Published in the Weekly Commercial (Columbus, MS) November 15, 1904
OLD CITIZEN PASSED AWAY
COL. J. O. Banks, Honored, Respected, and Loved by the Entire Community is No More.
"The inevitable hour" came to one of Mississippi's best and strongest men at 5 o'clock Friday Morning, November 10, and Col. James O. Banks closed a long and active life in the last dreamless sleep that awaits us all. It is well to dwell for a moment upon the sterling qualities of heart and head reflected in the career of men of his mold and seek for inspiration in his three-quarters of a century spent amid the busy walks of life.
Born September 6th, 1829 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., his growth received all the training of head and body that a wise father and abundant means could supply. Graduated at the University of Alabama as his ancestors and children have done, love of study and reflection induced him to turn from the vocation of a large landed proprietor with its abundant leisure and attendant temptations to the study of medicine. After securing his diploma from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, the young doctor returned to his native state to practice his chosen profession. Though wedded to science his heart was not proof against the dangerous infection that surrounds our radient southern beauties and he, accepting the advice of friends, that a young doctor should marry to succeed, wooed and won the hand of Miss Margaret Coleman of Eutaw, Ala. Three children survive this marriage, they are Mrs. Hampton Osborne of this city, Mr. Willis Banks, of Bent Oak, Miss., and Mr. Jas. O. Banks of Eutaw, Ala.
Abundant success attended the active prosecution of the doctor's profession, and the large interests of realty and other wealth forced him to relinquish his calling and confine his attention to his investments. Always a student, as the years rolled by, he accumulated a finely selected library and acquired a vast fund of information that irradiated every incident of his afterlife.
When war called all Southern manhood to the colors, the young father turned from his loved ones to the forefront of battle and took his place on the firing line. He went out in the 41st Mississippi Regiment Infantry as 1st lieutenant among the first troops. Once in the thick of battle, while shell and shot were making a carnival of death about him he met and shook hands with a beloved kinsman whom he had not seen for years, bade him "God speed and goodbye" then the billowing smoke swallowed him up. Again while in business in a distant state an associate assumed large obligations in his absence that seriously embarrassed the firm. He promptly ratified the compact and securing proper extensions, discharged from his private means every dollar. Thus was his life in peace and war made luminous by that high sense of honor and devotion to duty, which makes a really great man.
He moved to Columbus, Miss., in 1854, and during 1867 took up his resident in St. Louis, Mo. Soon after the death of his wife there, he returned to Columbus, where he actively participated in all public affairs, and was to be found in the place of a good citizen and churchman at all times. In 1870 he married Miss Lucy Young, one of the lovely daughters of Colonel Geo. H. Young, of Waverly, Miss. He always exerted a powerful influence in the financial circles of our town and made his presence felt at every meeting.
Careful of obligations, he was equally scrupulous in discharging them. When dark clouds hovered over our people in reconstruction days, when panics swept the country, and investments shrank and banks were closed, stalwart and strong he stood by the institutions he had connection with, and inspired his associates with the needed firmness, creating confidence in the minds of all. He was made vice president of the Columbus Insurance and Banking Company in 1873, and remained a foremost yet modest figure on its directory for twenty years. True and strong, his friendship was not lightly bestowed, but when you were adopted as one of his loved ones no sacrifice was too great for him to make.
Col. Banks leaves a large family to mourn the loss of a tender husband and father, his widow, Messrs. Geo. Y. and Wiley C. Banks of Banks Hardware Co. and Mr. Reuben Banks of the Mississippi Oil Mill, Mrs. John R. Maxwell and Miss Anna Banks. "His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, 'this is a man' ".
OLD CITIZEN PASSED AWAY
COL. J. O. Banks, Honored, Respected, and Loved by the Entire Community is No More.
"The inevitable hour" came to one of Mississippi's best and strongest men at 5 o'clock Friday Morning, November 10, and Col. James O. Banks closed a long and active life in the last dreamless sleep that awaits us all. It is well to dwell for a moment upon the sterling qualities of heart and head reflected in the career of men of his mold and seek for inspiration in his three-quarters of a century spent amid the busy walks of life.
Born September 6th, 1829 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., his growth received all the training of head and body that a wise father and abundant means could supply. Graduated at the University of Alabama as his ancestors and children have done, love of study and reflection induced him to turn from the vocation of a large landed proprietor with its abundant leisure and attendant temptations to the study of medicine. After securing his diploma from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, the young doctor returned to his native state to practice his chosen profession. Though wedded to science his heart was not proof against the dangerous infection that surrounds our radient southern beauties and he, accepting the advice of friends, that a young doctor should marry to succeed, wooed and won the hand of Miss Margaret Coleman of Eutaw, Ala. Three children survive this marriage, they are Mrs. Hampton Osborne of this city, Mr. Willis Banks, of Bent Oak, Miss., and Mr. Jas. O. Banks of Eutaw, Ala.
