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     Margaret Ruth Banks was born on 29 January 1829, presumably in Huron Co., Ohio, where her father's family was listed in the 1830 census (the Black genealogy says 20 January 1829 in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois).^1,4,5,6 She married William Black, son of John Black and Mary Cline, on 5 February 1846 (the Black genealogy says 5 February 1847, and the Artman genealogy says 4 February 1847) in Fulton Co., Illinois.^7,6,1 She died on 29 June 1884 in Saline, Sevier Co., Utah, at age 55.^1,6 She was buried at East Side Cemetery (Plot KL9-4-6) in Saline, Sevier Co., Utah.⁸
     In 1849 her husband William joined a company heading for California to seek gold, leaving her and their two young children with her parents.^9,5 On their way to California, his party stopped at Salt Lake City, where he was impressed by the Mormans and their communities, and attended his first Morman church service on 25 July, with Brigham Young in attendance. After a few days the gold company left for California, but he remained behind, and was baptized as a Morman.¹⁰
     In late 1851 William headed back east with a party of 25 men, leaving on 7 October, and arriving in South Canton in Fulton Co., Illinois, on 20 December, where he found her and their children Morton and Martha doing well.¹¹ By then he had married a second time, and when he told Margaret's parents about his conversion to Mormanism, they were outraged, and said he wasn't welcome in their home. Early the next morning he told Margaret he loved her, but loved God more, and that he would leave. She could come with him if she wanted; if not he would take Morton and leave Martha with her. She chose to go with him. They spent the winter of 1851/52 in North Prairie, where he worked threshing wheat.¹² They returned to Utah in 1852, leaving about 1 April with seven wagons loaded with goods for a friend. Others joined the group along the way, bringing the total to 40 wagons, and they arrived in Salt Lake City on 2 October.¹³ By then, or soon afterward, she was baptized as a Mormon.¹⁴
     They moved to Ephraim, Sanpete Co., Utah, in the spring of 1860.¹⁵ William's family is listed in Fort Ephraim, Sanpete Co., Utah, in the 1860 census, as two neighboring households. She and William are listed in one, along with their four children. In the other household were Williams's second wife Amy (listed as Emma) and her four children, plus his new third wife Anna.^16,17
     They moved to Circle Valley, Utah, in 1865 to help start a new settlement. There was a great deal of Indian trouble for two years, with William's brother Benjamin among those killed, and the settlement was abandoned in April 1867.¹⁸
     They then moved to Beaver, Utah, where they prospered and built a house.¹⁹ Not long afterwards William reluctantly moved to Washington, Washington Co., Utah, where he was sent to manage a grist mill. He soon moved his third wife Maria there, and later his first two wives Margaret and Amy.¹⁹ The 1870 census lists William's family in four neighboring households in Washington, with Margaret and William in one, and William's second wife Emma, third wife Anna, and fifth wife Louisa in the other three. (His fourth wife had left him by then.) There were 14 children mixed among the four households.^20,21,22,23
     About 1874 the family joined the United Order, a communal movement among the Mormons. They relinquished their property, etc., to the Order, and moved to the new settlement of Orderville in Kane Co., Utah, where William was placed in charge of the boarding house.²⁴ She is listed there in the 1880 census, with her son George. William and his fifth wife Louisa were in a neighboring household with four of their children, plus William and Margaret's son Isaac and his family. William's second and third wives Emma and Anna were in two other households, Emma with four of her children, and Anna with seven of hers.^25,26,27,28 When the Order dissolved (in the early to mid-1880's) William and his family moved to Huntington, Emery Co., Utah, in Castle Valley. The exact date of the move is unclear, so whether Margaret (who died in 1884) moved with them or not is unknown.²⁹
     She and William had the following known children: Martin Luther (b 16 February 1848), Martha Jane (b 24 September 1849), twins Mary Elizabeth and Olive (b 8 January 1853, both d as infants), William (b 3 December 1854, d as infant), John Morley (b 27 December 1856, d 19 April 1933), Isaac Edwin (b 29 December 1857), George Henry (b 8 March 1861).³⁰

