Benjamin Dryden Jr. was born in Ware County , but had grew up in Baker County, Florida and Clinch County also ..

He is the son of the late Benjamin Dryden Sr. and Nancy Dyess ..
Benjamin was about 12 years old when his parents moved to Clinch County and that's when he met and married February 20, 1865 to Fannie Harris of Appling County daughter of William Harris ..

CHILDREN:
(1) Elizabeth Dryden ( m.- 1883 ) Edward M. Cribb
(2) George J. Dryden
-- m (1st) Margaret Smith (m1883)
--m (2nd) Lula Bennett (m1887)
--m (3rd) Nancy Stokes (m1902)
(3) Thomas Dryden (1870-1873)
(4) Nancy Dryden (m- 1887) Jesse Bryant Cribb
(5) William Dryden (1873-1885)
(6) Allen L. Dryden (m) Claudia Durden
(7) Benjamin J. Dryden
--m (1st) Sarah Jane Herrin
--m (2nd) Mrs. Sallie Smith Thomas
--m (3rd) Mrs. Abbie Rowell Johns
(8) Andrew J. Dryden (m) Sarah Rhodes Williams
(9) Hiram Dryden (1882-1883)
(10) Ivy O. Dryden (m) Dora Williamson
(11) Fannie Dryden (m) Alfred Booth of Manor
(12) Eveline Cornelia Dryden (m-1914) Calvin Smith

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By 1974 all children are deceased except Benjamin and George ..

After marriage, they lived in Clinch County, on his father's home place until 1868 when he sold it and they moved to Baker County, Florida where he had lived as a small child.

By 1873 the family moved back to the old community in Clinch County , but a couple of years later they moved to Charlton County near Trader's Hill in 1877 ..
In 1880 they once again moved back to Ware County in the Manor community ..
In 1888 they bought a farm near Hoboken which was his last move for he was buried at the High Bluff Cemetery near his home ..
In 1916 his widow applied for and was granted a Confederate window's pension which she drew until her death , she was living with her youngest daughter ..

Benjamin was a member of Cassia Lodge No.- 224, F. & A.M. in Homerville in 1862 , just before enlisting in the Confederate Army .
He united with Ramah Primitive Baptist Church in Clinch County and was baptized on April 20, 1876 and was dismissed by letter on July 22, 1883 and was transferred to High Bluff Church and had died a member ..

Benjamin Dryden enlisted at Homerville on March 4, 1862 in
Company 'G'
50th Georgia Regiment
CSA
A Clinch County Company
The company roll later showed him as A.W.O.L. on March 1863 , still unknown why he left his company , however , it again showed him enlisted in
Company 'I'
4th Georgia Cavalry
another Clinch County Company that they were camp there .

On December 1st , 1863 , he transferred to
Clinch's Light Battery ( which later became a part of the 26th Georgia Regiment )
he served until he was captured at Fort McAllister , near Savannah and was held prisoner in Elmyra, New York Federal Prison until the end of the War ..
He was paroled at Thomasville on May 19, 1865 .

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