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Note N3176 Index

Age given as 49 in 1880 census.

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Note N3177 Index

Age 38 in 1850 Census. Age 48 in 1860 Census. Death notice in Sedan (ks) paper Aug 15, 1895. Gravestone gives 1813 birthdate.

"J.F. Conner received a telegram on Tuesday which told the sad news of the death of his mother at Warrensburg, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Conner took the one o'clocck train for Missouri. The sympathies of friends go with them."--15 Aug 1895, The Sedan (KS) Lance

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Note N3178 Index

1850 Census gives age as 16.

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Note N3179 Index

Age given as 14 in 1850 Census.

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Note N3180 Index

Age given as 49 in 1920 Census.

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Note N3181 Index

Age given as 44 in 1920 Census

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Note N3182 Index

Age given as 46 in 1860 census. Last name given as Downing

"Married Mary "Polly" Vian, Aug. 31, 1837 in Knox Co., Ohio.

Married Mary Ellen Taylor Piper, Feb. 23, 1868 in Henry Co., Iowa

Believed to be buried next to his second wife, Mary Ellen Taylor Piper Downs, in Oakwood Cemetery, Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas. He was last found on the 1885 census in Miami County. It is possible that if his wife died previously to him (1891), he may have gone to live with a daughter, Margaret Catherine Downs Watson. No death records, burial records or obituary found in Miami County, so it is just conjecture.

Children of William W. and Mary Vian Downs not listed below include Mary Jane Downs McGoldrick (married Jesse McGoldrick) and George W. Downs--George was last found in Kern Co., California in 1881 when he applied for a share of his Grandfather Vian's estate back in Knox Co., Ohio, and then on subsequent voters' lists in Kern and Solano counties of California until 1892."--Find-a-grave notes

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Note N3183 Index

Age given as 18 in 1860 census. Last name given as Downing

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Note N3184 Index

Age given as 16 in 1860 census. Last name given as Downing.

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Note N3185 Index

Age given as 14 in 1860 census. Last name given as Downing.

"Carman, Ill., April 6.--Theophilis Downs who has made his home in this vicinity for the last 15 years, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carril Porter at 820 Avenue C in Ft. Madison. Mr. Downs was born in Ohio, December 7, 1845, being 85 years of age.
He was a member of the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry.
He was married to Nancy Maneely in Ft. Madison in 1865. He is survived by one son, George of Carman, one daughter, Carrie Porter of Ft. Madison, one granddaughter, Mrs. Ray Jarvis of Stronghurst. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Clement's chapel at Ft. Madison with Rev. Noel T. Adams, officiating. Burial at Oakland cemetery"

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Note N3186 Index

Age given as 12 in 1860 Census. Last name given as Downing.
"Jeremiah Downs, a farmer 64 years old, living west of the city, died of pneumonia last Thursday at his home. He is survived by his wife and several grown children. Burial was in Turner (Wyandotte Co.) Friday afternoon. (Argentine Republic, March 23, 1911)"--Find-a-grave

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Note N3187 Index

Age given as 9 years in 1860 census. Last name given as DOWNING.

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Note N3188 Index

Age given as 8 in 1860 census. Last name given as DOWNING.
"Married first husband, George W. Watson, 1870 in Iowa; one son, William J. Watson born 1871.

Married second, Nels Robinson, in Skagit Co., Washington, in 1890."--Find-a-grave