MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Bently A. London
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BENTLEY A. LONDON, a prosperous young farmer of Marshall County, Tenn., is
a son of N. B. and Cynthia A. (McConnell) London, both born in what is now
Marshall County in 1825 and 1832. Soon after marriage they began farming,
in which they were very prosperous. The father was a stanch Democrat, and
died in 1869. The mother afterward married P. Fox and is still living.
Bentley A. inherits English blood from his father and Irish blood from his
mother. He was born October 4, 1855, in Marshall County. His early
educational advantages being limited, when nineteen years of age he began
his career as a farmer, and before reaching a legal age made several land
trades. At the age of twenty he married Mattie A. Fox, by whom he has two
children-Bettie 31 and Bentley D. Mrs. London is a member of the Christian
Church. Mr. London is a stanch Democrat, and is the owner of 140 acres of
fertile land. In February, 1886, he and W. D. Fox purchased N. S. Hopwood's
general merchandise store, and have been doing a good business ever since.

Surnames: Fox, Hopwood, London, McConnell
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."