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• Name: William W Downs ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}
• Sex: M ⁵
• Birth: 2 Apr 1828 in Ohio, USA ⁵
• Death: 30 Sep 1858 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA
• Residence:
  1. 1850 in Washington, Mercer, Ohio, USA. ⁶
  1. 1860 in Liberty, Putnam, Missouri, USA. ⁷
  1. 1880 in Saint Aubert, Callaway, Missouri, USA. ²
• Military: in Ohio. ³
• Person Id: P33
• Tree Id: 616976

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Parents
Father:

• Theophilus Downs: Birth: July 27, 1774 in Saint Johns Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland. Death: 15 February 1848 in Knox County, Ohio, United States of America
• Theophilus Downs: Birth: 27 Jul 1774 in Saint Johns Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland. Death: 16 Feb 1848 in Knox Co, Ohio, USA
Mother:

• Lena Cox: Birth: Abt. 1784. Death: abt 1849 in Amity, Knox, Ohio, USA
• Lena Cox: Birth: Abt. 1784. Death: abt 1849 in Amity, Knox, Ohio, USA

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Mary J. "Polly" Vian on 31 Aug 1837 at Knox County, Ohio, USA.⁴
  
• Mary J. "Polly" Vian: Birth: 1820 in Amity, Knox, Ohio, USA. Death: 1852 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA

Children:

1. William W Downs: Birth: 23 Jul 1838 in Knox, Ohio, USA. Death: 23 May 1922 in Longford, Clay, Kansas, USA

2. Sophia "Dorcas" Downs: Birth: 08 Mar 1840 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA. Death: 29 Feb 1924 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, USA

3. Sophia "Dorcas" Downs: Birth: 8 Mar 1840 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA. Death: 29 Feb 1924 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, USA

4. Dulcina Downs: Birth: 1841 in Knox County, Ohio, USA. Death: 02 Apr 1867 in West Point, Lee, Iowa, USA

5. Eliza Downs: Birth: 1843 in Magnolia, Stark, Ohio, USA. Death: Unknown

6. Dulcina Downs: Birth: 1843 in Knox County, Ohio, USA. Death: 2 Apr 1867 in West Point, Lee, Iowa, USA

7. Mary Jane Downs: Birth: 1844 in Ohio. Death: 02 Apr 1867 in West Point, Lee, Iowa, USA

8. Theophilus Downs: Birth: 07 Dec 1845 in Amity, Knox, Ohio, USA. Death: 02 Apr 1931 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, USA

9. Theophilus Downs: Birth: 7 Dec 1845 in Amity, Knox, Ohio, USA. Death: 2 Apr 1931 in Ft Madison, Lee County, Iowa, USA

10. Jeremiah downs: Birth: July 1847 in Knox or Mercer, Ohio. Death: March 16, 1911 in Argentine, KS

11. Jeremiah Downs: Birth: Jul 1847 in Knox Co, Ohio, USA. Death: 16 Mar 1911 in Argentine, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA

12. Mary J Downs: Birth: 1848 in Magnolia, Stark, Ohio, USA. Death: Unknown

13. George W Downs: Birth: 20 Sep 1849 in Magnolia, Stark, Ohio, USA. Death: 1925 in Putnam, Fulton, Illinois, USA

14. George W. Downs: Birth: abt 1851 in Ohio. Death: in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, United States

15. George William Downs: Birth: abt 1851 in Ohio. Death: 1925 in Putnam, Fulton, Illinois, USA

16. Catherine Downs: Birth: Abt. 1852 in Magnolia, Stark, Ohio, USA. Death: Unknown

17. Catherine Margaret Downs: Birth: Jan 1852 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA. Death: 15 Oct 1913 in Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington, USA

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Lydia M Grinnell on 17 May 1862 at Lee Co, Iowa, USA.
  
• Lydia M Grinnell: Birth: abt 1817 in New York.

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Mary Ellen Taylor (Piper) on 23 Feb 1868 at Henry Co, Iowa, USA.⁹
  
• Mary Ellen Taylor (Piper): Birth: December 1845 in Ohio. Death: 11 Mar 1891 in Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA

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