Selected Families and Individuals


Gregory Don Massey was born on 13 Mar 1963 in Pittsburg, TX. He married Jennifer Millicent Presley on 27 Jun 1987 in Pittsburg, TX.

Jennifer Millicent Presley [Parents] was born on 11 Jun 1969 in Pittsburg, TX. She married Gregory Don Massey on 27 Jun 1987 in Pittsburg, TX.


Samuel Agrippa Riggins was born in Dec 1827 in Alabama. He died after 1900. He married Cynthia Childress on 27 Jan 1847 in Bibb Co., AL.

Living in Bibb Co., AL, p 6, on 1850 AL census; living in Childersburg, AL , p. 640, Talladega Co., on 1870 AL census. Living in Fayetteville, Talladega Co., AL on 1880 census, p. 194.
Living on the 1900 census of Jefferson Co., AL with his son Blanton and family. He is a widower.

Cynthia Childress was born about 1822 in SC. She died after 1880. She was buried in Rigginstown Cemetery, Sylacauga, Talladega Co., AL. She married Samuel Agrippa Riggins on 27 Jan 1847 in Bibb Co., AL.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas A. Riggins was born on 6 Jan 1848. He died on 2 Jun 1895.
  F ii Mary M. Riggins was born on 2 Jun 1849. She died on 1 Jun 1910.
  F iii Nancy Elizabeth Riggins was born on 19 Sep 1850. She died on 6 May 1898.
  F iv Beadie Ann Riggins was born about 1853. She died in 1886.
  F v Lucy Riggins was born on 12 Oct 1854 in AL. She died in Sep 1893 in Chilton Co., AL.
  F vi Martha J. Riggins [scrapbook] was born on 7 May 1855 in AL. She died on 1 Aug 1941 in AL. She was buried in Rigginstown Cemetery.
  M vii William Robert Riggins was born on 19 Jun 1856 in AL. He died on 27 Jan 1929 in Kemp, Kaufman Co., TX.
  M viii Rufus Riggins was born on 28 Jul 1858 in AL. He died on 10 Oct 1929 in Chilton Co., AL.
  F ix Henrietta Peraline Riggins was born on 3 Apr 1860. She died on 7 Feb 1940.
  M x Blanton Riggins was born in Oct 1861 in Alabama.

Listed on 1900 census of Jefferson Co., AL with wife/children; He is a grocer.

Andrew McLucas [Parents] was born about 1828 in SC. He died in Jul 1863 in Gettysburg, PA. He married Catherine (Kate) Giles on 19 Sep 1850 in Fayette Co., GA.

Wounded at Gettysburg. July 2, 1863 - died of wounds while a Union prisoner. Private in Co. C, 53rd GA regiment

Catherine (Kate) Giles [Parents] was born in 1827 in South Carolina. She died on 4 Oct 1893 in Fayette Co., GA. She married Andrew McLucas on 19 Sep 1850 in Fayette Co., GA.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Jane McLucas was born about 1853 in GA.
  F ii Martha Effa Ann McLucas was born about 1854 in GA.

Listed on the 1860 census as "Mary J."
  M iii John D. McLucas was born about 1856 in GA.
  F iv Sarah Carolina McLucas was born on 10 Apr 1858. She died on 19 Nov 1947.
  F v E. Helen McLucas.

Francis Marion Banks [scrapbook] was born about 1835 in GA. He died on 3 Apr 1910 in Fayette Co., GA. He was buried in Banks Cem., Hilo Rd., GA. He married Martha Mahala Giles on 18 Dec 1855 in Fayette Co., GA. Francis served in the military Pvt, Hurt's Btry, Alabama Lt Arty, CSA..

Other marriages:
Stanley, Malissa

Exact dates for births, death and some marriages supplied on-line by Velma Morgan on Ancestry on her Banks Family Tree. (2011)
Listed on 1880 census of Fayette Co., GA census, Dist.709, p. 2C


Headstone Details
Cemetery nameBanks Family
Name on headstonePvt Francis M. Banks
Birth1833 - Fayette, Georgia, USA
Death1910 - Fayette, Georgia, USA

Martha Mahala Giles [Parents] was born on 22 Aug 1838 in S.C.. She died on 6 Oct 1884. She was buried in Old Prospect Cem., Clayton Co., GA. She married Francis Marion Banks on 18 Dec 1855 in Fayette Co., GA.

Listed on the 1860 census of Talladega Co., AL
Listed on the 1870 census of Fayette Co., GA

They had the following children:

  F i Martha Giles Banks was born on 14 Jan 1858 in Cullman Co., AL. She died on 8 Dec 1860 in Talladega, AL.
  M ii Warren Banks was born on 22 Aug 1859 in Cullman Co., AL. He died on 18 Apr 1940 in Cullman Co., AL.

Listed as "Wm. S" on the 1870 census of Fayette Co., GA - - aged 10 - living with parents; birthplace given as GA
  F iii Nancy Serrepta Banks was born on 20 Nov 1861. She died on 23 Aug 1933.
  F iv Frances Marian Banks was born on 18 Mar 1863. She died on 18 Oct 1916.
  F v Emily Martha Banks was born on 8 Dec 1866 in Fayetteville, Fayette Co., GA. She died on 19 Jun 1868 in Fayetteville, Fayette Co., GA.
  M vi Anna Idella Banks was born on 15 Jun 1869 in Fayette Co., GA. He died on 10 Jun 1884.