     William Black was born on 11 February 1826 in Vermillion, Richland Co. (now Savannah, Ashland Co.), Ohio. (His death certificate says Illinois, probably mistakenly.)^2,4 He married first Margaret Ruth Banks, daughter of Nathaniel Butler Banks and Barbara Artman, on 5 February 1846 (the Black genealogy says 5 February 1847, and the Artman genealogy says 4 February 1847) in Fulton Co., Illinois.^1,5,3 He married second Amy Jane Washburn in February 1851.⁵ He married third Annie Maria Hansen on 26 October 1859.⁵ He married fourth Emma Lanette Richardson.⁵ They separated about 1867, after their two young sons died the same day, and Emma returned to her parents.⁶ He married fifth Louisa Ann Washburn on 1 November 1869.⁵ They separated in 1893, when Louisa took her children and returned to the United States from Mexico, where they were then living.⁷ He married sixth Sarah Marinda Thompson in 1874.⁵ He died from a neck cancer on 21 June 1915 in Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah, at age 89.^4,8 He was buried at Blanding City Cemetery (Plot 1_47_2_7) in Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah.⁹
     At age 17 (about 1843) he moved from Lawrence Co., Illinois, to Fulton Co., Illinois, where he lived with his mother's parents.¹⁰ He was elected sheriff in 1848 but resigned the position the following spring¹¹, when he paid $100 to join a company heading for California to seek gold, working as a teamster. He left on 3 April 1849, leaving his wife and two young children with her parents. The company traveled through Nauvoo, Illinois, an abandoned Mormon settlement, and arrived in the Salt Lake, Utah, area on 24 July.^12,13
     He was impressed by the Mormons and their communities, and attended his first Mormon church service 25 July, with Brigham Young in attendance. He wanted to join the congregation that same day, but was told to wait and learn more. After a few days the gold company left for California, but he remained behind, and was baptized as a Mormon.¹⁴ Later that summer Bishop Lorenzo D. Young was returning east on church business, and Black wished to go with him to get his family. Brigham Young advised against it, concerned that he was so new to the faith that friends might convince him to reject it.¹⁵
     In February 1850 he and six others traveled to Sanpete Co., Utah, to begin a new settlement.¹⁶ While there he lived for nearly two years with Father Morley, from whom he adopted the middle name Morley.¹⁶
     In late 1851 he headed back east with a party of 25 men, leaving on 7 October, and reached the Missouri River on 15 November. On 18 December he stopped at a hotel, where he fell into an unseen floor-level well in a barn while feeding his horses. He broke three ribs, but continued east, and reached South Canton in Fulton Co., Illinois, on 20 December, where he found his first wife Margaret and his children Morton and Martha doing well.¹⁷
     After recovering from his injuries, he told Margaret's parents about his conversion to Mormonism. They were outraged, and said he wasn't welcome in their home. Early the next morning he told Margaret he loved her, but loved God more, and that he would leave. She could come with him if she wanted; if not he would take Morton and leave Martha with her. Margaret chose to go with him. They spent the winter of 1851/52 in North Prairie, where he worked threshing wheat.¹⁸ He and Margaret returned to Utah in 1852, leaving about 1 April with seven wagons loaded with goods for a friend. Others joined the group along the way, bringing the total to 40 wagons, and they arrived in Salt Lake City on 2 October.¹⁹ By then, or soon afterward, Margaret was baptized as a Mormon.²⁰
     He and his family moved to Ephraim, Sanpete Co., Utah, in the spring of 1860.²¹ They are listed in Fort Ephraim, Sanpete Co., Utah, in the 1860 census, as two neighboring households. William is listed in one with his first wife Margaret and their four children. In the other household were his second wife Amy (listed as Emma) and her four children, plus his new third wife Anna.^22,23
     They moved to Circle Valley, Utah, in 1865 to help start a new settlement. When Piute Co. was formed the next year, he was elected prosecuting attorney. There was a great deal of Indian trouble for two years, with William's brother Benjamin among those killed, and the settlement was abandoned in April 1867.²⁴
     They then moved to Beaver, Utah, where they prospered and built a house.²⁵ Not long afterwards he reluctantly moved to Washington, Washington Co., Utah, where he was sent to manage a grist mill. He soon moved his third wife Maria there, and later his first two wives Margaret and Amy.²⁵ The 1870 census lists them in four neighboring households in Washington, with William and his first wife Margaret in one, and his second wife Emma, third wife Anna, and fifth wife Louisa in the other three. (His fourth wife had left him by then.) There were 14 children mixed among the four households.^26,27,28,29
     About 1874 the family joined the United Order, a communal movement among the Mormons. They relinquished their property, etc., to the Order, and moved to the new settlement of Orderville in Kane Co., Utah, where William was placed in charge of the boarding house.³⁰ He and four of his (then) five wives are listed there in the 1880 census in four separate dwellings. William and his fifth wife Louisa were in one, with four of their children, plus William and Margaret's son Isaac and his family. His first wife Margaret and her son George were in a neighboring household. His second and third wives Emma and Anna were in two other households, Emma with four of her children, and Anna with seven of hers.^31,32,33,34 When the Order dissolved (in the early to mid-1880's) he moved to Huntington, Emery Co., Utah, in Castle Valley, where he lived for three years.³⁵
     By then the federal government was starting to prosecute polygamists, and he spent a year "playing hide-and-seek with the U. S. Marshall." He finally took "Louisa and the youngest family" (although Sarah Marinda was his sixth wife, and thus his youngest family) and "skipped for old Mexico." They left Huntington on 13 November 1888 and traveled to St. John's, Arizona, where his son William G. lived. They spent the winter in Round Valley, left there in May 1889, and arrived in Colonia Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico, on 4 June.³⁵ From 1889 to 1902 he lived in a variety of places in Mexico, including Diaz, Juarez, and Pacheco.³⁶ He returned to the United States at least once during that time, traveling to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1897 for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Mormon arrival.³⁷
     In 1902, while visiting some of his children in Fruitland, San Juan Co., New Mexico, he ended up buying a ranch and staying for three years.³⁸ He was ordained as a Mormon patriarch on 14 May 1903 at the San Juan Conference in Mancos, Montezuma Co., Colorado.³⁸
     In the fall of 1905 he returned to Pacheco, Mexico.³⁹ That community was abandoned on 30 July 1912 due to increasing danger from the Mexican civil war. The people left by wagon train, then railroad, and reached El Paso, Texas, the following evening. On 10 August he and his wife Maria traveled by railroad to Price, Carbon Co., Utah, arriving on 12 August.⁴⁰ He spent his remaining years living with his children in a variety of places in Utah.⁴¹
     He had a total of 41 children by his six wives.⁴² Those by his first wife Margaret were: Martin Luther (b 16 February 1848), Martha Jane (b 24 September 1849), twins Mary Elizabeth and Olive (b 8 January 1853, both d as infants), William (b 3 December 1854, d as infant), John Morley (b 27 December 1856, d 19 April 1933), Isaac Edwin (b 29 December 1857), George Henry (b 8 March 1861).⁴²

