In Memoriam.
Banks, Joseph.—Was born at Florida, N. Y., July 27, 1806. His early education was received in Philadelphia, where his father, John Banks, D.D., was Professor in the Associate Presbyterian Theological Seminary; here he studied theology until his father's death in 1826. He was licensed by the Associate Presbytery of Philadelphia, October 1, 1828. Soon after his licensure he went South, and was ordained, Oct. 15, 1831, by the Associate Presbytery of Carolina as Pastor of Bethany and Sardis Churches, South Carolina, and Pisgah and Nob Creek, North Carolina, He subsequently settled in the congregations of Northfields, Stow, and Springfield, Ohio; but his health became enfeebled, he resigned and accepted an appointment as Chaplain in the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. He was appointed a missionary to the Island of Trinidad, July 27, 1843, and for eight years he laboured earnestly in the cause. On his return in 1851 he established a semi-monthly paper, called "The Friend of Missions," and thus devoted his time to advance a cause which was very dear to his heart. He was for many years a sufferer from consumption, of which he died at his residence in Mercer, Pa., April 8, 1859. He was an accomplished scholar and a good theologian. He married June 2, 1831, Miss M. J. Roseburgh. She died July 31, 1840. He married January 22, 1852, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Walker, widow of Rev. Houston Walker of Ohio, who with four children survives him.
--Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 158.
Banks, Joseph.—Was born at Florida, N. Y., July 27, 1806. His early education was received in Philadelphia, where his father, John Banks, D.D., was Professor in the Associate Presbyterian Theological Seminary; here he studied theology until his father's death in 1826. He was licensed by the Associate Presbytery of Philadelphia, October 1, 1828. Soon after his licensure he went South, and was ordained, Oct. 15, 1831, by the Associate Presbytery of Carolina as Pastor of Bethany and Sardis Churches, South Carolina, and Pisgah and Nob Creek, North Carolina, He subsequently settled in the congregations of Northfields, Stow, and Springfield, Ohio; but his health became enfeebled, he resigned and accepted an appointment as Chaplain in the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. He was appointed a missionary to the Island of Trinidad, July 27, 1843, and for eight years he laboured earnestly in the cause. On his return in 1851 he established a semi-monthly paper, called "The Friend of Missions," and thus devoted his time to advance a cause which was very dear to his heart. He was for many years a sufferer from consumption, of which he died at his residence in Mercer, Pa., April 8, 1859. He was an accomplished scholar and a good theologian. He married June 2, 1831, Miss M. J. Roseburgh. She died July 31, 1840. He married January 22, 1852, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Walker, widow of Rev. Houston Walker of Ohio, who with four children survives him.
--Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 158.
In Memoriam.
Banks, Joseph.—Was born at Florida, N. Y., July 27, 1806. His early education was received in Philadelphia, where his father, John Banks, D.D., was Professor in the Associate Presbyterian Theological Seminary; here he studied theology until his father's death in 1826. He was licensed by the Associate Presbytery of Philadelphia, October 1, 1828. Soon after his licensure he went South, and was ordained, Oct. 15, 1831, by the Associate Presbytery of Carolina as Pastor of Bethany and Sardis Churches, South Carolina, and Pisgah and Nob Creek, North Carolina, He subsequently settled in the congregations of Northfields, Stow, and Springfield, Ohio; but his health became enfeebled, he resigned and accepted an appointment as Chaplain in the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. He was appointed a missionary to the Island of Trinidad, July 27, 1843, and for eight years he laboured earnestly in the cause. On his return in 1851 he established a semi-monthly paper, called "The Friend of Missions," and thus devoted his time to advance a cause which was very dear to his heart. He was for many years a sufferer from consumption, of which he died at his residence in Mercer, Pa., April 8, 1859. He was an accomplished scholar and a good theologian. He married June 2, 1831, Miss M. J. Roseburgh. She died July 31, 1840. He married January 22, 1852, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Walker, widow of Rev. Houston Walker of Ohio, who with four children survives him.
--Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 158.
Banks, Joseph.—Was born at Florida, N. Y., July 27, 1806. His early education was received in Philadelphia, where his father, John Banks, D.D., was Professor in the Associate Presbyterian Theological Seminary; here he studied theology until his father's death in 1826. He was licensed by the Associate Presbytery of Philadelphia, October 1, 1828. Soon after his licensure he went South, and was ordained, Oct. 15, 1831, by the Associate Presbytery of Carolina as Pastor of Bethany and Sardis Churches, South Carolina, and Pisgah and Nob Creek, North Carolina, He subsequently settled in the congregations of Northfields, Stow, and Springfield, Ohio; but his health became enfeebled, he resigned and accepted an appointment as Chaplain in the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. He was appointed a missionary to the Island of Trinidad, July 27, 1843, and for eight years he laboured earnestly in the cause. On his return in 1851 he established a semi-monthly paper, called "The Friend of Missions," and thus devoted his time to advance a cause which was very dear to his heart. He was for many years a sufferer from consumption, of which he died at his residence in Mercer, Pa., April 8, 1859. He was an accomplished scholar and a good theologian. He married June 2, 1831, Miss M. J. Roseburgh. She died July 31, 1840. He married January 22, 1852, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Walker, widow of Rev. Houston Walker of Ohio, who with four children survives him.
--Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 158.
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