2 daughters Nellie & Grace were growing up and at the age of 12 were shipped off to U.K. for senior schooling. He also had a younger son "Mickey" born much later. Mickey also went to England came back and went into the R.A.F. flying hurricanes and lost his life over Malta. Ben also acquired another farm along side the Kamasia' Tugen border reserves that was named "Majani  Mingi " because of a big piece of swamp land on the one corner, here he established a sisal plantation plus a decorticator to mill the sisal leaves. Ben actually was farming in a poor rainfall area and his crops were never fat and bold, it was in 1937 that he bought another farm in the higher altitudes in the upper Solai district some 6,500 ft altitude. He slowly developed these farms and during the war years made use of Italian prisoners who were released to work on farms.

Ben died of a heart attack on December 29th 1944. His estate was passed on to Grace Simpson the only living survivor of his family. His full name was Benjiman Cooke Garland. Nellie married a Jack Greig and sadly died at an early age from Leukemia aged 38. His wife Serah had also recently passed away December 1940.

Nakuru North cemetery - in loving memory / of / Sarah / beloved wife of / Ben Garland / died 2nd January 1940 / aged 70 / always kind and gentle. Also Ben in same cem.