_James EARP ___________
                                                  | (1798 - 1861)         
                           _Robert EARP __________|
                          | (1820 - 1910) m 1844  |
                          |                       |_Mary SANDERS _________
                          |                         (1802 - 1863)         
 _Benjamin Franklin EARP _|
| (1848 - 1908) m 1867    |
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|                         |_Martha JORDAN ________|
|                           (1822 - 1870) m 1844  |
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|--Mattie EARP 
|  (1869 - ....)
|                                                  _James Samuel BALL Sr._+
|                                                 | (1791 - 1867) m 1814  
|                          _James Samuel BALL Jr._|
|                         | (1820 - 1893) m 1847  |
|                         |                       |_Susannah POSEY _______+
|                         |                         (1795 - 1860) m 1814  
|_Eleanor Ann BALL _______|
  (1848 - ....) m 1867    |
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                          |_Nancy GREEN __________|
                            (1820 - 1892) m 1847  |
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