Thomas Banks was born in Culpepper, VA between 1740 and 1754. He died in 1818 in Pulaski Co., KY.

His son, Adam Banks was born in Virginia on April 25, 1775. He married Elizabeth Meeks on September 01, 1797, in Lincoln Co., KY. He and his family moved to Wayne Co., IN between 1810 and 1812. Adam died October 1, 1842 in Indiana.

Their son, Thomas S. Banks, was born in Dec. 17, 1803 in Lincoln Co., KY. He married Jean Moffett on November 13, 1828, in Fayette Co., IN. Thomas died February 21, 1877 in Marshall Co., Indiana.

Thomas' s son, Samuel Elba Banks, was born February 06, 1839, in Delaware Co., IN. He married Lydia Hoopengarner on May 19, 1864, in Yorktown, Delaware Co., IN.

Samuel's daughter, Laura V. Banks, was born June 05, 1865, in Bourbon, Marshall Co., IN. She married Timothy Edward Short on January 28, 1887, in Burnett, IN.