Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJabez B. Banks 2859
Birth7 Dec 1825, Lauderdale Co AL
Death14 Apr 1910, Springdale, Washington Co AR Age: 84
FatherThomas Baxter Banks (1784-1852)
MotherSusannah Rose Jarvis (1788-1852)
Notes for Jabez B. Banks
History of Benton County3003

Jabez B. Banks,farmer, Benton County, Ark., was born in Alabama in 1825, and is a son of Thomas and Susannah (Jarvix) Banks, who were born July 12, 1784, and February 29, 1799, respectively. The former was a native of Virginia, and at an early day immigrated to Alabama, where he was married and resided until 1837, at which time he and his family moved to Arkansas. They were the parents of twelve children, who lived to be grown; Lydia, who became the wife of Daniel Perkins, a farmer and tanner, and died in Oregon; Verlinder, wife of Jesse Kincannon. a farmer residing in Wise County, Texas; Simon P., deceased; Reziah J., a farmer of Texas; Samuel A., deceased; Elizabeth, the wife of James S. Doggett, a Methodist minister residing in California; Tirzah, deceased: Hilkiah, a farmer of Oregon; Jabez B., farming on the old homestead; Susan Margaret, wife of Frederick Green, residing in Texas; Rhoda, residing in Texas and the wife of Lowry Davis; and Sebins, a farmer of Oregon. Jabez B. came to Arkansas at the age of twelve years, and after attaining man's estate was married to Sarah Sherrod, a native of Tennessee. The following are their children: Nancy E. (deceased), Benjamin F., Martha C. (deceased), David F., Thomas Arthur, Kilkiah Wesley (deceased), Susan Verlinda, wife of John McClusky; Margaret, wife of Wiley B. Johnson; George Lafayette and Henry Jordan (deceased). Mrs. Banks died in 1860, and in 1861 Mr. Banks married Elizabeth Gamble. and by her hecame the father of four children: Jabez Jefferson, Samuel Green, John Reziah and Sarah F. Mr. Banks is a Democrat in politics. and is the owner of 200 acres of valuable land, seventy-five acres being under cultivation. He is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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