Banker, George
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Banker, George
| Celia52 (View posts) | Posted: 17 May 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Banker, Mitchell
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 128.
GEORGE W. BANKER, residing on section 35, Troy Township, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, December 6, 1827, his father, Jacob Banker, being a native of Maryland. His great-grandfather came with his brother from England to America before the Revolutionary war. Jacob Banker was taken by his father, Peter Banker, to Guernsey County, Ohio, when twelve years of age, settling there among the Indians, and there he was reared and married.
Our subject, George W. Banker, was reared to manhood on his fatherÂ’s farm, receiving such education as the primitive log-cabin subscription schools of that early day afforded.
March 6, 1851, he was married to Cynthia Mitchell, a daughter of Hance Mitchell. Six of the nine children born to this union are living--Jacob S., Harriet, Robert M., Hiram, Amanda and Riley S.
In the fall of 1853 Mr. Banker located in Fulton County, Illinois, and in the spring of 1855 removed to Clarke County, Iowa, when he located on his present farm in Troy Township. The surrounding country was then in a wild state, and many wolves, deer, bears and other wild animals roamed through the forests. Mr. Banker has improved his original purchase of 160 acres and added to it till he now owns 180 acres, his land being under excellent cultivation. He began life without means but has always been an industrious and hard-working citizen, having by his own untiring efforts accumulated his present fine property. In pioneer days he did his trading at Des Moines and Palmyra, and after he raised his grain he went to Indianola and Winterset to mill, both places being thirty miles distant. Mr. Banker has always followed agricultural pursuits, and is at present paying special attention to stock-raising, to which he devotes most of his time. He has held several township offices, such as constable and school treasurer, besides other local offices. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for the past seventeen years, and also belongs to the Grange. In his religious views he is a Baptist
GEORGE W. BANKER, residing on section 35, Troy Township, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, December 6, 1827, his father, Jacob Banker, being a native of Maryland. His great-grandfather came with his brother from England to America before the Revolutionary war. Jacob Banker was taken by his father, Peter Banker, to Guernsey County, Ohio, when twelve years of age, settling there among the Indians, and there he was reared and married.
Our subject, George W. Banker, was reared to manhood on his fatherÂ’s farm, receiving such education as the primitive log-cabin subscription schools of that early day afforded.
March 6, 1851, he was married to Cynthia Mitchell, a daughter of Hance Mitchell. Six of the nine children born to this union are living--Jacob S., Harriet, Robert M., Hiram, Amanda and Riley S.
In the fall of 1853 Mr. Banker located in Fulton County, Illinois, and in the spring of 1855 removed to Clarke County, Iowa, when he located on his present farm in Troy Township. The surrounding country was then in a wild state, and many wolves, deer, bears and other wild animals roamed through the forests. Mr. Banker has improved his original purchase of 160 acres and added to it till he now owns 180 acres, his land being under excellent cultivation. He began life without means but has always been an industrious and hard-working citizen, having by his own untiring efforts accumulated his present fine property. In pioneer days he did his trading at Des Moines and Palmyra, and after he raised his grain he went to Indianola and Winterset to mill, both places being thirty miles distant. Mr. Banker has always followed agricultural pursuits, and is at present paying special attention to stock-raising, to which he devotes most of his time. He has held several township offices, such as constable and school treasurer, besides other local offices. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for the past seventeen years, and also belongs to the Grange. In his religious views he is a Baptist