Charles G. Banks

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Cass County Michigan Biographies
From The History of Cass County by Glover:
On the 14th of November, 1850, Mr. Banks was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Norton, the second daughter of Pleasant Norton. She was born December 22, 1831, in Champaign county, Ohio, and was brought to Michigan by her aunt, Mattie Norton, when she was six months old, the journey being made on a pony to Jefferson township, Cass county. Mrs. Banks remained a lifelong resident of this county, and passed away September 4, 1893. She had become the mother of three children: James K., who is now cashier of the First National Bank of Sheldon, North Dakota; Emma J., the wife of M. L. Howell, a prominent attorney of Cassopolis, whom she married October 11, 1870; and Cora L., who on the 4th of September, 1886, became the wife of Alfred T. Osmer.

1860 Cass County, Michigan
Charles G. Banks age 36 c1824
Amanda age 27 c1833
Emma J. age 9 c1851
James age 2 c1858

Charles married Amanda Norton, daughter of Pleasant Norton and Rachel Fukery. (Amanda Norton was born on 22 Dec 1831 in Champaign County OH, died on 4 Sep 1893 in Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Cassopolis, Michigan.)