William Henry and Annetta (Potter) Banks moved to Isabel, Kansas from
     Reno County, Kansas in 1915. Nine of their twelve children moved with them.
     Their three older sons JOhn, James (Jim) and Arthur (Art) went to Colorado
     and homesteaded in Baca County. Arthur, his wife Gladys and their children
     Ray and Ruth moved to the Banks home in 1925 and later settled on a farm
     2 miles east and 1/2 miles north of Isabel, where he lived and farmed until
     1952 when he retired and moved to Pratt, Kansas. John, Jim, Myrtle, Claude,
     Della, Earl and Mary all married and settled in Reno County. Emma married
     Guy Hiskett and with their children Garland, Velma and Vernon lived on a
     farm across the road from the Banks home until Guy's death in 1942. Then 
     she moved to Pratt where she lives now. Jim, his wife Libbie and their
     daughter Eva moved to the HIskett farm after Emma moved to Pratt. They 
     later moved into Isabel where they lived until Jim's death in 1957. Libbie
     now lives in a rest home in Fontana, California. Roy, his wife Elsie and
     their daughter Willa Jean lived in Isabel for several years. George was a
     wanderer and traveled around the country for several years before finally
     settling in Alaska. Walter (Walt) lived with Arthur and his family when he
     wasn't working on the railroad. He eventually moved to Granger, Wyoming and
     worked on the railroad for several years.
          William, Annetta and four of their children Arthur, Roy, George and
     Della were laid to rest in the Isabel, Cemetery.
             
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 39
     
     Submitted by: Ruth Romaine, Eleanor Banks, and Helen Gobin