My Most Wanted Ancestor
My great-grandfather, on my mother's side. This family history starts in a little town called Cottonport, Louisiana. Based on the US Ferderal Census and a WWI draft registration card of one of his sons, my Great Grandfather was from Evergreen, La. His name was Banks (Tolbert ,we think) Wells. Born May 1872. The wall we have been hitting is the name of his parents. My mother, who's 81 now was not yet born when he was said to have died in 1911. It is said that his parents names were Jim and Tabby. I can't verify that. Banks Wells was characterized as black and Stella, his spouse as mulatto. Help me break that wall!
Research & Records
Ancestry. com
US Federal Census 1870
US Federal Census 1880
US Federal Census 1900
US Federal Census 1910
US Federal Census 1920
Military records
WWI Draft Registration Card 1918
Other family members records
Interview with a grandson of Banks Wells in 2005
Advice
- Place of Birth
- Parents' Names, birth and death, residence
