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John Bankston

17 Feb 1854 – 21 Nov 1936

Birth	17 Feb 1854
Death	21 Nov 1936
Cemetery	Pioneers Home Cemetery Sitka , Sitka , Alaska , USA
Added by	Gary Nault on 28 Jun 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111007363

Bio

Mr. Bankston entered Alaska on September 17, 1898 and the Pioneer's Home on September 21, 1916 from Rampart. He left the Home on May 5, 1919 and returned July 16, 1927. He was a miner, prospecting along the Yukon River from Dawson to Innoko; last at Rampart. He was injured in a mining accident at Rampart and lost a leg. Mr. Bankston married while he was living in the Home. His father was John T. Bankston born in Tennessee; mother was Mary Peek born in Kentucky. From 1919-1927 he ran a pool hall-lunch counter in Sitka. This information was taken from the report "People who Have Lived in the Sitka Pioneers' Home 1913-1993". It was compiled by Robert N. DeArmond from records at the home.

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Parents

• SGT John T. Bankston 1834–1912
• Mary Margaret Peak Bankston 1840–1880

Siblings

• George N. Bankston 1855–1915
• Giles Britton Bankston 1858–1926
• Sarah Ellen Bankston Lentz 1860–1931
• Hettie Ann Bankston Keltner 1864–1946
• James Preston Bankston 1869–1960
• Charles Albert Bankston 1872–1965
• Arah I Bankston 1873–1873
• William Franklin Bankston 1877–1960
• Emmer Pearl Bankston Wynn 1879–1968
• Myra Alma Bankston Shankle 1886–1965

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