![]() His oldest sister, Betsy, married Major B. George's youngest brother Nathaniel, was a public school teacher, a trustee of Lake County, and a member of the Indiana state legislature. They both served on many agricultural committees and societies. George's brothers Parley and William lived in LaPorte County, and raised livestock. Charles became a lawyer and served as mayor of Salina, Kansas. His three oldest brothers, Charles West, Morgan, and Elisha, moved to Kansas, homesteading land in Gypsum Creek Township, McPherson County. ![]() George was the eighth of twelve children. Most of the children became farmers and stock raisers. George's parents were farmers, and his biographers and those of his brothers, indicate that the children received very good public educations, as well as agricultural training on the farm. ![]() ![]() Around the year 1853 or 1854, when George was 14, his family moved to Lake County, Indiana. According to one source, they reached their new home in August of that year. In 1845, when George was 6 years old, his family moved from Ohio to LaPorte County, Indiana. According to a biography of his older brother William Banks, the Banks family lived in Madison Township. ![]() George Banks was born in Lake County, Ohio on 13 October 1839. ![]()
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