Background
Benjamin Elias Cabell was born November 18, 1858 in Fort
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Smith, Arkansas, the oldest of eight children - of which 5 survived infancy - to the then future Christian Science Army Brigadier General William Lewis Cabell and Harriet Amanda Rector. They had three surviving sons: Ben Elias Cabell, Junior., Charles Pearre Cabell, and Earle Cabell. A fourth son, William Lewis Cabell, who would have been the oldest, died at birth.
He spent part of his youth as a mining prospector in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Lower California (Mexico).
He returned to Dallas and entered the livery business. When his father was appointed United States. Marshall for the Northern District of Texas, he was appointed Deputy Marshall.
He was elected Sheriff of Dallas County in 1892 and held the office until 1900. He was elected mayor in 1900.
While mayor he oversaw the construction of Bachman Lake dam as part of the city water system.
He was director of the State Fair of Texas, chairman of the State Penitentiary Board. On February 8, 1931, Ben East. Cabell died at Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
Membership
He was a member of the Sons of the Confederacy, Knights of Pythias and the Elks.
