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Henry Taylor Banta

Male 1847 - 1924  (76 years)


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  • Name Henry Taylor Banta 
    Born 7 Jul 1847  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Jan 1924 
    Buried 5 Jan 1924  Hoyt Cemetery, Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1217  Rossville
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2019 

    Family Lucy Ann Summers Banta,   b. 1853,   d. 1938  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 9 Dec 1873 
    Children 
     1. Elmer Ray Banta,   b. 1874,   d. 1940  (Age 66 years)
     2. Viola Blanche Banta Marple Purkey,   b. 1876,   d. 1934  (Age 58 years)
    +3. Floyd Everett Banta,   b. 14 Mar 1878, Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1950, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     4. Alta Banta,   b. 1882,   d. 1882  (Age 0 years)
     5. Alva Banta,   b. 1882,   d. 1882  (Age 0 years)
     6. Earl Charley Banta,   b. 1884,   d. 1956  (Age 72 years)
     7. Guy Henry Banta,   b. 1887,   d. 1973  (Age 86 years)
    +8. Ross Banta,   b. 1890,   d. 27 Feb 1970  (Age 80 years)
     9. Bertha Ann Banta Blackwell,   b. 14 Jun 1894,   d. 23 Mar 1963  (Age 68 years)
     10. Sherman Banta
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 16:12:40 
    Family ID F313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Obituary- Banta, Henry
    Obituary- Banta, Henry
    HENRY TAYLOR BANTA
    Henry Taylor Banta, was born in Iowa, July 7, 1847,and died Janu¬ary 3, 1924 at the age of 76 years •5 months and 27 days.
    On December 9, 1873, he was married to Lucy Summers, and to this union were born ten children, two of whom preceded him to the grave.
    The last few years of his life were spent on a homestead near Sterling, Colorado. For several months he has been in very poor health and in November he came to make his home with his son Floyd.
    He is survived by one brother, B.R. Banta of Bronson, Kansas; six sons, Floyd, Ross and Sherman, of Delia, Earl of Sterling, Colo., Guy and Elmer of Carl Junction, Mo., two daughters, Mrs. O. F. Purkey of Tecumseh, Kansas and Mrs. James Slackwell, of Kelso, Washington.
    Thirty-one grandchildren and four great grand children, besides a host of friends.
    Funeral services were held Sat¬urday, Jan. 5, at 2 o’clock from the Presbyterian church at Delia con¬ducted by Rev. Kilgus Interment was made in the Hoyt cemetery.
    A precious one from us has gone,
    A voice we love is still;
    A place is vacant in our home
    Which never can be filled.