Ben was the son of Benjamin Russell Ishmael Sr. In 1838 he married Malinda McCracken in Greene County, Arkansas. His brother, Shade Ishmael, married Malinda's niece, Minerva.
Ben and Malinda had the following children (in order of birth): Mary Elizabeth, John, Benjamin R., Margaret, William Pinkney, Narcissa Jane, Thomas C., Henry Campbell, George, James Bush, Malinda, and Martha P. "Mattie," who was murdered in her home by robbers in 1881. The four suspected robbers were lynched near New Haven church in the grove west of Butch Dickson's home. Ben served in the Civil War: Arkansas Cavalry, Company A, Private, Union.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32647667"Shade Shadrach "Shade" Ishmael
Ben and Malinda had the following children (in order of birth): Mary Elizabeth, John, Benjamin R., Margaret, William Pinkney, Narcissa Jane, Thomas C., Henry Campbell, George, James Bush, Malinda, and Martha P. "Mattie," who was murdered in her home by robbers in 1881. The four suspected robbers were lynched near New Haven church in the grove west of Butch Dickson's home. Ben served in the Civil War: Arkansas Cavalry, Company A, Private, Union.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32647667"Shade Shadrach "Shade" Ishmael
Ben was the son of Benjamin Russell Ishmael Sr. In 1838 he married Malinda McCracken in Greene County, Arkansas. His brother, Shade Ishmael, married Malinda's niece, Minerva.
Ben and Malinda had the following children (in order of birth): Mary Elizabeth, John, Benjamin R., Margaret, William Pinkney, Narcissa Jane, Thomas C., Henry Campbell, George, James Bush, Malinda, and Martha P. "Mattie," who was murdered in her home by robbers in 1881. The four suspected robbers were lynched near New Haven church in the grove west of Butch Dickson's home. Ben served in the Civil War: Arkansas Cavalry, Company A, Private, Union.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32647667"Shade Shadrach "Shade" Ishmael
Ben and Malinda had the following children (in order of birth): Mary Elizabeth, John, Benjamin R., Margaret, William Pinkney, Narcissa Jane, Thomas C., Henry Campbell, George, James Bush, Malinda, and Martha P. "Mattie," who was murdered in her home by robbers in 1881. The four suspected robbers were lynched near New Haven church in the grove west of Butch Dickson's home. Ben served in the Civil War: Arkansas Cavalry, Company A, Private, Union.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32647667"Shade Shadrach "Shade" Ishmael
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