Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Clarendon Banks
Birthca 1846, TX
Death3 Nov 1887, Ellis Co TX Age: 41
FatherRezia Jarvis Banks (1817-1889)
MotherMinerva Verlinda Trimble (1822-1883)
Spouses
Birth3 Feb 1842, Blount Co AL
Death20 Jul 1936, Wheeler Co TX13 Age: 94
FatherDavid Nation (1815-1882)
MotherElizabeth Denham Hood (1816-1868)
Marriage6 Nov 1870, Ellis Co TX
ChildrenMary Minerva (1871-1931)
 David Emmett (1874-1957)
 J. A. (1878-)
 R. S. (1879-)
 William A. (1881-)
 Belva Bessie (1887-1920)
Notes for William Clarendon Banks
According to anectotal family tradition, William C. Banks was a drinker and died when he got drunk and fell off a wagon he was driving.1374

1850 Census of Cherokee, TX
Name Age
Reza Banks 30 b AL
Manerva Banks26 b GA
Wm C Banks 3 b TX
Saml W Banks 2 b TX
Joannah Banks 0 b TX
Wesley Delang 26 b TN (probably hired to work on farm)

1860 Census of Red Oak, Ellis Co TX
Name Age

R J Banks 44 b TN
M V Banks 39 b GA
W C Banks 13 b TX

1870 Census of Waxahachie, Ellis Co TX
Name Age
Robert J Banks55 b TN
Minnie Banks 47 b GA
William Banks 23 b TX
Sameul Banks 22 b TX
Malinda Banks 16 b TX
Louis Banks 15 b TX
Hill Banks 13 b TX
Maggie Banks 20 b TX
John Banks 18 b TX

1880 Census of Ellis Co TX
Name Age
W. C. Banks 34 TX TX AL

M. A. Banks 36 AL AL SC
M. M. Banks 9 TX TX AL dau
D. E. Banks 5 TX TX AL son
M. V. Banks 4 TX TX AL dau
J. A. Banks 2 TX TX AL dau
R. S. Banks 9m TX TX AL son
N. E. Cain 15 AL AL AL step-dau
Notes for Martha Alabam (Spouse 1)
1900 Census of Justice Pct 5, Ellis Co TX

Name Age

Martha Banks 56 Feb 1944 widow AL TN SC; m 39 y, mother of 13, 7 living
William A Banks 18 Aug 1881 son TX TN AL; m 1 y
Belva B Banks 13 May 1887 day TX TN AL

listed next door to her son, David Emmett Banks

1910 Census of Snyder, Scurry Co TX

Name Age

Jim Kelley 24
Belva Kelley 22
Avarelle Kelley 5
Rul Kelley 2
Lucille Kelley 2/12
M A Banks 66 mother-in-law
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