Thomas Banes

1860 - 1928  (68 years)

• Name	Thomas Banes
  Birth	22 Feb 1860	Huron County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	Obituary: The Evening News, Sault Ste Marie, MI. Thursday September 27, 1928. Thomas Banes, a resident of Chippewa County for over 50 years, passed away Sept. 23, 1928, at the home of his daughter, Mrs George A. Smith of McVille. He was 68 years of age. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors are seven daughters; Mrs George (Ethel) A. Smith, Mrs. Fred (Evaline) McDonald and Mrs. Joe (Mary) Smith of McVille, Mrs Hiram (Myrtle) Potter of Rudyard, Mrs Ray (Etta) Murphy of Pontiac, Mrs D. H. (Alice) Niles of Flint. Mrs M. (Idena) McLean of Sault Ste Marie. Burial was in the Pine Grove Cemetery, The service was conducted by Rev. Hubbard of Pickford.
  Death	23 Sep 1928	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA
  Burial	27 Sep 1928	Pine Grove Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA
  		BANES Thomas Banes - Find A Grave: 205974682 Plot: H-8
  Person ID	I787	Descendants of Robert McKnight
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	William Banes,   b. 18 Mar 1823, England, United Kingdom d. 12 Feb 1905, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Betsy Ann Mills,   b. 14 Jun 1829, England, United Kingdom d. 3 Jul 1891, Stephen Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1847	Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Stevens,   b. 12 Jan 1855, England, United Kingdom d. 27 Mar 1912, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1880	Saint Clair County, Michigan, USA
  Children	+ 1. Olive Myrtle Banes,   b. 4 Oct 1889, Rudyard, Michigan, USA d. 25 Nov 1959, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Feb 1860 - Huron County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 15 Sep 1880 - Saint Clair County, Michigan, USA Death - 23 Sep 1928 - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA Burial - 27 Sep 1928 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  In October, 1879 Thomas Banes (as spelled in the Rudyard Centennial 1883-1983 The First Hundred Years) Purchased 160 acres of land adjoining what was later M-48 from Judson Smith. Smith had purchased the land from the Government in 1876 for $1.25 an acre. Other early settlers such as Nicholas and Theodore Sprague, and Sam Peffers, had also purchased their acres from Smith for $4 an acre. Thomas Banes paid $640 for the 160 acres, to give some idea of land prices at the time in the Strongville area. He cleared the land and built a log house. Thomas and Mary Jane built a new home on the same land on M-48, after all their children ( 8 Girls) were born. A few years later Banes sold the farm to Marcia E. Potts and moved to the Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. Where he ran a Stage Line and Hack Service. Thomas Banes was a very good with horses and an excellent Teamster, as acknowledged by various neighbors. Theodore Sprague was Thomas Banes Brother in-law. Theodore Sprague married Prudence Banes in Exeter, Ontario Canada. Thomas Banes was in the household of Hiram and Myrtle Banes Potter and family in the 1920 Census. This was his original farmstead. Hiram and Myrtle had bought or traded for this farm from Mrs Potts.