Delta County Texas — Welcome
Ben Franklin, Delta County, Texas
Courtesy of The Center for American History
Source:
Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1890-1891
T 917.54
T 312p
1890-91
page 206
Repository: The Center for American History at The University of Texas — Austin
BEN FRANKLIN — Located on the G., C. & S. Fe Ry, in Delta county, 10 miles northeast of Cooper, the judicial seat, and 12 from Ladonia, the nearest banking point. Has saw and flour mills, cotton gins, Methodist, Adventist, Baptist, and Christian churches. 2 hotels and a distillery. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Population, 1,000. J. M. Vansant, postmaster.
Bell F C, hotel.
Chiles W E, livery.
Clark W. J., livery.
Edwards S H, cotton gin.
Gross W L & H C, gin and saw mill.
Hoover D C, blacksmith.
Kirkbridge John, carpenter and builder
McFall John, grocers
Matthews J. M., blacksmith.
Miller Z, flour and saw mill.
Morris W S, grocer and furniture.
Patterson M L, hotel.
Snodgrass P H, artist.
Unsell, E., general store.
Vansant, J. M. General Store.
Ward & Wynn, general store.
Wynn & Donaldson, distillery.
Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1890-1891
T 917.54
T 312p
1890-91
page 206
Repository: The Center for American History at The University of Texas — Austin
BEN FRANKLIN — Located on the G., C. & S. Fe Ry, in Delta county, 10 miles northeast of Cooper, the judicial seat, and 12 from Ladonia, the nearest banking point. Has saw and flour mills, cotton gins, Methodist, Adventist, Baptist, and Christian churches. 2 hotels and a distillery. Tel., W. U. Exp., W. F. & Co. Population, 1,000. J. M. Vansant, postmaster.
Bell F C, hotel.
Chiles W E, livery.
Clark W. J., livery.
Edwards S H, cotton gin.
Gross W L & H C, gin and saw mill.
Hoover D C, blacksmith.
Kirkbridge John, carpenter and builder
McFall John, grocers
Matthews J. M., blacksmith.
Miller Z, flour and saw mill.
Morris W S, grocer and furniture.
Patterson M L, hotel.
Snodgrass P H, artist.
Unsell, E., general store.
Vansant, J. M. General Store.
Ward & Wynn, general store.
Wynn & Donaldson, distillery.
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Special thanks to former County Coordinator, Dee A. Welborn, for her 19 years of service.