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     Joshua Banks was born on 2 January 1831 in Huron Co., Ohio.^1,3,4 He married Salina Caroline Johnson, daughter of Isaac Johnson and Chloe S. Baker, on 3 November 1850 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^5,3 He died in 1911.⁶ He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Whiting, Jackson Co., Kansas.⁶
     After his marriage he bought a farm in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, near Canton.³ He and his wife Caroline are listed there in the 1860 census with seven children.⁷
     In 1867 he traveled to the Kickapoo Reservation in northeastern Kansas. He apparently liked the area, and bought 320 acres of land in Jackson Co., "west of where Whiting now stands," for himself and a son-in-law.³ He and his family moved there in 1868, traveling in two wagons, arriving on 12 October.³ Their first year was difficult; they lost their three cows, and Caroline "did not fare so well, but was taken ill and for about a year was unable to do anything."³ He and Caroline are listed in Jackson Co. in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, in Franklin Twp. in 1870⁸, and in Whiting Twp. in 1880. In 1880 a boarder, George Shallenberger age 21, was living with them.⁹
     They moved to neighboring Netawaka Twp. in 1881, where they had purchased 120 acres of land³, then to a house in the town of Whiting in 1888.³ They are listed there in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. In 1900 a granddaughter, Ethel Zimmerman age 22, was with them.^10,11
     He and Caroline had 16 children, surname Banks, all living until at least 1900: Sarah (b abt 1851), Nathaniel B. (b abt 1853), Isaac J. (b abt 1854), Clara Ella (b abt 1856), Chloe Elizabeth (b abt 1857), Anna B. (b abt 1859), Mary J. (b 1860), Abraham Lincoln (b abt 1862), Ruth Jeanette (b abt 1863), William Grant (b abt 1864), Henry Paul (b abt 1865), Joshua N. (b abt 1867), George Edward (b abt 1869), Julia Caroline (b abt 1870), Lollie L. (b abt 1873), John A. Smith (b abt 1876).^7,8,12,10,3

