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Note: Source: Grace Alberta Lisk F.T.M. site; Karla Brown, Downey researcher;research of Donald G. Downey; 1840 Indiana census; Source: 1850 census, Jackson Twp., Rush Co., Indiana; Downey Jacob39KY Margaret43KY Marth Elizabeth18IN William M.17IN James H.14IN Sarah J.12IN Deborah 9IN Mary L. 7IN Rebecca 2IN Ezekiel Hinton 25 KY, was a school teacher and lived with this family. Source: 1860 census Jackson Twp., Rush Co., Indiana p. 362 Ancestry.com Jacob DowneyFarmerKY Margaret52KY Elizabeth28IN Deborah19IN Mary17IN Rebecca12IN Source: 1860 census Jackson Twp., Rush Co., Indiana p. 362 Ancestry.com there is a Thomas P. Doughty living in the next household on the census. I don't know if he is one of our Doughty's or not Thomas P. DoughtyFarmer40KY Deborah?9KY Mary16IN ? Male 9IN Source: Jacob in 1840 Rush Co., census. Source: History of Rush Co., Indiana: p505: "James H. Downey, a farmer and influential citizen of posey Township, was born in Jackson Twp, 20 July 1836. He was the son of Jacob and Margaret (Hinton) Downey, natives of Nicholas Co., Kentucky, the former chiefly of Irish descent, and the latter chiefly of German dexent. His parents m. 29 July 1830 in Nicholas Co., Kentucky and immediately moved to Rush Co., Indiana" "One of the first of the Downeys to come to Indiana after marriage in 1830 and remained in Rush County, Indiana. A farmer he farmed close to his brother, James. These brother married sisters. " Jacob Downey was a native of kentucky, but in an early day came to Rush County (abt. 1831) entered Government land in what is now known as Jackson Twp.. On this tract of eighty acres he established a comfortable home and there he reared his family of seven children: William, James H., Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Deborah and Rebecca." History of Rush County 1921. He died at age of 55. His brothers came to Rush Co., In Aug. 1831.
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