FNB Tucson, Co-Founder & President (1882); Stock raiser; Tully & Ochoa Wagon Freight, NM (1864); Merchant, Tubac (1864) & Tucson (1866); Treasurer, Arizona Territory; Treasurer & City Councilman, Tucson; Mayor of Tucson; M. Maria Conklin (d. 1874); M2. 29 Oct 1881, Dolores Juarez; 6 children
FNB Phoenix, Co-Founder & Assistant Cashier (1883–1884); reorganized as Valley Bank, Assistant Cashier (1884–1890); Phoenix NB, Co-Founder, Cashier (1892–1895); Valley Bank, President (1903–); Union College, Schenectady, Civil Engineering (1875); Gold Prospecting, AZ (1875–1876); General Mercantile (1876–1880); M. Goldwater & Sons General Store, Clerk (1880–1882); E.J. Bennitt & Company; Phoenix City Treasurer; M. 3 Oct 1888 Emma Ruth Bennett; AF: Mason (32nd Degree); Knights Templar, Commander (1894), Grand Commander for Arizona (1895); Imperial Potentate of the Mystic Shrine (1900); Democrat
FNB Fort Smith, Co-Founder (1872); 81st Illinois Volunteers (1862–65), Lieutenant Colonel; Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company, Director; U.S. House of Representatives (1868–1871); Marshal, US District Court, Western Arkansas (1871); M. 9 Aug 1871, Emily Margaret Blakeslee; 7 children [3 survived]; AF: First President of Arkansas Bankers Association (1891); Republican; Episcopalian
American NB, Director, President (1903–1906); Chicago Lumber Co (1887); Eccles Lumber Co (1889); Fort Smith Lumber Co, Founder (1892); Fort Smith Light & Traction Co, Investor (1904), Cameron Coal & Mercantile Co, President; Directorship: Central Railway of Arkansas, Pan Long Distance Telephone Co; M. 9 Feb 1898, Gertrude Reynolds; AF: Knight of Pythias, Order of Elks, Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo
**US v. P. A. Ball.—Assistant cashier, American NB, Fort Smith, Ark. Abstraction, false entries. Sentence, eight years. September, 1916.