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Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVII, July,
1909.
BENJAMIN CUNNINGHAM YANCEY, born in
Greenville, S.C., July 30, 1836, was the son of Hon. WILLIAM L. YANCEY,
one of the most brilliant orators of the South and a historical
character in the great struggle between the North and the South. This
son was reared in Montgomery, Ala., and graduated from the Univ. of
Ala., in 1856, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and later his law
degree from Cumberland Univ., Tenn., and in the same year was admitted
to the bar in Montgomery. He served throughout the war as captain of
artillery. At the close of the war he removed to Brazil, where he lived
for 14 years. In 1873 he was married to Miss LUCY CAINES HALL, who
survives him with 5 sons, all fine business men..and one daughter, MRS.
LUCY YANCEY FULLER, Baltimore.
Returning to the states, Captain
YANCEY settled in Florida, where he became a part of the best citenship
of the state.
After a painful and lingering
illness, he fell asleep in Jesus on the 17th of March, and was buried in
Glendale cemetery among the orange groves he had planted.
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