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1930 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Enumeration District 29-2, Sheet 10A (208)
Road from Rexburg to Dunnbrooke
Dwelling 172, Family 125
Griffin, William T., head, owner, value of home $1,500, lives on farm, male, white, 78, widowed, age at first marriage 33, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on home farm, works on own account, at work previous work day, not a veteran
Parr, Sallie E., daughter, female, white, 44, married, age at first marriage 15, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Parr, William H., son-in-law, male, white, 41, married, age at first marriage 33, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, carpenter in building trade, works on own account, at work previous work day
Parr, Ashby B., grandson, male, white, 6, single, cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Parr, Catherine C., granddaughter, female, white, 4-4/12[?], not in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Ball, Julian, grandson, male, white, 22, single, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, motorman for street car, wage worker, at work previous work day, not a veteran

On 8 July 1930, William Julian Ball married Virginia Hope Davis in Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia. He was 23, single, born in Essex County, living in Dunnsbrooke, Essex County, Virginia, son of J. P. Ball and Sallie E. Griffin, occupation farmer. She was 21, single, born in Essex County, living in Center Cross, Essex County, Virginia, daughter of Joseph Davis and Emma Baughan [sic]. Ceremony by M. F. Roberts, Baptist minister. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 2, page 358.]

Upright
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Ball of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Kopp and daughter, Irene, of Baltimore visited in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Davis over the week-end.
Anne Webb spent last Thursday night with Annie Laura Davis.
Mrs. Ryland Davis’ mother, Mrs. J. W. Brooks, is right sick at this writing. We hope she will be feeling much better soon.
[The Rappahannock Times, 7 October 1948, page 4.]

Upright News
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Kopp, of Baltimore, and Mr. and Mrs. Julian Ball, Mr. Billy Ball and Mrs. Norman Edwards and son visited in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Davis over the week-end.
[The Rappahannock Times, 17 April 1952, page 4.]

Information from Pearl Irene Davis Kopp. Additional information from an article about the family of Virginia Hope Davis Ball, from a news clipping, paper unknown, titled “An Old-Time Tradition Reborn—4 Generations Live in Same House,” by Evalora Eastland.