John Banks, death notice 1880

BANKS

Posted By: S. Ferrall
Date: 8/28/2011 at 11:35:33

John Banks, of Taylor township, was instantly killed by lightning last Sunday, while sitting on the porch of his mother's residence. The deceased was 33 years of age and leaves a wife and four small children.

~Postville Review, September 25, 1880

~Notes: John Banks, son of James & Mary Banks, was enumerated in Taylor twp. on the 1880 US census. He was age 33, b. PA. In his household were wife Rosanna, age 28 b. IA; and their children: Elizabeth, age 5; James, age 3; Emma, age 2 and Georgeannia, age 4 months. The next household was his widowed mother, Mary Banks, and his siblings Robert A., George B., Mary A. and Joseph F.