_James Samuel BALL Sr._+
                                              | (1791 - 1867) m 1814  
                       _James Samuel BALL Jr._|
                      | (1820 - 1893) m 1847  |
                      |                       |_Susannah POSEY _______+
                      |                         (1795 - 1860) m 1814  
 _Benjamin BALL ______|
| (1861 - 1917) m 1881|
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|                     |_Nancy GREEN __________|
|                       (1820 - 1892) m 1847  |
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|--Mary BALL 
|  (1885 - ....)
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|_Sarah SHORTIS ______|
  (1859 - 1896) m 1881|
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