Possible brother Benjamin. Possible brother James H. (1792)
Sources
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXVK-Z5X : accessed 20 February 2015), Rueben Bale and Morning Carter, 20 Sep 1832; citing Marriage, Coweta, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 470,364.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH54-TNY : accessed 20 February 2015), Reuben Ball, Talladega county, Talladega, Alabama, United States; citing family 1757, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFNR-5T1 : accessed 20 February 2015), Reuben Ball in household of Henry W Ball, Precinct 2, Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district 35, sheet 64A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1315; FHL microfilm 1,255,314.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDV5-42S : accessed 20 February 2015), Reuben Ball in entry for Susan Ann Calton, 29 Mar 1925; citing reference cn 7152, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,269.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben: