Individual Details

Marriage record from Jackson Co KY shows both were age 17 on 14 Sep 1918. Dewey Banks was born Clay Co, KY, Rena born in Jackson Co - their residence was Muncy, KY. His parents were Henry & Nancy Ann Banks; hers were John & Tilda Madden. Dewey was employed in the Public Works. They were married b. D. H. Baker, minister of the Christian Church and they were married at Indian House, KY. Witnesses were Allie Baker and George Porter.

1920 Census. McKee, Jackson Co, KY, Hh 16
Dan Banks, 18
Rena, wife, 17
Earnest, son, one month old

1930 Census. Haymond, Letcher Co, KY, Hh 69
Rena Banks, 26, widowed, married at age 16, Laundress (she wasn't widowed - they had divorced)
Earnest, son, 10
Charlie, son, 8
Marie, dau, 2

1940 Census. Haymond, Letcher, KY, Hh 105
609 Main Street - lived in same house in 1935
Joe Collins, 52, coal miner
Rena, wife, 36
Earnest, son, 20, coal miner
Charlie, son, 16, new worker
Marie, dau, 12
Esther, dau, 9
Lornce, son, 7
Martha, dau, 5
John Henry, son, 3
Billy, son, 5 months
Note: another son and daughter were born after 1940 and appear to be still living in 2017.

Dewey not found in 1930, but here he is with his second family in 1940:
Weeksbury, Floyd Co, KY, Hh 24
216 Caleb
Dewey B. Banks, 34, lived in Clay Co in 1935, coal loader, coal mine
Polly, wife, 33
Hatter, son, 16
Curtis, son, 12
Delmer, son, 9 and Elmer, son, 9
Jennie Johnson, mother-in-law, 51, lived in Letcher Co in 1935
Jesse, brother-in-law, 16

Birth	11 Sep 1902	Jackson County, Kentucky
Marriage	14 Sep 1918	Jackson County, Kentucky - Dewey B. "Dan" Banks
Marriage	Abt 1930	Joseph William "Joe" Collins
Death	4 Aug 1988	Jenkins, Letcher County, Kentucky

Spouse	Dewey B. "Dan" Banks (1900 - 1987)
Child	Earnest Banks (1919 - 1963)
Child	Herman Banks (1922 - 1922)
Child	Living
Child	Arland Banks (1926 - 1926)
Child	Marie Banks (1928 - 2011)

Spouse	Joseph William "Joe" Collins (1886 - 1959)
Child	Esther Collins (1931 - 2006)
Child	Lawrence Collins (1933 - 2004)
Child	Living
Child	John Henry Collins (1938 - 1991)
Child	Billy Ray Collins (1939 - 2015)

Father	John M Madden (1875 - 1908)
Mother	Matilda Gabbard (1874 - 1956)
Sibling	Arthur Madden (1906 - 1958)
Sibling	Lawrence Madden (1908 - )