Banister was born about 1810. He was the son of Henry Hensley and Mary Howard. He passed away about 1853.
Sources
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYJ-PY9 : 30 September 2021), Banister Hensley, Yancey, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 259, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BG-WX6 : 21 December 2020), Banister Hensley, Yancey, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28R-LN86 : 22 July 2021), Banister Hensley in entry for B S Hensley and Finettia Or Phinettie Wilson, 02 Nov 1899; citing Egypt Township, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,789.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3CG-5LT : 20 February 2021), Banster Hensley in entry for Harrett Louis, 01 Nov 1915; citing Egupt, Yancey, North Carolina, reference fn 137 cn 547, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,965.
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJG-RTM8 : 13 November 2019), Banister Hensley in entry for Harrett Louis, 1 Nov 1915; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102561055.
Acknowledgements
First-hand information as remembered by Larry Arrowood, Sunday, August 10, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Banister by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Franco Hensley :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M253, Ancestry member bfabbn, FTDNA kit #213697
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Hensley-1670 and Hensley-1051 appear to represent the same person because: they share the same vital statistics, the same parents and the same brother, Fielding.