Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married BANTA, Rollin L Dr. about 1875. Rollin was born in Nov 1846 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 13 Jan 1933 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married EVANS, Alice L on 24 Apr 1907 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Alice (daughter of EVANS, Richard) was born about 1877 in New York; died between 1920 and 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Morning Express - 9/23/1922

Dr. Charles Woodbury Baata died
yesterday at his home No. 868 Main
street, from septicemia. He con-
tracted the blood poisoning in the
course of his work as a surgeon. He
was ill only three days from the
attack which caused his death.
Dr. Banta was one of the best
known surgeons in the city. His
father, Dr. R. L. Banta, had been a
prominent physician. The taking up
of medicine came naturally to Dr.
Banta not only from his father but
his grandfather, Dr. George Ayer, on
his mother's side.
Dr. Banta was born in Buffalo on
September 28, 1877. He attended the
public schools and the old Central
High school. He then took up the
study of medicine and was gradu-
ated from the University of Buffalo.
He practiced for a few years. Then,
\in 1902, he went to Europe for a two
years' course at Vienna. Upon his
return to Buffalo, he again entered
into active practice.
At the beginning of his practice
Dr. Banta ws an interne in the
Sisters' hospital. he next became
attached to the staff of the Erie
County hospital and was a member
of the staff of the City hospital. He
was a member of the medical society
of Erie county, the Medical Union,
the Academy of Medicine, the Amer-
ican Medical association and various
other medical bodies. He was also
a member of the Saturn and Country
clubs.
On October 8, 1912, Dr. Banta was
married to Clara W. Urban, who
with two children, Ada Jeanette and
Charles Urban Banta, survives. He
is also survived by his brothers T.
A. and George J. Banta. The funeral
will be held on Monday. The ar-
rangements will be announced later.

Charles married URBAN, Clara W on 8 Oct 1912. Clara (daughter of URBAN, George and WINSPEAR, Ada E) was born in Oct 1886 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/5/1943

BANTA

Thomas A., passed away at his
home Coomer Rd., Newfane, Jan.
5, 1943. He is survived by his wife,
Gratia M., two sons and one
daughter, Thomas R., John S. and
Barbara Banta. Two brothers,
George J. and the late Dr. Charles
W. Banta. He was the son of the
late Dr. Roland Banta. Funeral
services will be conducted from
his late home Thursday at 1 o'clock.
Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo at 3 o'clock. Flowers
gratefully declined.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/5/1943

NEWFANE - Postmaster in
Newfane for 10 years, Thomas A.
Banta, 58. was found dead In a
chair in his Coomer Road home at
3 o'clock this morning. Relatives
said Mr. Banta was in apparent
good health Monday but had been
under a physician's cart for several
weeks.
His wife, Mrs. Gratia Madden
Banta, and a son, Thomas R. Banta,
said they retired about 10
o'clock, leaving Mr. Banta reading
in' a chair m the living room. At
3 o'clock the son awakened and
found his father dead.
- Mr. Banta, a native of Buffalo,
was the son of the late Dr. Rollin
L. and Sarah Ayer Banta. After
attending the University of Michigan.
University of Buffalo and
Michigan Military Academy, Mr.
Banta became a farmer on the
Coomer Road In 1915. During
World War I he was captain of the
Newfane Home Defense Reserve.
He wag appointed postmaster by
President Roosevelt In 1933. He
was a member of Newfane Lodge
947 FAM and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity
at the University of Michigan.
Other survivors include a son,
John S. Banta. attending Cornell
University; a daughter. Miss Barbara
Banta, Delray Beach, Fla.:
and a brother, George J. Banta,
Conewango Valley. He was a
brother of the late Dr. Charles W.
Banta. a Buffalo physician lor 40
years.
Services will be held at the home
at 1 o'clock Thursday with burial
at 3 o'clock in Forest Lawn Ceme-
tery, Buffalo.

Thomas married MADDEN, Gratia E on 29 Jun 1915 in Troy, Albany County, NY. Gratia (daughter of MADDEN, George Cole and Justina B) was born in Sep 1887 in New York; died on 3 Jun 1947 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Randolph NY Register - 1/11/1989

Helen Ennis received word of
the death of Sarah Banta Kellogg
in Garland, Texas on August 20,
1988. Mrs. Kellogg was the former
owner of the farm that Edmon
Lampson owns now.

Family/Spouse: KELLOGG, Sam. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeanette married MCCLELLAN, Robert on 23 Aug 1941 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WICKSER, Melissa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married DAY, Phyllis A on 12 Jul 1947 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. Phyllis (daughter of DAY, Clark M) was born on 13 Nov 1924; died on 19 Feb 1996 in Dayton, Montgomery County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal -3/29/1946

A former resident of Newfane and
a veteran of World War II, John
S. Banta has been appointed assistant
to George M. Boughton,
manager of the Colony Hotel, Delray
Beach, Pla. The appointment
was made shortly after Mr. Banta
was released from the Navy in
December.
Mr. Banta served two years
aboard a destroyer, the USS Murphy,
and held the rank of lieutenant,
junior grade. His ship was in
every invasion in the European
Thealer and played an important
role during the Yalta Conference by
transporting King Ibn Saud of
Saudi-Arabia and his 42 attendants
from Jidda, Arabia, to a confer-
ence with the late President Roose-
velt. During the trip, the ship's
officers were honored at a banquet
given them in Arabian fashion.
A graduate of Cornell University,
School of Hotel Administration, Mr.
Banta entered the Navy after corn-
pleting his course in April, 1943.
While at college, he was a member
of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
and the Sphinx Head Society.
The Naval officer is married an d
his wife, Maude, and daughter,
Carol, are in Florida with him. His
mother, Mrs. Thomas a. Banta,
and brother, Thomas R. Banta, re-
side in Newfane.

Family/Spouse: Maude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GRACEY, Matthew. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]