William Benjamin Green

  General Notes:

Enlisted Company K, 26th Texas Cavalry, CSA, March 6, 1862,
discharged in June, 1865. Applied for military pension on
August 26, 1909 while living in Liberty county, Texas. Pension
approved August 31, 1910 and made retroactive to June 1, 1910.
Document filed in Austin, Texas April 17, 1910.
Moved to Mountainburg, Arkansas in March, 1918 and applied to
have his pension reinstated. Approved April, 1918.
His widow made application for a gravestone in November, 1939.

Found in census of West Liberty, 1870, living with Frances, Melissa,
Neville and Ben. Value of personal estate - $100. Age shown as 24,
should be 30. Frances age shown as 24, should be about 30. Children's
ages correct.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Liberty CO, TX - 1850 Federal Census, 11 Sep 1850, Liberty CO, TX. ⁴ stamped page 347B

• Census: Liberty CO, TX - 1860 Federal Census, 3 Jul 1860, Liberty CO, TX. ⁵ page 38

• Military: Confederate Army, 1862.

• Census: Liberty CO, TX - 1870 Federal Census, 13 Jul 1870, Liberty CO, TX. ⁶ West Liberty, Pct. 4, Page 5, Stamped page 144

William married Frances Cornelia Simpson about 1861. (Frances Cornelia Simpson was born in 1841 in MS and died in 1875 in Liberty CO, TX ³.)

William next married Melody Tullar. (Melody Tullar was born in 1845 in Liberty CO, TX ³ and died in 1882 in Liberty CO, TX ³.)

William next married Arena Cherry on 5 Jul 1893 in Liberty CO, TX.¹ (Arena Cherry was born on 14 Feb 1852 in Liberty CO, TX ³ and died on 25 Feb 1923 in Liberty CO, TX ³.)