Banks, William, 1814-1875.

Presbyterian minister and Confederate chaplain; native of Fairfield, S.C.; Banks and his wife, Mary Elvira Harrington Banks (b. ca. 1823) lived near Hazelwood P.O. in Chester District, S.C.; the younger children in the Banks family who lived at home included Harriet (Hattie) (b. 1845) and Alexander Banks (b. 1847); Rev. Banks was the father-in-law of Presbyterian minister, Joseph Bingham Mack (1838-1912), a native of New York who settled near Nashville in town of Columbia (Maury County, Tennessee) and married Banks' older daughter, Mary.

Banks served as chaplain to Companies F and S, Sixth South Carolina Reserves, for a 90-day period of duty, 1862-1863; he later served as chaplain to the Fourth South Carolina Cavalry.

From the description of William Banks papers, 1853-1880; (bulk, 1861-1866). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30305833