Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 415.
 
JOHN C. BANKS

     For over twenty years John C. Banks has been selling insurance in Portland
and has gained a well merited reputation as an energetic, wide-awake and
progressive business man. He is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a son of
John M. and Caroline V. Banks, both of whom are deceased. He received a good
public school education and in the fall of 1905 went to Seattle, Washington,
where he was engaged in the lumber business and also in Skagit county, that
state. Later he sold his interests there and, with his mother, started east. On
the way they stopped in Portland and were so impressed with the city that they
remained here a week, after which they continued their journey. Mr. Banks
remained in the east about six months and, in April, 1907, returned to Portland,
where he has been engaged in the insurance business to the present time. He is a
member of the well known Rogers-Hart-Banks Company, which handles all kinds of
insurance, except life insurance, and sells surety bonds. During these years he
has enjoyed a very satisfactory measure of success, which he has earned through
his active, and well directed efforts. Mr. Banks was united in marriage to Miss
Gladys MacSwiney, who was born in Cheltenham, England. Mr. Banks is independent
in his political views and is a member of the Arlington Club and the Waverley
Club. He enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout this section of the valley and
commands the sincere respect and good will of all who come in contact with
him.ield daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Whitfield of Portland.
 
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