_James Samuel BALL Sr._____+
                                                    | (1791 - 1867) m 1814      
                         _Carlisle Babylon BALL ____|
                        | (1831 - 1917) m 1857      |
                        |                           |_Susannah POSEY ___________+
                        |                             (1795 - 1860) m 1814      
 _James Benjamin BALL __|
| (1860 - 1951) m 1880  |
|                       |                            _Benjamin Franklin SHREVE _+
|                       |                           | (1800 - 1880) m 1832      
|                       |_Margaret McVicker SHREVE _|
|                         (1840 - 1927) m 1857      |
|                                                   |_Amanda CAMPBELL __________+
|                                                     (1810 - 1855) m 1832      
|
|--Alford BALL 
|  (1886 - 1969)
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|                        _Alford RULE ______________|
|                       | (1840 - ....)             |
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|_Harriett Alford RULE _|
  (1862 - 1938) m 1880  |
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                        |_Martha BLEVINS ___________|
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