Notes for Benjamin Franklin Boone

Notes for Benjamin Franklin Boone

!US Census 1860 (24 August) Arkansas, Washington Co., White River Township, Boons Grove PO, Series M653 Roll 52 Part 1, page 764, lines 9-14: Benjamin Boon (b. 1828 - 32 - in TN - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $8000 + $6000) married to Susan (b. 1834 - 26 - in TN). Children listed (born in AR) are: Dewit (son b. 1854 - 6); Leroy (son b. 1855 - 5); Mary (dau b. 1857 - 3); and Edwin (son b. Apr 1860 - 4/12)

*****Benjamin Boone probably dead - Not listed in Census********
!US Census 1870 (1 July) Arkansas, Washington Co., White River Township, Roll 66 Book 1, Page 291b, lines 37-40: S. A. Boone (b. 1834 - 36 - in TN - Property Value $1500 + $300). Children listed (born in AR) are: D. T. (son b. 1854 - 16); L. B. (son b. 1856 - 14); M. J. (dau b. 1858 - 12); and E. G. (son b. 1860 - 10)

******S. A. is listed as a WIDOW in the 1880 Census******
!US Census 1880 (1 June) Arkansas, Washington Co., White River Township, FHL Film 1254058, National Archives Film T9-0058, SD 2 ED 208, Sheet 1A, Page 574A, House No. 4, Lines 22-25: S. A. BOONE (b. 1834 - 46 - in TN - WIDOW - Fa: TN and Mo: TN). Children listed (born in AR) are: Inez BOONE (Dau b. 1858 - 22 - Fa: TN and Mo: TN); and Edwin G. BOONE (Son b. 1861 - 19 - Occ: Farm Laborer - Fa: TN and Mo: TN). ALSO LISTED IS: Richard ROBINS (b. 1858 - 22 - in TX - Occ: Farming - Fa: AR and Mo: KY)

Benjamin F. Boone was a graduate of the Louisville Law School and passed his bar exams in 1851 in New York City at the age of 23. He was considered one of the leading attorneys in Arkansas, and represented Washington County in the State Legislature for three sessions. He joined the Yell Rangers under General Ben McCulloch before the war; they engaged in spying for the Confederate cause. He enlisted in Colonel Brooks' 20th Regiment of Arkansas Militia, rose to 1st Lieutenant, then Captain before being appointed as its Judge Advocate. In the battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862, he was hit in the thigh by a cannonball which shattered the bone. He lived for three months, suffering excruciating pain, and died on March 1, 1863, less than 50 mile from his home and family. He and his wife are buried in the Boone Cemetery, a few miles South of Elkins, Arkansas.