Frances Marion BANTA

Birth:
18 Jul 1857
Hope, Indiana
Death:
7 Apr 1942
Centerville, Iowa
Marriage:
29 Mar 1885
Centerville, Iowa
Notes:
                   An obituary on Mary Jane Wright gave the following information: FM Bantawas 2yrs when his father Michael Banta moved from Indiana settling eastof Centerville, where his father built a log cabin which later becameknown as the Erskine Farm. Later they moved to a farm west of Centervillein the Wright neighborhood. Later FM bought the Vermillion farm of Mrs.Hukill and lived there for twenty years.
Mary Jane WRIGHT
Birth:
4 Nov 1860
Centerville, Iowa
Death:
11 Jan 1930
Centerville, Iowa
Notes:
                   She was burried in the Thomasson cemetery west of Centerville.
Children
Marriage
1
Edna Edessa BANTA
Birth:
23 Jan 1886
Death:
John Perry BROWN 
Marr:
Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa 
2
Lenora BANTA
Birth:
22 Aug 1887
Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa
Death:
1 Apr 1974
Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa
3
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   He was in construction; lived also on a farm; he did roadwork.  He was aninvalid the last nine years of his life and his second wife Neita tookcare of him at home all that time.
4
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Divorced Roy Spencer and married James Hunter on May 26, 1937
5
Glen BANTA
Birth:
19 Jun 1889
Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa
Death:
15 Aug 1972
LaGrange, Wyoming
Minnie Arthelia VEACH 
Marr:
8 May 1910
Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa 
Notes:
                   Lived in LeGrange, Wyoming in 1930; rancher
FCID:38250:24
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Frances Marion Banta - Mary Jane Wright

Frances Marion Banta was born at Hope, Indiana 18 Jul 1857. His parents were Michael Banta and Matilda Harriman.

He married Mary Jane Wright 29 Mar 1885 at Centerville, Iowa . Mary Jane Wright was born at Centerville, Iowa 4 Nov 1860 daughter of James Robert Wright and Malissa Glass .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Edna Edessa Banta born 23 Jan 1886.
Lenora Banta born 22 Aug 1887.
Blocked
Blocked
Glen Banta born 19 Jun 1889.

Frances Marion Banta died 7 Apr 1942 at Centerville, Iowa .

Mary Jane Wright died 11 Jan 1930 at Centerville, Iowa .