Teresa Banks (b. March 14, 1808, d. September 24, 1873)
Teresa Banks (daughter of Garrard "Harper" Banks)15 was born March 14, 1808 in Garrard Co., Kentucky16, and died September 24, 1873 in Emerson, Marion Co., Missouri17. She married William Marksbury on September 9, 1830.
Notes for Teresa Banks: From childhood she faithfully enlarged on her simple duties to her father and her mother and was the embodiment of filial attachment. Her knowledge of books was limited to the instruction given at the district schools of those far off days. She was industrious and was faithful in the performance of all kinds of housework common to her time. In habit her steps never declined from the narrow path. In the home of this jovial, interesting family many happy hours were spent by their many visitors. On her going to housekeeping on the farm, her father gave them a negro girl, than whom no more faithful servant ever lived. She married and reared a small family. "Lucy's house" was a place of pleasurable pastime for the children of the family, and their most intimate friends not infrequently whiled away the evening hours heside her fireplace where they were given an effusive welcome. There they watched the great log fire, saw Lucy stir the parching corn, heard the pounding of the hominy pestle, and listened to the banjo music picked into life by her husband's fingers. There were many reasons why Aunt Teresa's and Uncle Billy"s, as the place was called, was a model country home of the old time sort. An earthly paradise it seemd to visitors as they walked across the fields or went down "Uncle Billy"s lane, enjoying even in the going the happy time in store. SCOURCE: "The Banks Family", pg. 25. ================================================================
More About Teresa Banks: Burial: 1873, Banks Cemetery, Emerson, Marion Co., Missouri - where during her lifetime the last resting-places of her loved ones were kept free from marks of forgetfulness..17 Personality: Very ambitious and persevering, she was an admirer of Napoleon 1 and named one of her nephews (Napolean Banks) in honor of him..17 Religion: Enrolled as a charter member of the Emerson Christian Church and remained a member until her death..17
More About Teresa Banks and William Marksbury: Marriage: September 9, 1830
Children of Teresa Banks and William Marksbury are:
Teresa Banks (b. March 14, 1808, d. September 24, 1873)
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