Ruben was the son of William L. Wallen and Mary Annie Sawyer, and the husband of Lucinda Minerva Penland. They married in 1858, probably in Buncome County. Their children, in order of birth, were Mary Elizabeth, Lucinda, William Franklin, Ellen, Rebecca Geneva, Elbert Turner, Henry Kelsey, Emory Jordan, Katie Lenora, and Robert Fulton.
Ruben served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F of the North Carolina Confederate 64th Infantry (11th Battalion, Allen's Regiment). He was taken prisoner on 9 September 1863 at the Cumberland Gap and was imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago for the duration of the war.
The death information is currently unknown, although many, many trees have the year as 1936, all unsourced. If anyone has a good source for his death year or date, please send the information using the Other corrections button. No death certificate has been found.
The 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records show an estimated birth year of 1838 with a birth location of South Carolina. Neither Ruben Benjamin nor Lucinda Minerva has been found in U.S. censuses after 1880. Their last known location was in Reems Creek, Buncombe County. They are both named in a Buncombe County deed dated 3 March 1883.
Written 4 September 2022 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard. You have permission to use this narrative in any fashion as long as you cite me as the author with the location of Find A Grave and a link to this page.
Ruben served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F of the North Carolina Confederate 64th Infantry (11th Battalion, Allen's Regiment). He was taken prisoner on 9 September 1863 at the Cumberland Gap and was imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago for the duration of the war.
The death information is currently unknown, although many, many trees have the year as 1936, all unsourced. If anyone has a good source for his death year or date, please send the information using the Other corrections button. No death certificate has been found.
The 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records show an estimated birth year of 1838 with a birth location of South Carolina. Neither Ruben Benjamin nor Lucinda Minerva has been found in U.S. censuses after 1880. Their last known location was in Reems Creek, Buncombe County. They are both named in a Buncombe County deed dated 3 March 1883.
Written 4 September 2022 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard. You have permission to use this narrative in any fashion as long as you cite me as the author with the location of Find A Grave and a link to this page.
Ruben was the son of William L. Wallen and Mary Annie Sawyer, and the husband of Lucinda Minerva Penland. They married in 1858, probably in Buncome County. Their children, in order of birth, were Mary Elizabeth, Lucinda, William Franklin, Ellen, Rebecca Geneva, Elbert Turner, Henry Kelsey, Emory Jordan, Katie Lenora, and Robert Fulton.
Ruben served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F of the North Carolina Confederate 64th Infantry (11th Battalion, Allen's Regiment). He was taken prisoner on 9 September 1863 at the Cumberland Gap and was imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago for the duration of the war.
The death information is currently unknown, although many, many trees have the year as 1936, all unsourced. If anyone has a good source for his death year or date, please send the information using the Other corrections button. No death certificate has been found.
The 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records show an estimated birth year of 1838 with a birth location of South Carolina. Neither Ruben Benjamin nor Lucinda Minerva has been found in U.S. censuses after 1880. Their last known location was in Reems Creek, Buncombe County. They are both named in a Buncombe County deed dated 3 March 1883.
Written 4 September 2022 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard. You have permission to use this narrative in any fashion as long as you cite me as the author with the location of Find A Grave and a link to this page.
Ruben served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F of the North Carolina Confederate 64th Infantry (11th Battalion, Allen's Regiment). He was taken prisoner on 9 September 1863 at the Cumberland Gap and was imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago for the duration of the war.
The death information is currently unknown, although many, many trees have the year as 1936, all unsourced. If anyone has a good source for his death year or date, please send the information using the Other corrections button. No death certificate has been found.
The 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records show an estimated birth year of 1838 with a birth location of South Carolina. Neither Ruben Benjamin nor Lucinda Minerva has been found in U.S. censuses after 1880. Their last known location was in Reems Creek, Buncombe County. They are both named in a Buncombe County deed dated 3 March 1883.
Written 4 September 2022 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard. You have permission to use this narrative in any fashion as long as you cite me as the author with the location of Find A Grave and a link to this page.
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