Mallory Family Book

Benjamin Owen Mallory was the fourth child of Benjamin Franklin Mallory and Letitia Owen Mallory.  He was born in Eddy, New Mexico, on 28 May 1891.  (Carlsbad, NM, was originally named Eddy.)   Letitia's younger brother, Conrad, "remembered visiting and being sent out in the evening to round up stock.  He was struck by the sight of a great many bats flying around and was convinced there must be caves somewhere in the area.  This was before the Carlsbad Caverns were discovered." (From June Ferguson's family history.)   Four more Mallory children were born shortly after Owen, in Texas.  He was one year old when Leon Franklin was born, two years old when Edrie Minnie was born.  He was five years old when Louis Orlando was born, and seven when Rhoda Eliza was born. According to the 1900 Census, Owen (age 9) and his older siblings all attended school for about six months, no doubt working the farm for the other six months of the year.  Leon Frankl...