     Sarah Jane Banks was born on 25 September 1834 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^3,1 She was married first, by James H. Kelley, J.P., to William L. Shallenberger on 9 May 1855 at her parents' home in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois.^4,5 She was married second, by E. Wasmirth, Minister, to Isaac Spencer on 7 December 1869 in Fulton Co., Illinois.⁶ She died on 16 February 1903 in Muscotah, Atchison Co., Kansas, at age 68.³ She was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Whiting, Jackson Co., Kansas.³
     She and her first husband William are listed in the 1860 census in Canton Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, with children Margret and George.⁷
     She and her second husband Isaac, and their mixed family (six of Isaac's children and four of Sarah's, from their first marriages), are listed in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, in the 1870 census.⁸ They later moved to Straight Creek Twp., Jackson Co., Kansas, where they are listed in the 1880 census.⁹ In 1900, after her husband's death, she was listed with her son Nathaniel in Whiting, Jackson Co., Kansas.¹⁰
     She and her first husband William had five children, but names are known for only four: Margaret Ann (b 17 March 1856). George M. (b 12 November 1858, d 1885), Laura Bell (b 25 October 1860), William Ellsworth (b 10 April 1862).^4,3,7,8,11
     She and her second husband Isaac had four children: Annie (b abt 1871), Barbara (b abt 1873), Nathaniel (b January 1875), Leonard C. (b 17 May 1877, d 19 February 1879).^9,10,3,12

     Bilsey Banks was born on 6 March 1837 in Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ He died in March 1837.¹

     William Smith Banks was born on 6 March 1838 in Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ He was married by James Cochran, Minister, to Elizabeth Bradbury on 2 May 1861 in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois.^3,4,1 He died from typhoid fever on 19 March 1863 at the General Hospital in Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee, at age 25.^5,4
     He served during the Civil War in Co. K of the 103rd Illinois Infantry, enlisting on 22 August 1862. The regiment left Peoria, Illinois, on 31 October 1862, and reached LaGrange, Tennessee, on 3 November. They moved to Waterford, Mississippi, on 28 November, where they did garrison duty and helped fortify and protect railroad bridges. On 31 December they moved to Jackson, Tennessee, where they were on duty until 10 March 1863, when they moved back to LaGrange, Tennessee.^5,6,7,8 William, however, remained behind in Jackson, at the General Hospital. He had earlier been treated for measles, from 12-14 January, and again starting 14 February. He developed typhoid fever, beginning treatment 4 March, and died two weeks later.⁴

     John Milton Banks was born on 28 July 1841 in Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ He was killed at the Battle of Shiloh on 6 April 1862 in Hardin Co., Tennessee, at age 20.³ He was originally buried on the battlefield, below a chestnut log "about 400 yds east of Mr. Bells house, on steep hill side." He was later reburied at Pittsburg Landing National Cemetery (now Shiloh National Military Park) (Section L, No. 3347) in Shiloh, Hardin Co., Tennessee.^4,5
     He served during the Civil War in Co. A of the 55th Illinois Infantry, enlisting on 31 July 1861 as a private for three years service. The regiment was organized at Camp Douglas in Chicago, and mustered in on 31 October 1861. They left for Benton Barracks in St. Louis on 9 November, traveling by railroad and steamboat, and arrived two days later. On 12 January 1862 they left by steamboat for Paducah, Kentucky, arriving on 22 January after several delays caused by ice in the river.
     They started up the Tennessee River by steamboat on 8 March, and fought at the Battle of Shiloh 6-7 April, suffering heavy losses, with 52 killed, 199 wounded, and 26 captured. John Milton Banks was among those killed.^6,7,3

