave #1.(Information by Robert Hodge, provided by Becky Doan)
Other Sources for Homer J. Ball: Kansas Casualties in the World War, 1917-1919 and Lyon County Archives Casualties World War, #59, p. 29 (listed Jones as stepfather).
Robert Hodge, Emporia (Lyon County, Kansas) Gazette Obituary Index, (regarding September 14, 1918 obituary entry).U.S. Census 1900, Emporia Township, Lyon County, Kansas (listed month of birth and mother's name).
World War I Draft Registration List, 1917-1918, Lyon County, Kansas (listed date of birth).
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