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Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Pringle
25 Oct 1837 – 6 Mar 1917
| Birth | 25 Oct 1837 |
| Death | 6 Mar 1917 |
| Cemetery | Beulah Cemetery Brewton , Escambia County , Alabama , USA |
| Added by | Christy McCranie Bare on 24 Jun 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53514594 |
Bio
Uncle Ben Pringle is believed to be the sixth child and fifth son of John Alexander & Lucretia Ellen Pringle. Ben was born in Escambia Florida Territory when the Pringle's were harvesting hardwood lumber and clearing land for their plantations. Ben was married to first wife Francis Travis and had one child, Alice Frances, then married 'Mattie' Martha Jane Harrington, having 17 children. Uncle Ben had two sets of twins, with the youngest twins being Jessie & Bessie. Ben served the CSA in the Civil War in Co. F, 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, enlisting 1 Apr 1861, was promoted from Corporal to Orderly Sargeant of Gen. Rhodes Sharpshooters Brigade in 1863, was wounded & captured at Frederick City, MD 8 Jul 1864, was transferred to Lookout, MD and released 1865 at the end of the Civil War. After the Civil War, Ben moved from Lauderdale Co. MS to Pollard, Escambia Co. AL and lived some 47 years there, raising his family, many of which also lived their lives in Pollard. My grandpa told stories of traveling by train from Texas to FL and always stopping to visit Uncle Ben. He said you could ask any person living in Pollard if they knew Ben Pringle and he was known by everyone. Ben owned land, was a farmer, raised stock and worked at the bank, all in Pollard, AL. Sam O.
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- John A. Pringle Jr 1826–1834
- William Henry Pringle 1830–1867
- Mary Ann Frances Pringle Dixon 1836–1905
- John Westley Pringle 1839–1863
- Samuel Sylvester "Ceburn" Pringle 1851–1936
- Mathew J. Pringle 1852–1944
- William Alexander "W.A." Pringle 1853–1931
- Christopher Pringle 1854–1867
- George Kennedy Pringle 1858–1952
- Sarah Katherine "Katy" Pringle Buttrill 1858–1936
- Elvira Pringle 1859–1867
- Mary Alice Pringle Everheart 1862–1928
- John Westley Pringle 1863–1937
- Lela "Lila" Pringle 1867–?
Children
- Alice Frances Pringle Parker 1865–1930 FaG
- Laura Valeria Pringle Jackson 1870–1896 FaG
- Margaret Lucretia Pringle 1872–1874 FaG
- Benjamin Franklin "Benj" Pringle Jr 1873–1873 FaG
- John Alexander Pringle 1875–1951 FaG
- James Thomas Pringle 1878–1955 FaG
- Infant Twins Pringle 1880–1880 FaG
- Adele Leila "Addie Lee" Pringle Bowman 1882–1959 FaG
- William Herbert Pringle 1883–1916 FaG
- Katherine D. "Katie" Pringle Lindsey 1885–1950 FaG
- Eva Estelle Pringle 1887–1888 FaG
- Bennie B Pringle 1888–1894 FaG
- Jessie Pringle Farris 1890–1959 FaG
- Bessie Mae Pringle Fitzgerald 1892–1968 FaG
- Doris "Dovie" Pringle Dickens 1894–1979 FaG
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