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Author: drbrownlee
Surnames: Carroll, Parsons
Classification: death
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Carroll - Blooming Grove, Tex., May 9 - Benjamin F. Carroll, an ex-Confederate veteran,
died at his place and was buried at Dresden with Masonic honors. Deceased enlisted in war
service with Company B, Fourth Texas Cavalry, under Col. Parsons, and after four months at
State service enlisted in the Second Texas regulars under Parsons; was captured at Lake
Providence by a portion of Steele's company; escaped from guard house and made his way
to his company, which afterward disbanded in Falls County. He was a pioneer settler in
Navarro County and lived at his present home since 1869.
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