Webb C. Ball
Deceased Person
1847 – 1922
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Who was Webb C. Ball?
Webster Clay Ball was a jeweler and watchmaker born in Fredericktown, Ohio who founded the Ball Watch Company. When Standard Time was adopted in 1883, he was the first jeweler to use time signals from the United States Naval Observatory, bringing accurate time to Cleveland.
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- Born
- Oct 6, 1847
Fredericktown - Also known as
- Webb Ball
- Died
- Mar 6, 1922
Cleveland Heights
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on July 23, 2013
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