Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....George BANKS, 1911
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"Evening Times" Cumberland, Maryland, Wed 27 Dec 1911: 
"GOOD CITIZEN GONE-George Banks Passed Away at An Early Hour This 
Morning-George Banks, aged 70 years, died this morning at 2:30 o'clock 
at his residence, No. 27 S. Centre street, after an illness of three 
weeks of congestion or dropsy of the lungs. Mr. Banks had been a 
resident of Cumberland for the past 26 years, a native of England, 
coming to this country when about 21 years of age, locating in Buffalo, 
where he married Miss Mary A. Argus. Mr. Banks came to Cumberland in 
1885, called here to accept the position of head miller for the R. D. 
Johnson Milling Co., which position he has held ever since to the 
entire satisfaction of his company. The deceased was a man much beloved 
by his friends, of a kindly, generous disposition he numbered all his 
acquaintances as friends. He is survived by his wife and four daughters, 
Mrs. Thomas Beane, of Pittsburg; Mrs. Bernard Coulehan, of this city; 
Mrs. Charles Ordner, of Rush City, Minn., and Miss Nina, at home. 
Funeral arrangements will be announced later."


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