ALANSON BANKER - 91st INFANTRYBENJAMIN, GEORGE and JEFFERSON BANKER – 118th INFANTRYSILAS BANKER – 98th INFANTRY and 2nd CAVALRYA PATRIOTIC FAMILY - Ezra Turner Banker and his wife, Sarah Kent, sent several sons to war. George H. Banker enlisted in the 118th Infantry on August 11, 1862. He was marked as present on his Muster Roll Abstract until June 1863. During the summer, he became ill, and by September 11th, he was in the Hampton Hospital in Virginia. From Virginia, he went to the Army Hospital on David’s Island and died there on November 13th. George’s brother, Benjamin Franklin Banker, was also in the 118th and completed his term. Much of the time he was detailed as the Divisional Teamster at General Abercrombie’s Headquarters. He was mustered out in Richmond in June 1865. Jefferson M. Banker was also the 118th. He joined the regiment in late 1863, and by August 1864, he was dead of dysentery at Andersonville Prison.Another son, Silas K. Banker, was in 2 regiments, the 98th Infantry and the 2nd Cavalry. From December 1861 to June 1863, he was with the 98th and was mustered out as a corporal in June 1863, at New Bern, NC. A year later, he enlisted in the 2nd Cavalry in Malone and received a bounty of $600. He served until the end of the war and mustered out in June 1865 in Alexandria, VA.Alanson Banker, enlisted in the 91st Infantry in September 1864, He soon became ill, and was sent to Emory General Hospital in Washington, but recovered, then later was wounded. He was mustered out on June 3, 1865, in Washington.Their parents, Ezra and Sarah, both died in 1875 and are buried in the Peasleeville Cemetery. George is buried in the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn. Benjamin lived until 1905 and was buried in the same cemetery as his parents. Jefferson was buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville. Silas moved west and died in Illinois in 1887. Alanson is also in the Peasleeville Cemetery with his family. He died in 1897. A couple of sons chose not to go to war and a sister, Mary Elizabeth, died when she was 93 years old in 1941.
