For a year the couple moved to Los Angeles, California in search of business ventures, and there they would have their first child before returning to El Paso.

It is said that during the Civil War Ben served as a Confederate Army captain in San Antonio and Galveston, where he worked as a recruiter.

The very next year we know from Pat Garrett's biography that Billy the Kid had made a stop at Ben's saloon.

[5] He was originally buried in Masonic Cemetery, but his remains would be moved to Concordia Cemtery in 1881.

Ben's wife Juana Dowell died sometime in the year 1891, the exact date and cause is unknown.

Ben S. Dowell Elementary School was opened in El Paso in 1959, it was shut down and dismantled by 2022.