_James Samuel BALL Sr._____+
                                                      | (1791 - 1867) m 1814      
                           _Carlisle Babylon BALL ____|
                          | (1831 - 1917) m 1857      |
                          |                           |_Susannah POSEY ___________+
                          |                             (1795 - 1860) m 1814      
 _George Washington BALL _|
| (1884 - 1962) m 1909    |
|                         |                            _Benjamin Franklin SHREVE _+
|                         |                           | (1800 - 1880) m 1832      
|                         |_Margaret McVicker SHREVE _|
|                           (1840 - 1927) m 1857      |
|                                                     |_Amanda CAMPBELL __________+
|                                                       (1810 - 1855) m 1832      
|
|--Ellen Margaret BALL 
|  (1924 - ....)
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|                          _William Henry HOPPER _____|
|                         | (1852 - 1946)             |
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|_Lillian Ethel HOPPER ___|
  (1889 - 1971) m 1909    |
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                          |                           |                           
                          |_Luiza Ellen SHARP ________|
                            (1857 - 1953)             |
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