William Benton Cook
William Benton Cook was born in Cass County on 19 Jan 1865, son of William Cook and Elizabeth Catherine Mitchell Cook. On 04 .Tun 1885, he married Callie Fornie Wray, born in Metropolis, Massac County. Illinois on 04 Jul 1863, daughter of John Booker Woodson Wray and Caroline Matilda Dyson Wray. Callie died on 30 Sep 1921 and Benton died on 16 Dec 1937. Both died in their home in the Mill Creek Community in Cass County. Texas, both buried in the Union Hill Cemetery. Benton was a farmer and land owner in Cass County. They had eleven children, most of whom married and raised their families in Cass County.