BEN ESTES
Biography.
Ben Estes.
Lived under 20 presidents – 77 years. Came to Collin County, March 1856.
Dry goods store on square 51 years.
Ben was the 9th of 10 children. Born in Taylorville,
Kentucky Jan 31, 1841, 30 miles from Louisville. He came to Collin County by way
of New Orleans and Galveston on a boat– the famous old ship “Powderhorn”. To San
Antonio on a stage. He remained thee until July. He went to El Paso as a stage
guard, heavily armed to protect a shipment of U. S. Mail. He used to say the 6
shooters he carried was as big as he. He came to McKinney in the fall. His first
job here was to plow for 50¢ a day. When the Civil War broke out, he was first
on the list of Throckmorton’s Company. He went to Ft. Cobb, Ft. Arbuckle in old
Cherokee Nation. He did scouting there. Then he was in B. Warren Stone’s 6th
Texas Cavalry– served under McCullough at Pea Ridge. Later in the battle of
Corinth – October 1862. He then went with scouts Bob Baker, Harvey and Lee to
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. He was captured at Hatchie Bridge,
Mississippi and taken to Boliver, Tennessee. He was a prisoner for 10 days. He
was mustered out May 1865 in Canton, Mississippi by Gen. Canby, who was killed
by Indians soon after.
Estes stayed in Louisville until 1866, putting up patent medicine to live.
He was married January 25, 1847 to Nannie Howell.
Historical marker, 1984.
THE ESTES HOUSE
KENTUCKY NATIVE BEN T. ESTES (1841-1920)
CAME TO TEXAS IN 1856. AFTER
SERVING IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, HE RETURNED
TO McKINNEY WHERE HE WAS EN-
GAGED IN THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS.
ESTES HAD THIS HOME CONSTRUCTED
FOR HIS FAMILY IN 1897. IT FEATURES
LATE VICTORIAN STYLING WITH
EASTLAKE INFLUENCES. PROMINENT
ELEMENTS INCLUDE ITS WRAPAROUND
PORCH WITH DECORATIVE WOODWORK,
THE HIP ROOF, AND THE CORBELED
BRICK CHIMNEY.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"Ben Estes,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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