Families of Antebellum Missouri
Lowell Carey Bankhead, Sr
1909 - 1979 (69 years)1. Lowell Carey Bankhead, Sr was born on 14 Oct 1909 in Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri (son of Charles Archie Bankhead and Vera Vivian Reese); died on 11 May 1979 in Randolph County, Missouri ; was buried in Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri. Lowell married Erma Lee Green on 30 Jan 1937 in Marion County, Missouri. Erma was born on 4 Nov 1913 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; died on 3 Mar 2004; was buried in Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Lowell Carey Bankhead, Jr. was born on 14 Oct 1947 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; died on 14 Aug 2021 in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri; was buried in Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Randolph County, Missouri.
2. Charles Archie Bankhead was born on 28 Apr 1887 in Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri (son of John Warren Bankhead and Selma Presca Purgahn); died on 1 Jan 1976 in Marion County, Missouri ; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri . Charles married Vera Vivian Reese on 5 Jan 1909 in Pike County, Missouri . Vera was born on 17 Feb 1886 in Pike County, Missouri ; died on 5 May 1924 in Ralls County, Missouri; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Vera Vivian Reese was born on 17 Feb 1886 in Pike County, Missouri ; died on 5 May 1924 in Ralls County, Missouri; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri . Children:
- 1. Lowell Carey Bankhead, Sr was born on 14 Oct 1909 in Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri ; died on 11 May 1979 in Randolph County, Missouri ; was buried in Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri.
- Iris Jean Bankhead was born on 5 May 1916 in Pike County, Missouri .
Generation: 3
4. John Warren Bankhead was born on 25 Feb 1859 in Pike County, Missouri (son of Captain Archibald Christian Bankhead and Mary Graves Chambers); died on 19 Oct 1916 in Pike County, Missouri ; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri . John married Selma Presca Purgahn on 4 Nov 1886 in Pike County, Missouri . Selma was born on 12 May 1870 in Pike County, Missouri ; died on 19 Jun 1956 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Selma Presca Purgahn was born on 12 May 1870 in Pike County, Missouri ; died on 19 Jun 1956 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri . Children:
- 2. Charles Archie Bankhead was born on 28 Apr 1887 in Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri ; died on 1 Jan 1976 in Marion County, Missouri ; was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Cyrene, Pike County, Missouri .
Generation: 4
8. Captain Archibald Christian Bankhead was born on 15 Sep 1833 in Albemarle County, Virginia (son of Captain John Warner Bankhead and Elizabeth Poindexter Christian); died on 14 Nov 1911 in Pike County, Missouri ; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri . Archibald married Mary Graves Chambers on 10 Jun 1857 in Pike County, Missouri . Mary was born on 10 Apr 1840 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; died on 2 Apr 1906 in Pike County, Missouri ; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Mary Graves Chambers was born on 10 Apr 1840 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; died on 2 Apr 1906 in Pike County, Missouri ; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri . Children:
- 4. John Warren Bankhead was born on 25 Feb 1859 in Pike County, Missouri ; died on 19 Oct 1916 in Pike County, Missouri ; was buried in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Eolia, Pike County, Missouri .