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James Alexander Banks

Co G 48th IL Inf
Where born:   Wabash Co IL
Where died:   Friendsville IL; 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 IL
Children:
- George W* (29 Apr 1860 Wabash Co IL)
- 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);

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Note: Harriett res: 1880 Friendsville 1900 Dennison Lawrence Co IL
Married 2nd:   by 1900 Nelson Kelly; received Civil War pension for James Banks

      * indicates buried with James Alexander Banks in Friendsville Cemetery.