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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Margaret Louisa Downey: Birth: ABT 1825.

  2. ? Archibald Downey: Birth: 18 JUN 1831. Death: 1913

  3. William Walter Downey: Birth: 19 JAN 1833 in Rushville Twp., Rush Co., Indiana. Death: 24 MAR 1922 in Maryville, Nodaway Co., Iowa

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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Skillman Downey: Birth: 8 JAN 1840 in Boone Co., Indiana. Death: 11 SEP 1914 in Bethany Twp., Harrison Co., Missouri

  2. Nancy E. Downey: Birth: 1844 in Boone Co., Indiana. Death: ABT 1886

  3. Emily Jane Downey: Birth: 20 MAR 1846 in Boone Co., Indiana. Death: 26 JUL 1892 in Nemaha Co., Kansas

  4. David Archibald Downey: Birth: 2 MAR 1849 in Jefferson Co., Iowa. Death: 30 DEC 1932 in Davis City, Decatur Co., Iowa

  5. Henry C. Downey: Birth: 1852 in Wapello Co., Iowa.

  6. James E. Downey: Birth: 1854 in Wapello Co., Iowa.

  7. Thomas R. Downey: Birth: BET 1844 AND 1845 in Wapello Co., Iowa. Death: 19 FEB 1905 in Harrison Co., Missouri

  8. Susannah J. Downey: Birth: BET 1837 AND 1838 in Indiana.


Notes
a. Note:   Source: Karla Brown, Downey researcher; 1840 Rush Co., IN census; Donald G. Downey; WFT Vol. 22, Tree 945; This source has Archibald and Nancy Evans with 5 children: Susanna b. 1838, Skillman b. Jan 8, 1840, Nancy b. 1844, Thomas b. 1845 and Emily b. 1847; 1870 U.S. census Clay Twp., Harrison Co., Missouri p 15;Grace Alberta Lisk F.T.M. site 1840 Rush Co., Indiana census lists 5 children in the household. Have not identified these children. Possibly: Ezekiel, Margaret and Samuel were their children. "Ezekiel Downey, a physician living in Harrison Co., Missouri Born about 1828, married Lucinda Ann Haynes Aug 30, 1849, is possibly one of their children." Source:Boone County, Indiana History Book 1984: "Clinton Twp. In the winter of 1835, in the following spring Samuel Downey's son was killed by a falling free, which was uprotted by a storm, and struck him as he ran across the clearing." This might have been Archibald's son instead of Samuel's. All were buried in the cemetery near the United Presbyterian Church. Source: Indiana State Library Genealogy Division "C - D" Indiana Marriages Through 1850: Archebald Downey m. Jane Roberts in Rush Co., Indiana on July 19, 1837. Source: Vincent E. Summers; Has a son Archibald b. June 18, 1831, d. Abt. 1913. He also has Archibald dying on April 22, 1874. Source: 1850 census Dist. 13 Wapello Co., Iowa image 125 847-847Archibald Downey49FarmerKY Jane35KY Susannah13IN Skillman11IN Nancy10IN Thomas 8IN Emily 5IN Archibald 1IA Source: 1860 census Clay Twp., Harrison Co., Missouri Archibald Downey58FarmerKY Jane44KY Susanna21IN Nancy18IN Thomas16IN Skillman20FarmerIN Emily J.14IN David A.12IA Henry C. 8IA James 6IA Source: 1870 census Clay Twp., Harrison Co., Missouri Downey Archibald68FarmerKY Jane58keeping houseKY Henry C.18farm laborerIA James E.16farm laborerIA Source: William Megginson; Has him with middle initial J. Source: Early American Marriages: Atlantic South Region; Ancestry.com; married Evans, Nancy on 14 Aug 1823 in Nicholas County, Kentucky Source: LDS File AFN CD62-18; Has a Dau. Mary Margaret Downey, b. June 1832. Born in Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS. She married John Alexander Nickell Oct 11, 1849 in Jefferson Co., IA Source: LDS Files; Bill Megginson; Has him as Archibald J. Downey Jr.


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