Abundant success attended the active prosecution of the doctor's profession, and the large interests of realty and other wealth forced him to relinquish his calling and confine his attention to his investments. Always a student, as the years rolled by, he accumulated a finely selected library and acquired a vast fund of information that irradiated every incident of his afterlife.
When war called all Southern manhood to the colors, the young father turned from his loved ones to the forefront of battle and took his place on the firing line. He went out in the 41st Mississippi Regiment Infantry as 1st lieutenant among the first troops. Once in the thick of battle, while shell and shot were making a carnival of death about him he met and shook hands with a beloved kinsman whom he had not seen for years, bade him "God speed and goodbye" then the billowing smoke swallowed him up. Again while in business in a distant state an associate assumed large obligations in his absence that seriously embarrassed the firm. He promptly ratified the compact and securing proper extensions, discharged from his private means every dollar. Thus was his life in peace and war made luminous by that high sense of honor and devotion to duty, which makes a really great man.
He moved to Columbus, Miss., in 1854, and during 1867 took up his resident in St. Louis, Mo. Soon after the death of his wife there, he returned to Columbus, where he actively participated in all public affairs, and was to be found in the place of a good citizen and churchman at all times. In 1870 he married Miss Lucy Young, one of the lovely daughters of Colonel Geo. H. Young, of Waverly, Miss. He always exerted a powerful influence in the financial circles of our town and made his presence felt at every meeting.
Careful of obligations, he was equally scrupulous in discharging them. When dark clouds hovered over our people in reconstruction days, when panics swept the country, and investments shrank and banks were closed, stalwart and strong he stood by the institutions he had connection with, and inspired his associates with the needed firmness, creating confidence in the minds of all. He was made vice president of the Columbus Insurance and Banking Company in 1873, and remained a foremost yet modest figure on its directory for twenty years. True and strong, his friendship was not lightly bestowed, but when you were adopted as one of his loved ones no sacrifice was too great for him to make.
Col. Banks leaves a large family to mourn the loss of a tender husband and father, his widow, Messrs. Geo. Y. and Wiley C. Banks of Banks Hardware Co. and Mr. Reuben Banks of the Mississippi Oil Mill, Mrs. John R. Maxwell and Miss Anna Banks. "His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, 'this is a man' ".
Published in the Weekly Commercial (Columbus, MS) November 15, 1904
OLD CITIZEN PASSED AWAY
COL. J. O. Banks, Honored, Respected, and Loved by the Entire Community is No More.
"The inevitable hour" came to one of Mississippi's best and strongest men at 5 o'clock Friday Morning, November 10, and Col. James O. Banks closed a long and active life in the last dreamless sleep that awaits us all. It is well to dwell for a moment upon the sterling qualities of heart and head reflected in the career of men of his mold and seek for inspiration in his three-quarters of a century spent amid the busy walks of life.
Born September 6th, 1829 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., his growth received all the training of head and body that a wise father and abundant means could supply. Graduated at the University of Alabama as his ancestors and children have done, love of study and reflection induced him to turn from the vocation of a large landed proprietor with its abundant leisure and attendant temptations to the study of medicine. After securing his diploma from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, the young doctor returned to his native state to practice his chosen profession. Though wedded to science his heart was not proof against the dangerous infection that surrounds our radient southern beauties and he, accepting the advice of friends, that a young doctor should marry to succeed, wooed and won the hand of Miss Margaret Coleman of Eutaw, Ala. Three children survive this marriage, they are Mrs. Hampton Osborne of this city, Mr. Willis Banks, of Bent Oak, Miss., and Mr. Jas. O. Banks of Eutaw, Ala.
Abundant success attended the active prosecution of the doctor's profession, and the large interests of realty and other wealth forced him to relinquish his calling and confine his attention to his investments. Always a student, as the years rolled by, he accumulated a finely selected library and acquired a vast fund of information that irradiated every incident of his afterlife.
When war called all Southern manhood to the colors, the young father turned from his loved ones to the forefront of battle and took his place on the firing line. He went out in the 41st Mississippi Regiment Infantry as 1st lieutenant among the first troops. Once in the thick of battle, while shell and shot were making a carnival of death about him he met and shook hands with a beloved kinsman whom he had not seen for years, bade him "God speed and goodbye" then the billowing smoke swallowed him up. Again while in business in a distant state an associate assumed large obligations in his absence that seriously embarrassed the firm. He promptly ratified the compact and securing proper extensions, discharged from his private means every dollar. Thus was his life in peace and war made luminous by that high sense of honor and devotion to duty, which makes a really great man.
