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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Hiram Banks was born in North Carolina in 1846, son of Ransom R. and Sallie (Taylor) Banks. After the mother’s death in 1847, the father married Sallie Cope. He is one of the most successful farmers in the county, and he and family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he being an elder in the same. His second wife died in 1885. Hiram Banks made his father’s house his home until he was twenty-two years of age, at which age he was united in marriage to Mrs. Patsy A. (Corley) Turner, widow of William Turner, by whom she had one son and one daughter. She was born in Tennessee, in 1845, and became the mother of five children by her last marriage; one daughter is dead. In 1884 Mr. Banks purchased his present farm of 109 acres of well improved land, the principal productions of which are corn, cotton, small grain and tobacco, also clover and grass. His property has been accumulated by his own exertions and good management. He is a Democrat and his first presidential vote was cast for Horace Greeley. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and his wife of the Missionary Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee

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