Peter Bankson and Emma Anderson

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Husband Peter Bankson ¹

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           Born: 17 Sep 1843 - Halmstad, Sweden 1
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         Father: Benjamin Bankson (      -      ) 1
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Wife Emma Anderson

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            AKA: Emma Calson,2 Emma Carlson 3
           Born:  - Sweden
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Children

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1 F Clara J. Bankson ^{2 4}

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           Born:  - Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Wayne C. Hastings (1873-      ) 4 5 6
           Marr: 1 Jun 1898 - ? Venango Co, PA 2 4

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2 F Salma Bankson ⁷

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3 M Wesley Bankson ⁷

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4 F Rosa Bankson ⁷

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5 M Clarence Bankson ⁷

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6 M Oscar Bankson

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7 M Rudolph Bankson ⁷

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8 M Lynn Waldo Bankson ^{7 8}

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           Born: 3 Apr 1895 - Rouseville, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Sep 1987 - ? Rouseville, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Elue B. Parker (1896-1985)
           Marr: 6 Apr 1921 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 9

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Bankson

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As a youth he attended the public schools, later working at farming, and when twenty-one years old entered the army according to government regulations, spending a couple of years in the military service. During the last four years of his residence in Sweden he was employed as sawyer for a large lumber com­pany. Arriving in America early in 1869, he came to Wilcox, Elk Co., Pa., April 27th of that year, and was engaged as sawyer by the Wilcox Lumber Company until 1870. During the next two years he was a pumper at Rouseville, Venango County, for Captain Bowen, but soon bought some oil wells near Rouseville and started production on his own account. In 1876 he went to Warren County, PA, where he put down several wells, remaining there about two years, after which he began drilling on the McClintock farm at Rouseville, where he was occupied until 1880. By this time he had prospered so that he felt himself in a position to buy the Blood farm from Dr. Cooper, of Oil City, the property at that time comprising 248 1-3 acres, upon which he conducted extensive oil operations, drilling altogether one hundred and twenty-six wells there. His fortunes improved steadily, and he acquired the historical old Tarr farm adjoining to the north, where he has also produced oil in large quantities. Adjoining both these tracts he has a thirty-five-acre lease. In addition to carrying on the production of oil on a large scale Mr. Bankson completed the work of clearing his first purchase and engaged in farming there, improving the property from an agricultural standpoint with a notable increase in value. Mr. Bankson was a persevering and energetic worker throughout his active years, and reaped ample rewards for his application and intelligent devotion to his enterprises. His only venture of any consequence that did not return well was an investment near Marietta, Ohio, where he leased six hundred acres of oil land and organized a company for its development, which did not come up to the promise. With all his business cares he found time for the duties of citizenship and public-spirited service to his township, which he served for nine years as school director and also in the capacity of road commissioner, taking a prominent part in local af­fairs during his official terms. He remained on his farm until 1910, and then made his home in Oil City. [CAB, 823]

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General Notes: Wife - Emma Anderson

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from Jamestown, NY

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 823.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 623.

3 Compiler's Speculation.

4 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 39.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 621.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 322.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 824.

8 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 18.

9 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #14321.