James Banks and Catherine Nelson

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Husband James Banks ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1765 - York Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Banks (1732-1793) 3 4
         Mother: Anna Small (Abt 1728-1805) 3 4

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       Marriage: Abt 1789

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Wife Catherine Nelson ^{1 2}

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         Father: Robert Nelson (1725-1805) 5
         Mother: Martha Patterson (1731-1794) 6

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1 M Ephraim Banks ¹

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2 M Enoch Banks ¹

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3 M James Banks ¹

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4 M Augustus Banks ^{1 7}

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         Spouse: [Unk] McConnell (      -      )

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5 M David Banks ¹

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6 F Martha Banks ^{2 8 9 10}

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           Born:  - Juniata Co, PA
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         Spouse: Hugh Wilson (1792-1847/1857) 2 8 9 10

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7 F Ann Banks ¹

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         Spouse: Robert Knox (      -      ) 1

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8 F Margaret Banks ¹

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         Spouse: William McMeen (      -      ) 1

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9 F Eliza Banks ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Huntsman (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: [Unk] Carnahan (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Banks

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He was about eight years old when the family settled in Lost Creek Valley, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He was eighteen years of age when the entire management of affairs devolved upon him. At the age of twenty-four he married, and about this time a division of the tract embraced in the original purchase of their father, between him and his brother Andrew, was made. In this division the mansion and the western part of the farm fell to James, whilst Andrew had the eastern part. James Banks purchased of James Alricks what later became known as the "Oakland property." The purchase was made when money was plenty and property high. In the course of time, however, this state of things was reversed, and James, on seeking new fields for investment, disposed of the property at a loss. He concluded Tennessee at that time offered an inviting home to new settlers; he therefore resolved to move his family and locate where both climate and investment were more inviting. His first settlement was in Henderson County, in the southwestern part of the state, but he afterward purchased a tract of land adjoining the city of Memphis. After residing there about a year he died, leaving a large family.
He was a fine appearing man, and was five feet ten inches high. He was dark complexioned, had black eyes and black hair. He was a man of intelligence, firmness and perseverance, was much interested in public affairs, was an active political partisan, was generous and liberal.

He was Major General of the Eleventh Battalion, U. S. Army, in the War of 1812.

1 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 826.

2 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 144.

3 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 824.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 107, 144.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 90, 144, 173.

6 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 90, 173.

7 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 219.

8 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 826, 838.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 343, 898.

10 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 380.