My Genealogy Hound

Leander O. Banks, one of the prominent and successful farmers of Novi township, Oakland County, has resided on his fine, well improved farm of no acres, located in sections 13 and 34, since 1863. Mr. Banks was born in the State of New York, November 8, 1826, and accompanied his father, Aaron Banks, to Michigan in 1844. The latter was born in Chenango County, New York, in 1804.

The father of our subject bought a farm in Commerce township, Oakland County, but later sold the property and removed to the village of Walled Lake where he died in 1882, in his 78th year. His children were the following: Leander O.; Electa, the widow of Mark Furman, who was a farmer of Novi township, — she has four children, Florence, Wilmouth, Eugene and Judson; Mary, who married W. W. Sly, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Lodema, Sarah and Frances, who are deceased.

Leander O. Banks came, as noted above, to his present property in 1863 and has been engaged in general farming and stock raising ever since. This property is locally known as the Walnut Row Farm. Mr. Banks also owns 23 additional acres in Farmington township, Oakland County.

In 1863 Mr. Banks was married to Emeline Burch, who is a daughter of Ephraim Burch, a prominent farmer of Commerce township, Oakland County, and a family of seven children have been born to them, namely: Cora, who is living at home; Ella, deceased; Fred, deceased; Rush, a practicing physician in the State of Washington, who was married to Ruth Jeffers, and has one son, Newel; Delia, wife of William Thornton, a farmer of Novi township, Oakland County, who has three children, — Gladys, Frederick and Lucile; Edna, who married Harry Bogart of Novi township, Oakland County; and Earl, who still lives at home with his parents on the homestead. On political questions Mr. Banks keeps well informed and he has long been identified with the Republican party.