Francis L. Banks    

FRANCIS L. BANKS, foreman hardening room, Western File Works, Beaver Falls, was born in New York City, July 19, 1825, and is a son of Francis and Maria (Burden) Banks, and of English and German descent. He was reared in New York city, where he learned his trade of file hardener with Evans, Davidson & Lound, serving an apprenticeship of seven years. He worked at his trade as a journeyman in different sections of the country thirty-five years prior to coming to Beaver Falls, where he located in 1869 and began in his present position in the Western File Works. He is a member of the T. of H., G.T., R.A., and A.O.U.W. He was grand templar, state of Pennsylvania in 1884. He is a member and one of the vestrymen of the Episcopal church of Beaver Falls. In politics he is a Republican.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com