When Thomas Jefferson Banner was born on 11 December 1844, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, John Wesley Banner, was 24 and his mother, Martha Jane Broadwater, was 22. He married Elizabeth Berry on 21 August 1866, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Mason, Mason, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 4, Terrell, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 8 December 1933, in Sanderson, Terrell, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Sanderson, Terrell, Texas, United States.