Benjamin Ruben Knowles (1864 - 1965)

Born 10 Oct 1864 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi

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Died 13 Oct 1965 at age 101 in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States

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"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XR-G2W : 13 March 2018), Ruben Ben Knowles, 13 Oct 1965; citing certificate number 67442, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,866.

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Note: BIOGRAPHY: Note: He moved to TX. with his parents in 1877. After hismarriage they lived for a number of years in Mills Co. TX. Later around1905, they moved to NM. They first lived at Knowles then moved toMonument. He built a telephone line from Lovington to Carlsbad and histwo oldest sons rode horseback and kept it up. Rube was a rancher andalso owned a general mercantile store in Monument. He left there in 1914and bought the S CrossRanch near Lakewood 17 miles south of Artesia, NM.He raised horses and mules which he drove to Texas to sell. His main"bronc-busters" were his son Bill and his cousin Howell Walker. Had hestayed in Monument, he probably have become an oil millionaire. He diedat the age of 101years and 9 days.