Friendsville Cemetery, Friendsville, Wabash County IL
James Alexander Banks
James Alexander Banks Born: ca 1832 Died: 29 Oct 1879 Plot: 15N35
Co G 48th IL Inf Where born: Wabash Where died: Friendsville; invalid 2 Apr 1872 Married: 5 Nov 1859 Wabash Harriett Cornelia Besley (15 Apr 1843 IL-15 Sep 1904 St Francisville Lawrence Co IL; d/of William Besley {1806-11-18 s/of Samuel Coles Besley* & Martha Lewis*} & Hester Smith {1811-02-11 NJ 1880-11-06 IL}) Lived at: 1850 Wabash 1860-70 Friendsville Children: - George W* (29 Apr 1860 Wabash) -
Mary* (1864) -
Hester J (ca 1866/7 IL-after 1880) -
Ulysses Grant (1868 Wabash-3 Nov 1894 buried Rose Hill Cem) -
Alice (ca 1869 IL) -
Sherman (19 Nov 1871 Friendsville-4 Apr 1947 LA CA) -
Ida (ca 1873 IL m: 1 Jan 1895 Wabash George Fiscus) -
Martha (1875 IL-1964 Lawrenceville m: 17 Nov 1897 Wabash Charles E Young) -
Ethan Allen (17 Mar 1878 IL-14 May 1947 Merced CA); note: Harriett res: 1880 Friendsville 1900 Dennison Lawrence Co IL Married 2nd: by 1900 Nelson Kelly; received Civil War pension for James Banks