He moved to Columbus, Miss., in 1854, and during 1867 took up his resident in St. Louis, Mo. Soon after the death of his wife there, he returned to Columbus, where he actively participated in all public affairs, and was to be found in the place of a good citizen and churchman at all times. In 1870 he married Miss Lucy Young, one of the lovely daughters of Colonel Geo. H. Young, of Waverly, Miss. He always exerted a powerful influence in the financial circles of our town and made his presence felt at every meeting.
Careful of obligations, he was equally scrupulous in discharging them. When dark clouds hovered over our people in reconstruction days, when panics swept the country, and investments shrank and banks were closed, stalwart and strong he stood by the institutions he had connection with, and inspired his associates with the needed firmness, creating confidence in the minds of all. He was made vice president of the Columbus Insurance and Banking Company in 1873, and remained a foremost yet modest figure on its directory for twenty years. True and strong, his friendship was not lightly bestowed, but when you were adopted as one of his loved ones no sacrifice was too great for him to make.
Col. Banks leaves a large family to mourn the loss of a tender husband and father, his widow, Messrs. Geo. Y. and Wiley C. Banks of Banks Hardware Co. and Mr. Reuben Banks of the Mississippi Oil Mill, Mrs. John R. Maxwell and Miss Anna Banks. "His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, 'this is a man' ".
OLD CITIZEN PASSED AWAY
COL. J. O. Banks, Honored, Respected, and Loved by the Entire Community is No More.
"The inevitable hour" came to one of Mississippi's best and strongest men at 5 o'clock Friday Morning, November 10, and Col. James O. Banks closed a long and active life in the last dreamless sleep that awaits us all. It is well to dwell for a moment upon the sterling qualities of heart and head reflected in the career of men of his mold and seek for inspiration in his three-quarters of a century spent amid the busy walks of life.
Born September 6th, 1829 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., his growth received all the training of head and body that a wise father and abundant means could supply. Graduated at the University of Alabama as his ancestors and children have done, love of study and reflection induced him to turn from the vocation of a large landed proprietor with its abundant leisure and attendant temptations to the study of medicine. After securing his diploma from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, the young doctor returned to his native state to practice his chosen profession. Though wedded to science his heart was not proof against the dangerous infection that surrounds our radient southern beauties and he, accepting the advice of friends, that a young doctor should marry to succeed, wooed and won the hand of Miss Margaret Coleman of Eutaw, Ala. Three children survive this marriage, they are Mrs. Hampton Osborne of this city, Mr. Willis Banks, of Bent Oak, Miss., and Mr. Jas. O. Banks of Eutaw, Ala.
Abundant success attended the active prosecution of the doctor's profession, and the large interests of realty and other wealth forced him to relinquish his calling and confine his attention to his investments. Always a student, as the years rolled by, he accumulated a finely selected library and acquired a vast fund of information that irradiated every incident of his afterlife.
When war called all Southern manhood to the colors, the young father turned from his loved ones to the forefront of battle and took his place on the firing line. He went out in the 41st Mississippi Regiment Infantry as 1st lieutenant among the first troops. Once in the thick of battle, while shell and shot were making a carnival of death about him he met and shook hands with a beloved kinsman whom he had not seen for years, bade him "God speed and goodbye" then the billowing smoke swallowed him up. Again while in business in a distant state an associate assumed large obligations in his absence that seriously embarrassed the firm. He promptly ratified the compact and securing proper extensions, discharged from his private means every dollar. Thus was his life in peace and war made luminous by that high sense of honor and devotion to duty, which makes a really great man.
He moved to Columbus, Miss., in 1854, and during 1867 took up his resident in St. Louis, Mo. Soon after the death of his wife there, he returned to Columbus, where he actively participated in all public affairs, and was to be found in the place of a good citizen and churchman at all times. In 1870 he married Miss Lucy Young, one of the lovely daughters of Colonel Geo. H. Young, of Waverly, Miss. He always exerted a powerful influence in the financial circles of our town and made his presence felt at every meeting.
Careful of obligations, he was equally scrupulous in discharging them. When dark clouds hovered over our people in reconstruction days, when panics swept the country, and investments shrank and banks were closed, stalwart and strong he stood by the institutions he had connection with, and inspired his associates with the needed firmness, creating confidence in the minds of all. He was made vice president of the Columbus Insurance and Banking Company in 1873, and remained a foremost yet modest figure on its directory for twenty years. True and strong, his friendship was not lightly bestowed, but when you were adopted as one of his loved ones no sacrifice was too great for him to make.
Col. Banks leaves a large family to mourn the loss of a tender husband and father, his widow, Messrs. Geo. Y. and Wiley C. Banks of Banks Hardware Co. and Mr. Reuben Banks of the Mississippi Oil Mill, Mrs. John R. Maxwell and Miss Anna Banks. "His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, 'this is a man' ".
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