Wife: Mary M. Wortman
Capt. Benjamin Franklin Taylor of Snowball, AR
US Deputy Marshal was killed by moonshiners in the 20 August 1897 shootout in Bullfrog Valley, AR, hideout for the notorious Bullfrog Valley Gang of counterfeiters which included a prominent physician from Timbo, AR, and the noted and desperate female outlaw Rhoda Fuller at Batesville, AR
The Marshall Republican, July 1, 1897:
'We understand Capt. Ben Taylor, of Snow Ball, has been appointed by Marshal Cooper as Deputy for the Batesville division of the Federal Court Capt. Taylor will make a good Marshall and should have the support of all lovers of law and order in any effort to suppress the "wild cat" distiller. These individuals are becoming too numerous in this section and are becoming so obstructive to good government that many men who have heretofore held aloof and took no decided stand against hem are coming out and demanding that they be suppressed.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. He lived with his uncle, Ezekial
Wilder Taylor after the death of his father. While still a teenager he left
DeKalb Co for Searcy Co Arkansas. He married Mary M. Wortman in Arkansas when
he was about nineteen years old. She was the daughter of Cintha Morris and John
Wortman. Ben and Mary had four children. They were Nancy, Martha Frances,
Cintha A. and Mary L.
Ben served in the Civil War in Company M of the Third Regiment of the Arkansas
Cavalary. He was a volunteer for the Union.
The following was found in the Arkansas Surpreme Court Reporter, page 310.
(Searcy County, My Dear)
Captain Benjamin F. Taylor
Co M. Third Reg Ark Cav
Vol. (Union)
**Capt. Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. Killed August 20, 1897 while
raiding a whiskey still in Pope Co, Ark. Taylor was a deputy U. S. Marshal at
this time. J. Harve Bruce was convicted of the killing and appealed to Ark
Supreme Court. Conviction affirmed. Bruce was later pardoned by Governor Jeff
Davis. (58 - Ark. Supreme Court Reporter. P. 310.
Capt. Benjamin Franklin Taylor of Snowball, AR
US Deputy Marshal was killed by moonshiners in the 20 August 1897 shootout in Bullfrog Valley, AR, hideout for the notorious Bullfrog Valley Gang of counterfeiters which included a prominent physician from Timbo, AR, and the noted and desperate female outlaw Rhoda Fuller at Batesville, AR
The Marshall Republican, July 1, 1897:
'We understand Capt. Ben Taylor, of Snow Ball, has been appointed by Marshal Cooper as Deputy for the Batesville division of the Federal Court Capt. Taylor will make a good Marshall and should have the support of all lovers of law and order in any effort to suppress the "wild cat" distiller. These individuals are becoming too numerous in this section and are becoming so obstructive to good government that many men who have heretofore held aloof and took no decided stand against hem are coming out and demanding that they be suppressed.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. He lived with his uncle, Ezekial
Wilder Taylor after the death of his father. While still a teenager he left
DeKalb Co for Searcy Co Arkansas. He married Mary M. Wortman in Arkansas when
he was about nineteen years old. She was the daughter of Cintha Morris and John
Wortman. Ben and Mary had four children. They were Nancy, Martha Frances,
Cintha A. and Mary L.
Ben served in the Civil War in Company M of the Third Regiment of the Arkansas
Cavalary. He was a volunteer for the Union.
The following was found in the Arkansas Surpreme Court Reporter, page 310.
(Searcy County, My Dear)
Captain Benjamin F. Taylor
Co M. Third Reg Ark Cav
Vol. (Union)
**Capt. Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. Killed August 20, 1897 while
raiding a whiskey still in Pope Co, Ark. Taylor was a deputy U. S. Marshal at
this time. J. Harve Bruce was convicted of the killing and appealed to Ark
Supreme Court. Conviction affirmed. Bruce was later pardoned by Governor Jeff
Davis. (58 - Ark. Supreme Court Reporter. P. 310.
