Obituary Major J. R. Banks Contributed by Shirley Cullum   Dallas Morning News November 6, 1889 Alvarado, Tex. Nov. 4.  Major R. J. Banks, a veteran of the Texas-Mexican War of 1836, died at his residece near Auburn, Ellis County, Saturday night in the 75th year of his age. He came to this section from Cherokee County in 1859.   Copyright © 2007-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:31 MDT