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Edwin Hill Banister

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Edwin Hill Banister

Birth
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Jul 1920 (aged 67)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Married in Northampton by Charles B Ferry, Clergyman on 18 September 1883. His occupation is listed as lumber dealer.

In the 12 June 1900 Federal Census, Edwin and his family are living on 1 North Street and he is listed as the county treasurer. In the 15 April 1910 Census, the family has moved to Pomeroy Terrace; Edwin is listed as owning his own stationery and book business. In the 12 February 1920 Census, Edwin is the county treasurer.

Edwin and Lucy donated a Tiffany stained glass window to the Congregational church in Northampton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a sketch for the design in their collection for the Museum of American Decorative Arts (it is not on display, but is available on the website)
"Inscription: [recto, in drawing, in watercolor]: And with the morn those angel faces smile which we have loved long since and lost awhile in loving memory; [recto, below drawing, in graphite]: Sketch for Memorial Window, Congregational Church, Northampton, Mass.// Designed for Mrs. L---D. --Bannister---Sketch [?-605]" (email from W Boucher)



Married in Northampton by Charles B Ferry, Clergyman on 18 September 1883. His occupation is listed as lumber dealer.

In the 12 June 1900 Federal Census, Edwin and his family are living on 1 North Street and he is listed as the county treasurer. In the 15 April 1910 Census, the family has moved to Pomeroy Terrace; Edwin is listed as owning his own stationery and book business. In the 12 February 1920 Census, Edwin is the county treasurer.

Edwin and Lucy donated a Tiffany stained glass window to the Congregational church in Northampton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a sketch for the design in their collection for the Museum of American Decorative Arts (it is not on display, but is available on the website)
"Inscription: [recto, in drawing, in watercolor]: And with the morn those angel faces smile which we have loved long since and lost awhile in loving memory; [recto, below drawing, in graphite]: Sketch for Memorial Window, Congregational Church, Northampton, Mass.// Designed for Mrs. L---D. --Bannister---Sketch [?-605]" (email from W Boucher)




Inscription

Edwin Hill Banister/February 15 1853/July 4 1920
His Wife/Lucy King Dikeman/December 24 1857/December 24 1943



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