WILLIAM DWIGHT (BILL) BANISTER, b: 1904 - CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


		^{DEVERIX BANISTER}^{b. d.}

	^{JOSHUA A. BANISTER}^{b.1868 d.1945 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA}	^{MARY ANN DOOLY}^{b. d.}

^{WILLIAM DWIGHT BANISTER}^{b.1904 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA d.1966 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA}		^{CYRUS HOUSTON McCULLOUGH}^{b.1847 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA d.1935 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA}

	^{FLORENCE L. McCULLOUGH}^{b.1877 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA d. CHEROKEE , ALABAMA}	^{SARAH ELIZABETH STORY}^{b.1848 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA d.1889 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA}





^{MAE W UNKNOWN}^{b.1910 d.1985 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA}