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William Ross Banks

Private 25th Co 9th Bn 160 Dep Brigade WWI veteran
Where born: Allendale
Where died: Mt Carmel
Son of: William McDowell Banks (20 Dec 1866-11 Jan 1942) & Delilah Showalter (3 Aug 1869-20 Mar 1943) both buried Allendale Cemetery
Married: 29 Jan 1919 Wabash Tressie Alice Baxley* (d: 1937)
Lived at: 1920 Friendsville 1930 Wabash pct 1940 Lick Prairie
Children:
- Mary Alice (23 Sep 1921 Mt Carmel-18 Oct 2010 Valdosta GA buried Gards Pt Cemetery m: Carl Ginter Fischer)
- Eliza Clorene (5 Apr 1920 IL-21 Jun 1975 Mt Carmel buried Highland Memorial Cemetery m: Harold R Crackel)
- Joanne Charlene (30 Aug 1923 Mt Carmel-27 Nov 1988 Mendota IL m: Arthur W Ennenbach)
- Albert Franklin* (3 Oct 1925-3 Jun 2020 buried Highland Memorial Cemetery)
- Hester Bonnelle (10 Dec 1927 Wabash-16 Jan 2003 Mt Carmel buried Grayville IL m: 1948 Eugene Schoenheit)
- Sally Rosetta (12 Jul 1929 Wabash-15 Jun 1981 Pekin IL m: Wagner)
- Samuel G (17 Sep 1930-26 Jan 2002 WA)
- Richard E* (27 Sep 1932 Friendsville)
- Jacqueline [Jackie] (ca 1935 Mt Carmel-15 Aug 2013 Beaumont TX m: 14 Aug 1953 Beaumont Claude Edward Luke)
- Edith Madora* (18 Jun 1937); adopted ch: Waldo Brown Schoenheit* (10 Aug 1938)
- Victor L Schoenheit (15 Nov 1940 Mt Carmel-27 Aug 1988 Germany).
(obits of Richard and Jacqueline and Albert)