Elijah Banks b about 1847 KY buried Banks Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; enlisted 18 Oct 1862 Co H, 13th Kentucky Cavalry CSA; s/o Spencer Adams and Cassie Banks. Elijah Banks m. 25 Feb 1868 to Elizabeth "Betty" Burton Lucas b about 1853 KY; buried Banks Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; d/o Aaron Lucas and Eliza Vanover. Children of Elijah Banks and Elizabeth Burton Lucas;

i. Ira Banks b about 1870 Carrs Fork, Knott Co KY m. 1 Oct 1896 Letcher Co KY to Nancy Margaret Fields b about 1878 KY d 23 Oct 1964 Perry Co KY. Children of Ira Banks and Nancy Margaret Fields;

I. John Harlan Banks b 29 Sept 1897 Letcher Co KY d 19 Feb 1984 Perry Co KY

II. Pearlie Banks b Dec 1899 Letcher Co KY

III. Spencer Banks b 10 Jul 1911 KY d 18 May 1977 Fayette Co KY

ii. Harrison Banks b 6 Dec 1874 Letcher Co KY m. 26 Apr 1894 Letcher Co KY to Hettie Stamper b Mar 1875; d/o Hiram W Stamper and Susannah Hogg. Children of Harrison Banks and Hettie Stamper;

I. Virgie Banks b Jan 1897 KY

II. Ora Banks (female) b Jul 1898 KY

III. Marion Banks b 29 Jul 1900 Letcher Co KY d 23 Nov 1951 Perry Co KY

IV. George Banks b about 1902 Letcher Co KY d 16 Nov 1946 Floyd Co KY

V. Byrd Banks b about 1904 Letcher Co KY d 15 Mar 1914 Letcher Co KY

iii. Spencer Banks b about 1877 Letcher Co KY d between 1900 and 1910; buried Banks Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; m. 14 Sept 1895 to Elizabeth Branson b 21 Jan 1879 d 13 Jan 1918. Elizabeth Branson Banks was accidentally killed by a train when she thought she was avoiding an oncoming train and stepped into the tracks of a train that hit her from the back. The William "Bill" Banks Family Story, by William Banks; buried Asher and Branson Cemetery, Letcher Co KY (on the hill at home of Ted Asher); d/o Hezekiah Branson and Sarah Unknown. Children of Spencer Banks and Elizabeth Branson;

I. Leonard Branson Banks b Aug 1896 KY m. Maudie Grimes

II. Roberta Banks b Mar 1898 Letcher Co KY m. John Flannery

III. Bradley Banks b 11 Feb 1900 (or 12 Feb 1899) Letcher Co KY d 21 Apr 1947 Knott Co KY in a coal mining accident crushed by a slate fall; buried Sassafras, Knott Co KY; m. (1) Mallie Dixon; m. (2) Isma Cornett b about 1904 d 30 May 1984 Perry Co KY; d/o John Dixon Cornett and Surrilda Ritchie. Isma Cornett m. (1) Edgar Perkins b about 1898 d 16 Nov 1977 Perry Co KY; s/o Leonard Perkins

IV. Herbert Banks b 26 Sept 1901 Gander, Letcher Co KY d 10 Sept 1968 Letcher Co KY; buried Burton Hill Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; m. 10 Aug 1920 David, Letcher Co KY to Vina Caudill b 20 Oct 1900 David, Letcher Co KY d 8 Nov 1973 Letcher Co KY; buried Burton Hill Cemetery, Letcher, Letcher Co KY. Children of Herbert Banks and Vina Caudill;

i. Herbert Banks b 6 Feb 1923 Carbon Glow, Letcher Co KY d 27 Aug 1924 Carbon Glow, Letcher Co KY; buried Back Cemetery, Letcher Co KY.

ii. Mallie Banks b about 1922 d 27 May 2010 Letcher Manor Nursing Home, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; m. Charles Hobbs.

V. John Banks b about 1903

iv. John Banks b about 1878 Letcher Co KY; occupation, farmer and teacher; m. 26 Feb 1903 Letcher Co KY to Peggy McIntyre. John Banks m. about 1909 to Betty Jane Smith b about 1875 KY. Children of John Banks and Betty Jane Smith;

I. Alta P Banks b 17 Aug 1912 KY d 5 Aug 1993 Fayette Co KY

II. Oliver Banks

III. Ila Banks

IV. Hiram Banks (last three may have surname Stamper).

V. (4 more children).

v. Arminta Banks b Apr 1888 Letcher Co KY m. Fernando Curtis Roark. Child of Fernando Curtis Roark and Arminta Banks;

I. Coy Banks (aka McCoy) b about 1907 d 18 Sept 1962 Perry Co KY

vi. Martha Banks b Aug 1889 Letcher Co KY d between 1914 and 1920 in a buggy accident; m. Mark Collins b about 1865 d between 1914 and 1920 in a buggy accident. Child of Mark Collins and Martha Banks;

I. Lawrence Collins b 18 Jan 1907 d Sept 1974 Wayne Co MI.

Martha Banks m. Hendricks Caudill