• Born: 18 Mar 1832, Pompey NY
• Died: 1 May 1923, Syracuse NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: B. R. NORTON & Co., in 1848, in Syracuse NY.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Syracuse NY. Listed, with Seymour Henry Stone, as a jeweler in the household of their master, Benjamin R. Norton.

• Partnership: Seymour Henry Stone, in 1853-1869, in Syracuse NY. As STONE & BALL, having bought the business of their old master, Benjamin R. Norton. ¹⁸

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Syracuse NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Countermarked coin, circa 1853, in Private Collection.

• Example: Countermarked coin, circa 1854, in Private Collection.

• He worked in 1870-1880 as a silversmith and jeweler in Syracuse NY

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Syracuse NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• His obituary was published in the Syracuse Herald on 1 May 1923 in Syracuse NY. Calvin S. Ball, 91, retired jeweler and a pioneer in the business life of Syracuse, died at 3 o'clock this morning at his home, 316 Delaware Street.
  
  Calvin S. Ball conducted a jewelry business in Syracuse for 52 years prior to his retirement about 18 years ago. He was born at Pompey Hill on March 18, 1832 and came to Syracuse as an apprentice of the jewelry trade in 1848, the year in which Syracuse was incorporated as a city. He began business in partnership with Seymour S. Stone in 1858 continuing under the firm name of Stone & Ball, until 1867, when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Ball conducted the business alone. He sold out to Stetson & Crouse in 1905.