Background
Ball, Frank Clayton was born on November 24, 1857 in Greensburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Lucius Stiles and Maria P. (Bingham) Balliol
Ball, Frank Clayton was born on November 24, 1857 in Greensburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Lucius Stiles and Maria P. (Bingham) Balliol
Public schools and Canandaigua (New York) Academy. Doctor of Laws from Indiana University, 1929.
Began manufacturing business with 4 brothers (3 now deceased), at Buffalo, 1880, moved to Muncie, Indiana, 1888, and is president Ball Brothers Company, main offices at Muncie, and factories in Texas, Illinois, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Indiana. Also president Muncie & Western Railroad Company. Director Borg Warner Corporation, Chicago.
Ball Brothers donated $7,000,000 or more to educational and welfare work including: buildings for Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women"s Christian Association at Muncie, also Ball Memorial Hospital and
Mason (32°).; Clubs: Rotary, Athletic, Columbia.
Married Elizabeth Wolfe Brady, 1893. Children: Edmund Arthur, Mistress Lucina Owsley, Mistress Margaret Petty, Frank Elliott (deceased), Mistress Rosemary Wright Bracken.