Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Andrew Banks




Husband Andrew Banks 1 2

           Born: 14 Mar or 21 Mar 1866 1 2
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         Father: William Banks (1830-1914) 3 4 5
         Mother: Jane Elizabeth "Jennie" Hamlin (1837-      ) 1 5 6





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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Banks


He was graduated from Princeton College in 1889, read law with Patterson & Neely, and was admitted to practice at the bar in 1891. He commenced his legal practice in Mifflintown, but removed to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company I, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was in the Philippines about one and a half years. Returning to Mifflintown, he again engaged in the practice of law, and served as district attorney two terms. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and served as chairman of the Democratic county committee. He was a director of the Juniata Valley National Bank.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1198.

2 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 108.

3 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 831, 835.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1196.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 107.

6 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 831.


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