Obituary-The Oakdale Sentinel-June 23, 1932

CORA RICHMOND BANGS

Abridged: Mrs George H BANGS passed away at her home Saturday evening, June 16, 1932, after a long illness. Cora RICHMOND was born at Warsaw, Illinois, October 31, 1864, the daughter of Rev J. P and Kitty RICHMOND. Her father was one of the early medical missionaries of the Methodist Church who had been Superintendent of the Nisqually Mission under Jason LEE in Oregon in 1839-41. The family came to Bon Homme, Dakota Territory and she was the first young lady to be married in the new town of Tyndall, SD, October 31, 1880, to George H BANGS, a schoolmate. Shortly thereafter they moved to Nebraska. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, George of Oakdale, two daughters, Jessie HICKMAN Sioux City, Iowa, and Ida DUTCH of Norfolk, a son, Claude of Council Bluffs, Iowa, three grandchildren, Bernard HICKMAN, Harold BANGS and Virginia Lee BANGS, also two sisters, Mrs J. P. SERR of Kadoka, SD and Mrs Eugene COLBURN of Gibbon, NE and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist Church and burial was made in the Oakdale Cemetery.

Obituary-The Oakdale Sentinel-November 9, 1933

GEORGE HALLETT BANGS

George hallett BANGS, one of the best known residents of Oakdale, died Sunday morning, November 5, 1933 at his daughter’s home in Norfolk. He was sick only a day or two before his death. Mr BANGS was born August 7, 1857 at Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, the eldest son of Abel THAYER BANGS and Judith ABBOTT BANGS, the Pilgrim who came to Plymouth on the ship Anne in 1623. His ancestors took part in the early Indian wars of this country, including King Phillip’s War. Three served in the American Revolution, two of the, Capt. Abel THAYER and James BANGS, Jr being in the Lexington Alarm. Later James BANGS Jr also fought in the War of 1812. Mr BANGS family moved from Stanstead to Minnesota when he was about three months old. When three or four years old they went from Minnesota to the old town of Bon Homme, Dakota Territory, in a covered wagon. Here he grew to manhood, receiving his education at Yankton, which was then the capitol of both Dakotas. He taught school while in his teens in the first school house ever built in the Dakotas. Later he studied law under Judge moody at Yankton, but never practiced. On October 31, 1881, he was united in marriage to Cora Richmond, the daughter of Rev. Doctor Richmond and Kitty Richmond. To this union was born four children, one dying in infancy. Most of their married life, which lasted fifty-two years, was spent in Oakdale. Mrs BANGS died in June 1932. Mr BANGS was for many years a mail clerk on the branch line. About twenty years ago the family moved to Magnet, Nebraska returning to Oakdale about three years ago. Survivors are his three children, Mrs Jessie HICKMAN of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs Ida DUTCH of Norfolk, and Claude A BANGS of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and three grandchildren, Bernard HICKMAN, Harold BANGS and Virginia Lee BANGS. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon and interment was in the Oakdale Cemetery.