Listed as "Anna D." on the 1870 census of Fayette Co., GA - birthplace given as GA
  F vii Permelia Banks was born about 1871 in GA.
  M viii William Henry Banks was born on 14 Oct 1873. He died on 27 Jul 1954.
  M ix Jessie Colquitt Banks was born on 9 Jan 1876. He died on 5 Nov 1945.
  M x Robert E. Banks was born on 26 Nov 1877 in Fayette Co., GA. He died on 13 Sep 1958 in Fayette Co., GA.

Believe his middle name was Edgar.
  M xi Mary Magdoline Banks was born on 20 Dec 1879 in Fayette Co., GA. He died on 10 Oct 1959 in East Point, Fulton Co., GA.

Walter Lee Travis [Parents] was born on 25 Apr 1884 in Alabama. He died on 4 Jun 1944 in Jefferson Co., AL. He was buried in Center Hill Cem, , Hanceville, AL. He married 1 Katie Francis Shannon on 30 Sep 1906 in Cullman Co., AL. Walter was employed as farmer.

Appears with his mother and step-father, Wm. Dodd on the 1900 Cullman Co.,
census at Holly Pond. His birthdate is given as June, 1883, aged 16
Has double tombstone with wife at Center Hill.
Living in Hanceville, Cullman Co., AL on 1918 WW I draft registrtion
Listed on the 1920 census of Weltie Pct., Cullman Co., AL
Listed on the 1930 census of Berlin, Cullman Co., AL

Katie Francis Shannon was born on 6 Feb 1888. She died on 28 Apr 1977. She was buried in Center Hill Cem., Hanceville, AL. She married 1 Walter Lee Travis on 30 Sep 1906 in Cullman Co., AL.

They had the following children:

  M i Horace Bernard Travis was born on 7 Sep 1907. He died on 4 Jun 1989 in Alabama.
  F ii Nina Belle Travis died AS INFANT.

not listed on 1920 census with parents
  F iii Estelle Travis died AS INFANT.

not listed on 1920 census with parents
  F iv Ruby Elizabeth Travis was born about 1912.
  F v Mildred Retha Travis was born about 1915.
  M vi Robert Odell Travis was born about 1917.
  F vii Dorothy Juanita Travis was born about 1919.
  M viii Elvin Travis was born on 29 Mar 1921. He died in Jan 1973.
  M ix Alvin Travis was born on 29 Mar 1921. He died on 1 Feb 1998 in Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL.

Twin to Elvin. Died in AL. last address zip code 35634
  F x Mary Ruth (Boots) Travis was born about 1924 in AL.
  M xi Walter Travis Jr. was born about 1927 in AL.

Charles L. Howard was born on 15 Jul 1903. He died on 3 Apr 1984 in Noblesville, IN. He married Juanita Frances Newman.

Juanita Frances Newman [Parents] was born 1 on 15 Jan 1906 in Fleming Co., KY. She died on 2 Feb 1996 in Noblesville, IN. She was buried in Crownland cemetery, Noblesville, IN. She married Charles L. Howard.

Have her obituary from the Noblesville Southeastern Public Library, Noblesville, IN

They had the following children:

  M i Bill Howard was born about 1929.

Living in Prescott , AZ in 1999 - real estate developer
  F ii Ann Howard.

James Henry Eastland was born about 1900 in KY. He married Agatha Newman about 1928. James was employed as public accountant.

Agatha Newman [Parents] was born on 29 Aug 1902. She died in Sep 1981 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. She married James Henry Eastland about 1928.

Listed on the 1930 census at Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio, p. 16
Living in Cincinnati, Ohio at time of her father's death - per obituary

They had the following children:

  M i James Henry Eastland Jr..

Arland Eager was born on 9 Dec 1912 in Van Buren Co., Iowa. He married Josephine Newman.

Josephine Newman [Parents] was born on 11 Aug 1913 in Scotland Co., MO. She married Arland Eager.

They had the following children:

  F i Leslie Imogene Eager was born on 12 Aug 1943.
  M ii Kenneth Morris Eager was born on 24 Jan 1944.

Vando D. Clark.Vando married Ruby Ester Newman.

No children

Ruby Ester Newman [Parents] was born on 28 Dec 1915 in Scotland Co., MO. She died in Nov 1971. She married Vando D. Clark.


James Minor Eden [Parents] was born on 9 Sep 1873 in KY. He died on 12 Jan 1913 in Fleming Co., KY. The cause of death was tuberculosis. He was buried in Eden's Chapel Cem., Fleming Co. KY. He married Anza E. Pleak in 1899 in Fleming Co., KY.

The 1900 Fleming Co. census gives his birth date as Sep. 1876, age 23.

Anza E. Pleak "Angie" was born on 28 Apr 1880. She died on 30 Apr 1906. She was buried in Eden's Chapel Cem., Fleming Co., KY. She married James Minor Eden in 1899 in Fleming Co., KY.

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