John Benton Harrell

John Benton was born on February 15th, 1889.¹   John Benton's father was Joesph Benton Harrell and his mother was Mary Alice Harden.  His paternal grandparents were George Washington Harrell and unkn. He had four brothers and a sister, named George Washington, Sidney Grady, James Hogg, Jackson "Jack" and Jennie F..  He was the third oldest of the six children.  He died at the age of 48 on February 24th, 1937 in El Campo, Texas.¹