John Haslam Bankhead

Brief Life History of John Haslam

When John Haslam Bankhead was born on 12 October 1874, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Heber Kimball Bankhead, was 25 and his mother, Rachel Baugh Haslam, was 21. He married Annie Christina Mickelsen on 19 April 1899, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Flat Creek, Bath, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 16 March 1944, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Haslam Bankhead
1874–1944
Annie Christina Mickelsen
1880–1962
Marriage: 19 April 1899
Rachel Mickelsen Bankhead
1902–1990
Heber Nels Bankhead
1903–1946
Ariel Ingaman Bankhead
1905–1988
Melvin Jay Bankhead Sr.
1906–1980
George Emerald Bankhead
1908–1979
Laura Mickelsen Bankhead
1909–1985
James Byron Bankhead
1913–1923
William Woodroe Bankhead
1914–1914
Mildred Mickelsen Bankhead
1915–2002
Mary Jean Bankhead
1917–2002
Reid Elwood Bankhead
1919–2003
Orsen Wesley Bankhead
1921–1989

Sources (70)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John H Bankhead, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • John Haslam Bankhead, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed

Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived at the top or end of a bank or hill (see Bank 5) or habitational name from a place with this origin. There are several minor places in Scotland so called, but the most likely source of the surname is one on the border between the parishes of Kilmarnock and Dreghorn in Ayrshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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