Wife: Mary M. Wortman
Capt. Benjamin Franklin Taylor of Snowball, AR
US Deputy Marshal was killed by moonshiners in the 20 August 1897 shootout in Bullfrog Valley, AR, hideout for the notorious Bullfrog Valley Gang of counterfeiters which included a prominent physician from Timbo, AR, and the noted and desperate female outlaw Rhoda Fuller at Batesville, AR
The Marshall Republican, July 1, 1897:
'We understand Capt. Ben Taylor, of Snow Ball, has been appointed by Marshal Cooper as Deputy for the Batesville division of the Federal Court Capt. Taylor will make a good Marshall and should have the support of all lovers of law and order in any effort to suppress the "wild cat" distiller. These individuals are becoming too numerous in this section and are becoming so obstructive to good government that many men who have heretofore held aloof and took no decided stand against hem are coming out and demanding that they be suppressed.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. He lived with his uncle, Ezekial
Wilder Taylor after the death of his father. While still a teenager he left
DeKalb Co for Searcy Co Arkansas. He married Mary M. Wortman in Arkansas when
he was about nineteen years old. She was the daughter of Cintha Morris and John
Wortman. Ben and Mary had four children. They were Nancy, Martha Frances,
Cintha A. and Mary L.
Ben served in the Civil War in Company M of the Third Regiment of the Arkansas
Cavalary. He was a volunteer for the Union.
The following was found in the Arkansas Surpreme Court Reporter, page 310.
(Searcy County, My Dear)
Captain Benjamin F. Taylor
Co M. Third Reg Ark Cav
Vol. (Union)
**Capt. Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. Killed August 20, 1897 while
raiding a whiskey still in Pope Co, Ark. Taylor was a deputy U. S. Marshal at
this time. J. Harve Bruce was convicted of the killing and appealed to Ark
Supreme Court. Conviction affirmed. Bruce was later pardoned by Governor Jeff
Davis. (58 - Ark. Supreme Court Reporter. P. 310.
Capt. Benjamin Franklin Taylor of Snowball, AR
US Deputy Marshal was killed by moonshiners in the 20 August 1897 shootout in Bullfrog Valley, AR, hideout for the notorious Bullfrog Valley Gang of counterfeiters which included a prominent physician from Timbo, AR, and the noted and desperate female outlaw Rhoda Fuller at Batesville, AR
The Marshall Republican, July 1, 1897:
'We understand Capt. Ben Taylor, of Snow Ball, has been appointed by Marshal Cooper as Deputy for the Batesville division of the Federal Court Capt. Taylor will make a good Marshall and should have the support of all lovers of law and order in any effort to suppress the "wild cat" distiller. These individuals are becoming too numerous in this section and are becoming so obstructive to good government that many men who have heretofore held aloof and took no decided stand against hem are coming out and demanding that they be suppressed.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) • [email protected]
Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. He lived with his uncle, Ezekial
Wilder Taylor after the death of his father. While still a teenager he left
DeKalb Co for Searcy Co Arkansas. He married Mary M. Wortman in Arkansas when
he was about nineteen years old. She was the daughter of Cintha Morris and John
Wortman. Ben and Mary had four children. They were Nancy, Martha Frances,
Cintha A. and Mary L.
Ben served in the Civil War in Company M of the Third Regiment of the Arkansas
Cavalary. He was a volunteer for the Union.
The following was found in the Arkansas Surpreme Court Reporter, page 310.
(Searcy County, My Dear)
Captain Benjamin F. Taylor
Co M. Third Reg Ark Cav
Vol. (Union)
**Capt. Benjamin F. Taylor was born Nov 18, 1839. Killed August 20, 1897 while
raiding a whiskey still in Pope Co, Ark. Taylor was a deputy U. S. Marshal at
this time. J. Harve Bruce was convicted of the killing and appealed to Ark
Supreme Court. Conviction affirmed. Bruce was later pardoned by Governor Jeff
Davis. (58 - Ark. Supreme Court Reporter. P. 310.
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