Background
Ball, Robert Lee was born on May 24, 1861 in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Son of of Robert Austin and Elizabeth Constance (Rose) B.
Ball, Robert Lee was born on May 24, 1861 in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Son of of Robert Austin and Elizabeth Constance (Rose) B.
Civil engineering course, University of Kansas (non-graduate).
Assistant city engineer, Saint Joseph, Missouri, 1879-1880. Admitted to Texas bar, 1883, and began practice at Galveston. President Colorado (Texas) National Bank, 1889-1894.
Moved to San Antonio, 1894.
Successively vice president, president, and now Chairman of the Board National Bank of Commerce, San Antonio. Engaged in ranching, cattle raising.
Chairman military committee State Council of Defense, Texas, World War. Member Federal Advisory Council 11th Federal Reserve Bank District, 1920-1923, inclusive.
President Texas State Bar Association, 1930-1931.
Member Texas Civil Judicial Council since its creation, 1927.
Mason (33 degree, Shriner).
Married Marion J. Cooke, October 14, 1891. Children: Elizabeth Constance (Mistress Robert West. B. Terrell), Marion Ellen (Mistress Walter R. Hensey, Junior.