John Henderson Bankhead

15 February 1814–1 November 1884 (Age 70)
Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of John Henderson

When John Henderson Bankhead was born on 15 February 1814, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Black Bankhead, was 39 and his mother, Jane Watson McCurdy, was 35. He married Nancy Coleman Crosby on 13 April 1842, in Athens, Monroe, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 1 November 1884, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henderson Bankhead
1814–1884
Nancy Coleman Crosby
1825–1915
Marriage: 13 April 1842
Margaret Crosby Bankhead
1843–1844
George Crosby Bankhead
1844–1917
John Crosby Bankhead
1846–1928
James Crosby Bankhead
1848–1848
Heber Kimball Bankhead
1849–1929
Percinda Jane Bankhead
1851–1927
Lavina Nancy Bankhead
1852–1920
Erastus Crosby Bankhead
1853–1920
Lydia Lucinda Bankhead
1856–1856
Nancy Elizabeth Bankhead
1858–1937
Elvira Catherine Bankhead
1859–1955
William Crosby Bankhead
1861–1871
Emma Malinda Bankhead
1862–1930
Mary E. Bankhead
1867–1867
Martha Crosby Bankhead
1867–1941
Hyrum Bankhead
1869–1869

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 April 1842Athens, Monroe, Mississippi, United States
    • Children

    (16)

    +11 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 5
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1820 · Making States Equal
    Age 6
    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
    1835 · The Hermitage is Built
    Age 21
    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Bank

    Story Highlight

    Rock - Bankhead Family Records, Volume 1.

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    Sources (23)

    • John H Bankhead, "United States Census, 1850"
    • John H. Bankhead, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
    • John Henderson Mucerdy in entry for Elvira Kathern Baugh, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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