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Rev Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Blanton

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Rev Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Blanton

Birth
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Apr 1917 (aged 78)
Caddo, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Randolph, Fannin County, Texas, USA
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Arrived in Fannin County, Texas on December 9, 1856.

Married Sarah Lucretia Boone on December 3, 1861 in Randolph, Fannin County, Texas.

1862 enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a Private in Company C, Hardeman's Regiment, Texas Cavalry (31st Cavalry) (1st Regiment, Arizona Brigade)

Benjamin was captured by the Union forces and remained a prisoner until the end of the war. He returned home with a lame hand as a reminder of his service.

With his bible packed in a saddlebag he traveled from home to home, church to church, preaching. In 1872 he was licensed to preach and established a church to be known as Blanton's Chapel located near Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, where he was the pastor for 18 years.
Arrived in Fannin County, Texas on December 9, 1856.

Married Sarah Lucretia Boone on December 3, 1861 in Randolph, Fannin County, Texas.

1862 enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a Private in Company C, Hardeman's Regiment, Texas Cavalry (31st Cavalry) (1st Regiment, Arizona Brigade)

Benjamin was captured by the Union forces and remained a prisoner until the end of the war. He returned home with a lame hand as a reminder of his service.

With his bible packed in a saddlebag he traveled from home to home, church to church, preaching. In 1872 he was licensed to preach and established a church to be known as Blanton's Chapel located near Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, where he was the pastor for 18 years.

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He died in sure and certain hope
of eternal life through the atonement
and mediation of a crucified savior.

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