When Colonel Andrew James Bankson was born on 14 April 1787, in North Carolina, United States, his father, James Bankston, was 30 and his mother, Judith Ann Lee, was 21. He married Elizabeth Moore on 1 May 1808, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1840. He registered for military service in 1812. His occupation is listed as state senator in Illinois, United States. He died on 13 June 1851, in Highland, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Highland, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States.
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Americanized form of Swedish Bengtsson . Compare Bankston .
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Possible Related NamesThe specific cemetery is not noted in his Mineral Point, Iowa County, obituary, but Highland Public Cemetery is one of only two in Iowa County WI with graves of this date, and Highland has by far the …
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