Betsy was born in New York, the daughter of Orrin and Olive (Brown). The family removed to Lake County, Ohio, sometime before 1845 where upon she married her husband before coming to Lake County, Indiana. The following known children came from the union: Mary, Orrin, Joseph, Morgan, Susan, Mahlon, Wilton and Loren.
Betsy was born in New York, the daughter of Orrin and Olive (Brown). The family removed to Lake County, Ohio, sometime before 1845 where upon she married her husband before coming to Lake County, Indiana. The following known children came from the union: Mary, Orrin, Joseph, Morgan, Susan, Mahlon, Wilton and Loren.
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Betsy Banks
Born Jan. 19, 1824
Married
M.B. Atkin
In Lake County, Ohio, July 4, 1840.
Moved to La Porte Co., Ind. Oct. 1846.
Moved to Lake Co., Ind. March 1853.
Died Oct. 16, 1885
Her toils are past, her work is done,
and she is fully blest,
She's fought the fight, the victory won,
and entered into rest.
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Sources from Ancestry.com: 1850 U.S. Census, Scipio, La Porte, Indiana, 1860 U.S. Census, Ross, Lake County, Indiana, Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: historical and biographical.
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