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     Thomas Cain Banks was born on 16 December 1843 in Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois.^3,5 He married first Mary Jane Morgan on 29 December 1861 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^6,4 He married second Nannie A. Rucker on 30 January 1887 in Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ He died on 7 July 1928 at the Odd Fellows Home in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kansas, at age 84.⁷ He was buried on 10 July 1928 at Muscotah Cemetery in Muscotah, Atchson Co., Kansas.⁷
     He and his first wife Mary lived in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois. In 1870 Eli Shallenberger, age 31, was living with them, and in 1880 Mary's sister Amanda Morgan was living with them.^8,9
     He and his second wife Nannie moved to Muscotah, Atchson Co., Kansas, about 1889.¹⁰ In 1895 he sold his farm to Irvin Streetor and Jacob Findlin for $5000.¹¹
     He and Nannie are listed in Muscotah in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, and their adopted daughter Ada was with them in 1900.^5,12 They also lived for a time in Wetmore, Nemaha Co., Kansas, and in Doniphan, Ripley Co., Missouri.¹³ In 1920, after his wife's death, his widowed sister Mary was living with him in Muscotah.¹⁴
     He and his first wife Mary had the following known children: John M. (b abt 1863), George Oscar (b abt 1865), James Marion (d 5 October 1872), Frank Elmer (d 13 December 1878). A son was born in October 1869, but it's unknown whether this was a fifth child, or James or Frank.^8,15
     He and his second wife Nannie had no biological children, but did have an adopted daughter, born as Ada Dell Glenn in January 1885. She took the surname Banks, and died 2 November 1961.^16,13,5

     Henry White Johnson Banks was born on 31 May 1846 in Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois.^1,4,2 He married Sarah Ann Robison, daughter of John Robison and Levicy Cummings, on 20 February 1873 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^5,1,6,7 He died on 23 March 1921 in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois, at age 74.^1,4 He was buried on 25 March 1921 at Shields Chapel Cemetery in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois.^1,4
     He and his wife Sarah are listed in the 1880 census in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, with their daughter Henrietta. Sarah's single brother Isaac, age 38, and Henry's widowed mother Anna B. Banks, age 70, were living with them.⁸ They are listed in the censuses from 1900 to 1920 in Canton Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, along with their daughter Myrtle in 1900 and 1910, and foster son Fred in 1900.^9,10,11
     He and Sarah had three children, Henrietta (b abt 1874), Eugene (d 3 April 1883), and Myrtle A. (b March 1888). They also had a foster son Fred E. Banks (b July 1884).^8,9,12

     Mary Ann Banks was born on 26 January 1849 in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois.^3,4,5 She married Berlin S. Johnson on 15 February 1866 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^6,1 She died on 20 April 1921 in Muscotah, Atchson Co., Kansas, at age 72.⁷ She was buried on 24 April 1921 at Muscotah Cemetery in Muscotah, Atchson Co., Kansas.⁷
     She and her husband Berlin are listed in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, in the 1870 census⁸, and in Straight Creek Twp., Jackson Co., Kansas, in the 1880 census. In addition to their other children, Berlin's daughter Elizabeth, age 18, presumably from his first marriage, was also living with them in 1880.⁹ They may have moved back to Illinois for a time⁷, as Mary's obituary says they moved from Illinois to Missouri in 1895.⁷ They are listed in Green Twp., Polk Co., Missouri, in the 1900 census.⁴ In 1910, after her husband's death, she is listed in Buffalo, Dallas Co., Missouri.¹⁰
     About 1917 she moved to Muscotah, Atchson Co., Kansas, to live with her widowed brother Thomas Banks.⁷ They are listed together there in the 1920 census.¹¹
     She and Berlin had seven children, but names are known for only six: Isaac N. (b abt 1867, d aft 1921), Lucinda (b abt 1868), Louella (b abt 1871), Lillia (b abt 1873), Charles (b abt 1877, d bef 1921), Berlin (b abt 1879, d bef 1921).^9,7

     Elizabeth Ann Banks was born on 28 April 1853 in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois.^1,3 She married Matthew Milton Morgan on 3 July 1870 in Fulton Co., Illinois.⁴
     She and her husband Milton are listed in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, in the 1880 census. Living with them were boarders John Turner, Rutherford Rockwell, and Jacob Warner, all coal miners.⁵ By 1885 they had moved to Kapioma, Atchison Co., Kansas, where they are listed in the 1885 Kansas state census.⁶ They are listed in Circleville, Jackson Co., Kansas, in the 1900 census⁷, and in Adrian Twp., Jackson Co., Kansas, in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.^8,9 She is listed in the 1930 census as a widow at the Colorado State Hospital for the Insane in Pueblo, Pueblo Co., Colorado.¹⁰
     She and Milton had eight children: Joshua (b abt 1871), Francis (b August 1875), Mary (b abt 1879), Alice (b January 1881), John (b March 1883), Charles (b July 1887), George (b February 1892), Annie May (b November 1894).^5,7,8

