| Birth: | Jan. 17, 1832
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg City
Virginia, USA | | Death: | Sep. 23, 1885
Houston
Harris County
Texas, USA | 
Benjamin left for News Orleans in 1848, stayed about 1 year & returned to Fredericksburg because of declining health. He left for Texas in September of 1851. He married America Ballinger on July 1, 1856. He served in Terry's Texas Rangers from the start of the war until November of 1862 when he was assigned as Regimental Adjutant General to General John Austin Wharton. After General Wharton's death,Benjamin was assigned to the Taxation Department in Houston in 1864. He was a Mason, along with his brothers Walter & Charles, serving as the Master of Holland Lodge #1 in Houston in 1856, Grand Commandery of the Texas Knights Templar in 1865 & then Grand Master of all Masons in Texas in 1885.
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Children:
Lawson Botts*
Lucy Botts*
Mec Botts*
Katherine Botts Carrington (1865 - 1903)*
*Calculated relationship
| | | Burial:
Glenwood Cemetery
Houston
Harris County
Texas, USA |
Created by: Robert Botts
Record added: Mar 22, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18549627 |
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Your sacrifice has not been forgotten!
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Martha Reid 19 UDC
Added: Jun. 4, 2012 |
May songs of the angels welcome you and guide you along your way. May the smiles of the martyrs greet your own as darkness turns into day. Every fear will be undone and death will be no more, as songs of the angels bring you home before the face of God.
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Robert Hague
Added: Jul. 10, 2011 |
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grave hunter
Added: Jul. 12, 2008 |
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