Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
Birth8 Oct 1888, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois
Death26 Feb 1986, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois172 Age: 97
Burial9 May 1986, Fairview Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois
OccupationDairy farmer until 1846 or 1847, Assembler at Gen Electric in 1948
FatherHarwood Bannister (1854-1919)
MotherJennie (Jane E.) Townsend (1859-1897)
Spouses
Birth29 Nov 1892, Plano, Kendall, Illinois
Residence1904, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois175 Age: 11
Memocame to DeKalb from Plano
Residence1908, 628 Sycamore, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois Age: 15
Memoper The Daily Chronicle 6/30/1908
Misc1913, Graduation From Teachers College176 Age: 20
Residence1914, Evanston, Cook, Illinois Age: 21
Memoteaching 7th grade at Lincolnwood school, per The Daily Chronicle 9/12/1914
Residence1948, 715 N. Seventh St, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois Age: 55
Memoper city directory
Residence1953, 715 N. Seventh St, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois175 Age: 60
Death26 Aug 1953, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois175 Age: 60
Burial30 Aug 1953, Fairview Cemetery, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois
OccupationTeacher (Evanston, Franklin Grove, Mooseheart), later worked at Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
OccupationBraider at Wire Manufacturer in 1950 Census
Cause of deathMyocardial Infarction
EducationDeKalb High School, Northern Illinois State Teachers College 1912
FatherAugust Holmgren (1853-1896)
MotherHilma Christine Josephine Molander (1862-1948)
Marriage28 Dec 1922, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois177
Marriage10 Mar 1956
Notes for Charles Harwood Bannister
Was close to brother Samuel. Both went to Chicago as boys (Charles about 14). Later, they went to Saskatchewan Canada to work on farms during threshing.
Notes from a phone conversation Loren Bannister had with father Charles (11/11/1984):
Charles born 10/8/1888 on the farm (likely Sectin 29 farm in DeKalb). Sometime between 1892 and 1897, rented out the farm and moved to Sycamore, where Charles remembers attending second grade. From 1904-1912, the family moved back ont the farm. Sometime in the range of 1901-1906, Charles and brother Sam lived in Chicago for a year to two. Then Charles and Sam began homesteading in Saskatchewan. Harwood sold section 29 farm in 1919 to George Fleming (3/7/1912).
Harwood’s father Mudgett was Solon Mudgett. Alice Mudgett was the dau of one of Solon’s sons.
Mrs. Morse b 1840 d 1921 per Dad’s notes
Notes from a phone conversation Loren Bannister had with father Charles (11/11/1984):
Charles born 10/8/1888 on the farm (likely Sectin 29 farm in DeKalb). Sometime between 1892 and 1897, rented out the farm and moved to Sycamore, where Charles remembers attending second grade. From 1904-1912, the family moved back ont the farm. Sometime in the range of 1901-1906, Charles and brother Sam lived in Chicago for a year to two. Then Charles and Sam began homesteading in Saskatchewan. Harwood sold section 29 farm in 1919 to George Fleming (3/7/1912).
Harwood’s father Mudgett was Solon Mudgett. Alice Mudgett was the dau of one of Solon’s sons.
Mrs. Morse b 1840 d 1921 per Dad’s notes