     Salina Caroline Johnson was born in 1830.³ She married Joshua Banks, son of Nathaniel Butler Banks and Barbara Artman, on 3 November 1850 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^2,1 She died in 1921.³ She was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Whiting, Jackson Co., Kansas.³
     She went by the name Caroline.^4,5,6,7
     She and her husband Joshua are listed in the 1860 census in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, with seven children.⁴ They moved to Jackson Co., Kansas, in 1868, traveling in two wagons, arriving on 12 October.¹ Their first year was difficult; they lost their three cows, and Caroline "did not fare so well, but was taken ill and for about a year was unable to do anything."¹ She and Joshua are listed in Jackson Co. in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, in Franklin Twp. in 1870⁵, and in Whiting Twp. in 1880. In 1880 a boarder, George Shallenberger age 21, was living with them.⁸
     They moved to neighboring Netawaka Twp. in 1881, where they had purchased 120 acres of land¹, then to a house in the town of Whiting in 1888.¹ They are listed there in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. In 1900 a granddaughter, Ethel Zimmerman age 22, was with them.^7,9 Caroline was still living there in 1920, after her husband's death, along with her daughter C. E. (Clara) Dykeman.¹⁰
     She and Joshua had 16 children, surname Banks, all living until at least 1900: Sarah (b abt 1851), Nathaniel B. (b abt 1853), Isaac J. (b abt 1854), Clara Ella (b abt 1856), Chloe Elizabeth (b abt 1857), Anna B. (b abt 1859), Mary J. (b 1860), Abraham Lincoln (b abt 1862), Ruth Jeanette (b abt 1863), William Grant (b abt 1864), Henry Paul (b abt 1865), Joshua N. (b abt 1867), George Edward (b abt 1869), Julia Caroline (b abt 1870), Lollie L. (b abt 1873), John A. Smith (b abt 1876).^4,5,6,7,1

     William L. Shallenberger was born about 1832 in Pennsylvania.² He was married by James H. Kelley, J.P., to Sarah Jane Banks, daughter of Nathaniel Butler Banks and Barbara Artman, on 9 May 1855 at her parents' home in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois.^3,1 He was killed on 6 April 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh in Hardin Co., Tennessee.³ He was originally buried on the battlefield, "500 Yards East of Larkin Bells on front of Ridge," and later reburied at Pittsburg Landing National Cemetery (now Shiloh National Military Park) (Section L, No. 3503) in Shiloh, Hardin Co., Tennessee.^4,5
     He and his wife Sarah are listed in the 1860 census in Canton Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, with children Margret and George.²
     He served during the Civil War as a Private in Co. D of the 55th Illinois Infantry, enlisting on 19 August 1861. The regiment was mustered in on 31 October, and left Camp Douglas in Chicago on 9 November, heading for Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri. They were on duty there until 12 January 1862, moved to Paducah, Kentucky, then to Savannah, Tennessee. They were part of an expedition to Yellow Creek, Mississipps, and the occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, 14-17 March, and fought at the Battle of Shiloh 6-7 April, where he was killed.^6,7,3
     He and Sarah had five children, but names are known for only four: Margaret Ann (b 17 March 1856). George M. (b 12 November 1858, d 1885), Laura Bell (b 25 October 1860), William Ellsworth (b 10 April 1862).^3,8,2,9,10

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     Isaac Spencer was born on 8 August 1825.² He married as his second wife Sarah Jane Banks, daughter of Nathaniel Butler Banks and Barbara Artman, on 7 December 1869 in Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ He died on 9 November 1896 in Whiting, Jackson Co., Kansas, at age 71.^2,3,4 He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Whiting, Jackson Co., Kansas.²
     He and his second wife Sarah, and their mixed family (six of Isaac's children and four of Sarah's, from their first marriages), are listed in Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, in the 1870 census.⁵ They later moved to Straight Creek Twp., Jackson Co., Kansas, where they are listed in the 1880 census.⁶
     He and Sarah had four children: Annie (b abt 1871), Barbara (b abt 1873), Nathaniel (b January 1875), Leonard C. (b 17 May 1877, d 19 February 1879).^6,7,4,8