Background
Ball, George Harvey was born on December 7, 1819 in Sherbrooke, P. Q., Canada. Son of Jonathan B. and Marcy (Harvey) Balliol
Ball, George Harvey was born on December 7, 1819 in Sherbrooke, P. Q., Canada. Son of Jonathan B. and Marcy (Harvey) Balliol
Moved to Ohio, 1837; educated Farmington Academy and Grand River Institute, O., and Cobb Divinity School, Lewiston, Maine. Read a course of law.
Principal Geauga Seminary, O., 1848-1850. Pastor Hudson Saint Baptist Church, Buffalo, 1850-1855. Pastor Roger Williams Church, Providence, Rhode Island, 1855-1857.
Member 1st Republican Convention, Philadelphia, 1856.
Pastor of church at Buffalo again, 1857-1871. Editor Baptist Union, New York, 1871-1877.
Pastor Buffalo church again, 1877-1890. Founder and president, since 1892, Keuka College Invited guest National Republican Convention, Philadelphia, 1900.
Author: Guide to the Lord’s Supper, 1852.
The Story of Jesus, 1857. Christian Baptism, 1891. Bible Syllabus, 1902.
Home: Keuka Park, New New York
Member 1st Republican Convention, Philadelphia, 1856.
Married January 20, 1848, Maria L. Benchley.