Major Benjamin Southern Wathen

1844 - 1929  (85 years)

• Name	Benjamin Southern Wathen
  Title	Major
  Born	04 Mar 1844	Marion County, Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	10 Sept 1862	Springfield, Kentucky
  	Enlisted in Company K, Kentucky 8th Cavalry Regiment, CSA.
  Military	26 Jul 1863	Salineville, Columbiana, Ohio
  	Taken as prisoner by Union forces.
  Occupation	Civil Engineer
  Died	30 Dec 1929	Dallas, Dallas, Texas   [2]
  Notes	John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County, 1892 BENJAMIN S. WATHEN. As a civil engineer of rare skill and much experience, this gentleman has rendered valued services throughout the South, and is well and favorably known here. There is probably not another man in the State who has a better knowledge of the topography of Texas than he. Mr. Wathen was born in Marion county, Kentucky, and in that county received an academic education. In 1862 be joined the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, and served during the war, much of the time under that matchless leader, General J. H. Morgan. He took part in that historic campaign that is the romance of the war-Morgan's Raid. He enlisted as a private and served with Morgan, except while be was imprisoned. He was with the general in the Indianapolis and Ohio raid and was captured at Salineville, Ohio. Was imprisoned for a time and was in Virginia when the war closed. At the close of the war he turned his attention to civil engineering, and until 1869 was on the Louisville & Nashville railroad in Kentucky. He then came to Texas in 1869, and as a builder of' railroads began a career that is not equaled by any man's in the South. The International & Great Northern, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Texas & Pacific, and Cotton Belt and several others are some of the great roads that he has helped to construct. He also helped to build some of the first railroads in Mexico, viz., the Mexican, Oriental, Interocean and the International. Ever since 1874 he has been chief engineer of some important branch of railroad building. At this writing he is president engineer of the Texas & Pacific. He has had an office in Dallas the past six years, though his home is in Henderson, Texas. Personally, Mr. Wathen is a quiet and unassuming gentleman, having the confidence and respect of all classes of people.
  Person ID	I4823	Dickinson
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 1	Josephine Medora Trammell,   b. 29 Mar 1850, Walton County, Georgia ,   d. 20 Jan 1895, Texas  (Age 44 years)
  Married	21 May 1877	Rusk County, Texas
  Children	1. William Eugene Wathen,   b. 10 Mar 1878, Henderson, Rusk, Texas   2. Bessie Wathen,   b. Mar 1880, Henderson, Rusk, Texas   3. Lucille Wathen,   b. Jul 1883, Henderson, Rusk, Texas   4. James W Wathen,   b. Jul 1885, Henderson, Rusk, Texas   5. Thomas Neal Wathen,   b. 11 Feb 1888, Henderson, Rusk, Texas   6. Robert Clifton Wathen,   b. 14 Aug 1890, Henderson, Rusk, Texas
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F1299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Edith Josephine Harrison,   b. Jan 1871, Louisiana ,   d. 16 Mar 1958, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Married	Nov 1896	Texas   [3]
  Children	1. Edith Wathen,   b. Nov 1898, Texas   2. Lois Wathen,   b. Jan 1899, Texas   3. Benjamin S Wathen,   b. Abt. 1908, Texas
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F1300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 04 Mar 1844 - Marion County, Kentucky Married - 21 May 1877 - Rusk County, Texas Died - 30 Dec 1929 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories		Veterans: Confederate Had the South in her border A hero to spare, Or a heart at her altar, Lo! its life's blood was there! And the black battle-grime Might never disguise The smile of the South On the lips and the eyes Of her barefooted boys!
  		History of Texas and Texans, vol. 3 Johnson, Francis White, Ernest William Winkler, ed. (Chicago, Illinois: The American Historical Society, 1914)

  
  

• Sources

  [S336307] A History of Texas and Texans, Frank W. Johnson, Eugene C. Barker, Ernest William Winkler, (Chicago, Illinois: The American Historical Society, 1914), vol. 3, 1163. [S065099] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006 Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.), Certificate: 57814. [S336307] A History of Texas and Texans, Frank W. Johnson, Eugene C. Barker, Ernest William Winkler, (Chicago, Illinois: The American Historical Society, 1914), vol. 3, 1164.