Rev. Henry Howard Banks was the first of two sons born to Rev. Alexander Robinson Banks (1808-1890) and his first wife Elizabeth Pratt (1804-1853). He studied for the ministry and the Theological Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina and became a minister just as the War Between the States broke out. He enlisted in Jeter's South Carolina battery of artillery, and during part of the war they were stationed at Battery Porter, at the crest of Stony Hill at Asheville, North Carolina, where the original Battery Park Hotel was built many years later. A newspaper article from many years later speaks of how Rev. Banks would preach to the soldiers by torchlight around the campfires.
The war over, Rev. Banks accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church at Asheville. He served in that capacity from June, 1865 until December, 1871. He later served as an agent for Davidson College, until ill health forced him to give it up. On 24 October 1865, he had married Miss Antoinette "Annette" Hawley (1840-1920), whose family had moved from Columbia to Asheville when Sherman destroyed their home.
Rev. and Mrs. Banks had five children: Howard Alexander Banks (1867-1932), William Melville Banks (1870-1910), John Hawley Banks (1872-1874), Elizabeth Rutland Banks (1875-1876), and Mary Eveline Banks (1877-1972). Rev. Banks died at his father in law's home on Charlotte Street in Asheville on 6 August 1878. I assume he would have been buried in the cemetery at the Presbyterian Church, but those graves were moved to Riverside some years later.
The war over, Rev. Banks accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church at Asheville. He served in that capacity from June, 1865 until December, 1871. He later served as an agent for Davidson College, until ill health forced him to give it up. On 24 October 1865, he had married Miss Antoinette "Annette" Hawley (1840-1920), whose family had moved from Columbia to Asheville when Sherman destroyed their home.
Rev. and Mrs. Banks had five children: Howard Alexander Banks (1867-1932), William Melville Banks (1870-1910), John Hawley Banks (1872-1874), Elizabeth Rutland Banks (1875-1876), and Mary Eveline Banks (1877-1972). Rev. Banks died at his father in law's home on Charlotte Street in Asheville on 6 August 1878. I assume he would have been buried in the cemetery at the Presbyterian Church, but those graves were moved to Riverside some years later.
Rev. Henry Howard Banks was the first of two sons born to Rev. Alexander Robinson Banks (1808-1890) and his first wife Elizabeth Pratt (1804-1853). He studied for the ministry and the Theological Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina and became a minister just as the War Between the States broke out. He enlisted in Jeter's South Carolina battery of artillery, and during part of the war they were stationed at Battery Porter, at the crest of Stony Hill at Asheville, North Carolina, where the original Battery Park Hotel was built many years later. A newspaper article from many years later speaks of how Rev. Banks would preach to the soldiers by torchlight around the campfires.
The war over, Rev. Banks accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church at Asheville. He served in that capacity from June, 1865 until December, 1871. He later served as an agent for Davidson College, until ill health forced him to give it up. On 24 October 1865, he had married Miss Antoinette "Annette" Hawley (1840-1920), whose family had moved from Columbia to Asheville when Sherman destroyed their home.
Rev. and Mrs. Banks had five children: Howard Alexander Banks (1867-1932), William Melville Banks (1870-1910), John Hawley Banks (1872-1874), Elizabeth Rutland Banks (1875-1876), and Mary Eveline Banks (1877-1972). Rev. Banks died at his father in law's home on Charlotte Street in Asheville on 6 August 1878. I assume he would have been buried in the cemetery at the Presbyterian Church, but those graves were moved to Riverside some years later.
The war over, Rev. Banks accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church at Asheville. He served in that capacity from June, 1865 until December, 1871. He later served as an agent for Davidson College, until ill health forced him to give it up. On 24 October 1865, he had married Miss Antoinette "Annette" Hawley (1840-1920), whose family had moved from Columbia to Asheville when Sherman destroyed their home.
Rev. and Mrs. Banks had five children: Howard Alexander Banks (1867-1932), William Melville Banks (1870-1910), John Hawley Banks (1872-1874), Elizabeth Rutland Banks (1875-1876), and Mary Eveline Banks (1877-1972). Rev. Banks died at his father in law's home on Charlotte Street in Asheville on 6 August 1878. I assume he would have been buried in the cemetery at the Presbyterian Church, but those graves were moved to Riverside some years later.
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