Oakland County MI Archives Obituaries.....Banta, William Hollister January 24, 1931
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Oxford Leader
William Banta, Well Known and Respected Citizen Passed Beyond William Hollister 
Banta was born in Saratoga County, New York, August 12, 1953 and passed away at 
his farm home north of Oakwood, January 24th, 1931, after an illness of several months of heart disease.  
He came to Michigan with his widowed mother in his boyhood days and spent the 
remainder of his life in this community.  
For eighteen years he resided in this village before returning to his farm near Oakwood eight years ago.  
Fraternally he was a member of Oxford lodge F. & A.M. No. 84 and the Eastern Star and was also a member 
of the Oakwood Methodist church for forty years. 
Mr. Banta was married to Miss Elva Van wagoner, October 24, 1878, who preceded him in death forty-one years ago.  
To this union were born seven children; four of which remain to mourn his loss, Arie, of Chicago; 
Wm. Jr. of Pontiac; Mrs. Heber Beardslee, of Seymour Lake, and Miss Edna at home.  
Ten grandchildren and two half sisters, Miss Elsie Wileden of Santa Monica California and 
Miss Huldah Wileden, of Oxford. 
Funeral services were held at the farm home Tuesday, January 27th with Rev. Ostrander, of Ortonville, 
officiating, with burial at the Oxford Cemetery. 

Additional Comments:
From the book "The Van Wagoner Family, A Genealogy" by Philo Van Wagoner

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