John L. Bankston Bible Records, Washington Parish, LA Submitted by Carolyn Brumfield Henderson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Source: Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. VII, p 47 Documented and compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss, Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss. A TRUE COPY OF THE FAMILY BIBLE OF JOHN L. BANKSTON Printer : John E. Potter & Company Ltd., 232-4-6- Fifth avenue, Chicago, Illinois "New Oxford ?arto Edition"---1869 Original Owner: John L. and Emily M. Smith Bankston, 9th ward, Washington Parish, La Present Owner: Mrs. Bill Coyle of Franklinton, La (a granddaughter) Page A--Marriage Certificate--not filled out, except for the year---1866, and the two names: John L. Bankston and Emily M. Smith Page One--Marriages__ Grace Stafford to Shelby Guilory, May 10th, 1936, New Orleans Iverson Eugene Bankston married Dec. 21, 1899 to Page Two--Births: John L. Bankston born January 18, 1848 Emily M. Smith Bankston born Jan. 12, 1847 Alice Jane Bankston, October 20, 1869 Dora Bankston, Nov. 16, 1872 Iverson Eugene Bankston Dec. 20, 1874 Willie Boliver Bankston July 5, 1876 Sallie G. Bankston, Sept. 26, 1878 Mary M. Bankston, July 3, 1880 Zina Bankston, July 15, 1882 George Fred Bankston, July 5, 1884 Lelia Bankston, Sept. 21, 1826 David H. Bankston, Sept. 20, 1888 Rubie Bell Bankston, July 14, 1890 Page Three--Births: Hilda Athalee Bond, Nov. 3,1908 John D. bond, Jan. 13,1911 Maxwell G. Bond Feb. 23, 1921 Geraldine Bond, Nov. 21, 1924 Myrtle L. Bankston, Jan. 27, 1913 Lela Mae Bankston born June 10, 1915 Melvin Bankston born Sept. 28, 1917 Winifred Bankston, born Oct. 28, 1919 Eunice Bankston, July 21, 1905 Johnny I. Bankston, Sept. 23, 1903 Grace Marie Stafford, June 18th, 1915 Annie Bee Stafford, Dec. 12th, 1920 Jack (Willie J.) Stafford, September 29th, 1926 Shelby (Junior) Guillory March 4,1938