Hi Roy,and greetings from White Bear Lake,Mn. - I have gone back some with my great aunt's lineage and have found an Isaac Marion Banta who was born 26 Dec 1853 in Illinois. I am not sure if there is an actual connection here,but I thought I would ask and find out if you have this particular Banta on your family tree. There were some Banta family members who have moved to Minnesota,just not sure how many. This particular Isaac had a wife named Caroline, and she was born in Sweden. Brad Gabrick