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Born: Aug. 1874, Ironton, Sauk Co WI
Parents: William Walter Banks and Angeline E. Simmons
Siblings: Frederick, Alfred, Mary, Wilbert, Ira, Jenny, Carrie
Marriage: Sadie Clemetson, date unknown, likely in Kansas
Children: none
Death: likely in Kansas
Census:
1880 US Census, Nebraska, Dawson Co, Precinct 2:
Wm Banks, age 52, blacksmith, born NY, father born New Hampshire, mother born NY; Angeline E. age 46, born NY, father born NY, mother born (?) Iowa - not legible; Jenny age 12, born WI; Wm. age 8 born WI; Carrie age 7 born WI; Hattie Thornton, age 3 granddaughter, born WI
1900 US Census, Kansas, Brown Co, Hiawatha, District 24
William W. Banks, boarder, b Aug. 1874 WI, age scribbled over, looks like 27, married, parents b NY, farm laborer
Sadie Banks, servant, age 27? (can’t decipher), b Aug 187?, b Kansas, father b Norway, mother b Virginia, 0 children born
(Head: Frank Walters, age 24, Earl Walters, age 21, also lives there)
1910 US Census, Kansas, Brown County, Hiawatha
William Banks, head, age 37, 1st marriage, married 10 years, b WI, farmer
Sadie, wife, age 38, b Kansas, no children
1920 US Census, Kansas, Brown Co, Hiawatha
Wm W. Banks, head, age 48, b Virginia, parents b NY, proprietor of billiards hall
Sadie, wife, age 48, b Kansas
Maria Clemetson, 74, mother-in-law
1930 US Census, Kansas, Allen Co, Iola, District 14
William W. Banks, head, age 57, b WI, rents, $18/mo, owns radio, married 27 years, proprietor billiards hall
Sadie, age 57, b Kansas
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