When David Addison Banks was born in August 1836, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, his father, David Banks Sr, was 33 and his mother, Sally Hollon, was 26. He married Nancy Bailey about 1858. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States for about 7 years and Magisterial District 5, Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 28 February 1915, in Wolfe, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States.