James Calloway Ball was born in Brushy
Mountain, Wilkes County North Carolina. He was 1 of 11 children born to John Wesley Ball 1817-1900 and Ary Melvina Stanley 1816-1906

Siblings and Self:
Marinda Ball 1834-1871
Louisa Malissa Ball. 1837-1924
Jerusha Barthena Ball 1839-1856
William Javin Ball 1841-1926
James Calloway Ball 1843-1933
Mary Clementine Ball 1845-1923
Wilburn Jonah Ball 1847-1925
John Wesley Ball 1849-1906
Aray Melvina Ball 1851–1903
Amanda Fatine Ball 1853-1944
Nancy Ellen Ball 1857–1936

He enlisted in the Civil war on the side of the South as a Private on 6 Sep 1861 at age 19 In Wilkes County, North Carolina.
He served in Company C, of the North Carolina 26th Infantry Regiment

He married Asineth "Cinnie" Marlow Dec 15, 1865 in Wilkes, North Carolina. They had 11 children. They joined the LDS Church and moved their family west. She died of typhoid fever in 1887 and is buried in Manassa, Colorado.

Children:
Mary Almeade Ball Moore 1866-1924
James Arthur Ball 1869-1933
Mindy Ellen Ball 1871-1920
John Wesley Ball 1873-1943
Ephraim Berry Ball 1876-1948
Phineas Ball. 1879-1964
William Belo Ball 1880-1939
Leonard Garfield Ball 1882-1966
Partee Ball 1883-1934
Lodema Ball 1885-1909
Oscar E. Ball 1887- b 13 Jul 1887

He moved to Kaysville, Utah in 1888.

He returned to North Carolina and married Sarah Emeline Moore on Mar 4, 1891 Wilkes County. They moved West in about 1892 to Utah and then settled in Marsh Valley, Idaho in about 1894.

They had 4 children:
Viola Mae Ball Hoppe 1891-1975 born in North Carolina
C. Frank Ball 1893-1894 born in Utah
Willard Jones Ball 1895–1986 born in Idaho
Lucy Ball 1897-1899 born in Idaho

They moved to Blackfoot, Idaho in about 1901. Sarah died and is buried there. His daughter Lodema helped care for Viola and Willard until they were adults.

James Calloway later moved to Ammon, Idaho where he was cared for by his children. He died in 1933.

Nearly all of his family eventually lived and died in Idaho.