History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 524/
[Bourbon County]  [Flat Rock Precinct]

LOT BANTA, farmer; P. O. Plum Lick; born Jan, 19, 1825, to Andrew and
Elizabeth (Hayden), daughter of Lot and Mary (Bryan) Hayden, the former
natives of Nicholas, the latter of Bourbon County.  Andrew Banta was a
son of Henry and Mary (Shook) Banta, natives of Virginia, and were
engaged in farming, stockraising and improving the country.  He raised
a family of nine children; seven are still living, three sons and four
daughters, in Bourbon County, except Sallie Ann, a Mrs. Henry Arnold, and
Eliza Ellen, a Mrs. Barton Graves, who reside in Indiana.  The subject of
this sketch spent his early life with his father in the improvement of the
farm, the raising of products and stock, receiving but limited educational
advantages.  He was married Jan. 29, 1852, to Mary Jane Wilson, daughter of
Uriah and Elizabeth (House) Wilson, who were among the pioneers of the Blue
Grass region; by this union there were five children: Andrew C. married
Dora Hughes, now residing in Saline County, Mo.; Elizabeth M., now a Mrs.
Jonas Sparks, residents of Nicholas County; Lot B., Mary Eliza, a Mrs.
William Young, residents of Nicholas, and James William; they are engaged
in a general agriculture.

Banta Hayden Bryan Shook Arnold Graves Wilson House Hughes
Sparks Young
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Nicholas-KY Saline-MO VA IN

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