_Carlisle Babylon BALL ____+
                                              | (1831 - 1917) m 1857      
                       _James Benjamin BALL __|
                      | (1860 - 1951) m 1880  |
                      |                       |_Margaret McVicker SHREVE _+
                      |                         (1840 - 1927) m 1857      
 _Alford BALL ________|
| (1886 - 1969) m 1908|
|                     |                        _Alford RULE ______________
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|                     |_Harriett Alford RULE _|
|                       (1862 - 1938) m 1880  |
|                                             |_Martha BLEVINS ___________
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|--John Alford BALL 
|  (1928 - 1983)
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|_Ida Melvina GENTRY _|
  (1893 - 1975) m 1908|
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