Jula Bridges Banister
Julia Belle Bridges was born on September 25, 1881 in the Maple Grove Community of Trigg County, Kentucky. She was the fourth of ten children born to William Joseph Bridges and Sarah Wills Bridges. William Joseph was a farmer and a native of Trigg County and Sarah was a native of Mississippi. Julia was a granddaughter of Simco N. Bridges.
Julia’s siblings were Cornelius Neal Bridges, born in 1873 and married Emma Jean Sons and later married Willie Rasco; Robert Lee Bridges, born in 1876 and married Lula Wade; Luther Edward Bridges, born in 1879 and married Cora Lula Banister; Emma Skaggs Bridges, born in 1884 and married Robert Terrell; Joseph Franklin Bridges, born in 1886 and married Lula Pearl Ricks; Lemuel Porter Bridges, born in 1889 and died at the age of five; Harriet Divinia Bridges, born in 1892 and married Hulett Albert Alexander; Grace Mae Bridges, born in 1896 and married Ernest Henry Barber; and Ora Lee Bridges, born in 1899 and married Homer Hall.
When Julia was a teenager, her family lived on a farm in the Montgomery community of Trigg County As a young adult, Julia’ lived with her family on another farm that was located in what is now East Cadiz. It was there that she met her future husband who lived on another farm in the East Cadiz area where the Trigg County Hospital is now located.
On November 29, 1911 when Julia was 30 years old, she married Lemuel James Banister, Lemuel was born on December 3, 1886 in Trigg County. He was the oldest of nine children born to John Calvin Banister and Sarah Augusta Stone Banister. John was a native of Trigg County where he was well known and respected local farmer. Sarah was a native of Tennessee.
Julia and Lemuel lived on his family farm in the Siloam community following their marriage where Julia was a housewife. Although a farmer, Lem became a candidate for the County Tax Commissioner in the early 1920s. and then served as Deputy County Court Clerk. He was serving in his twenty fourth year as deputy clerk at the time of his death. He was considered a valuable county official, outstanding citizen and had a host of friends. In 1925, Julia and Lemuel moved to Cadiz and bought a home on Lafayette Street.
Julia and Lemuel were the parents of three children, Markus E. Banister, born and died at birth in 1912; Dorothy Louise Banister, born in 1919 and married William David Parrent; and Lemuel James Banister, Jr., born in 1924 and married Lena Maye Rye.
Lemuel died on January 22, 1949, at the age of 62 of diabetes at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was buried in the East End Cemetery in Cadiz. Julia died on March 27, 1976, at the age of 94, at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz. She was buried in the East End Cemetery next to her husband.
Lemuel Banister
Julia tombstone
Lemuel tombstone
LINEAGE: (Julia Belle Bridges was the daughter of William Joseph and Sarah Wills Bridges. William was the first child of Simco N. and Emeline Martin Bridges. Simco was the third child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. )
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