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Submitted by: Ray Downing
Email address: RDown3657@aol.com
 

Husband: John Benjamin DOWNING
Birthdate: 21 Jun 1817
Birthplace: Downingtown, Chester co., PA
Death date: 11 Jul 1879
Place of death: Clearwater, Sedgwick co., KS
Father: Joseph Downing
Mother: Elizabeth Beidler

Marriage date: 2 Sep 1841
Marriage place: Uwchlan Twp., Chester co., PA

Wife: Mary Couch DOWNING
Birthdate: 7 Mar 1826
Birthplace: Lionville, Chester co., PA
Death date: 8 Nov 1905
Place of death: Freeport, Harper co., KS
Father: William S. Downing
Mother: Thamzen C. Mason

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Benjamin Henry Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Oct 1841
Birthplace: Uwchlan Twp., Chester co., PA
Death date: 14 Nov 1908
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Marriage date: 1 May 1872
Marriage place: Baltimore, Baltimore co., MD
Spouse's name: Kate E. Dowell

Child No. 2: Susan R. Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 Mar 1845
Birthplace: Chester co., PA
Death date: 18 Feb 1912
Place of death: Anthony, Harper co., KS
Marriage date: 21 Oct 1880
Marriage place: Baynesville, Sedgwick co., KS
Spouse's name: Thomas Storey

Child No. 3: Josephine E. Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 May 1848
Birthplace: Keokuk, Lee co., IA
Death date: 9 Dec 1928
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Marriage date: 28 May 1885
Marriage place: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Spouse's name: Henry Glessner

Child No. 4: Francis M. Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 Nov 1849
Birthplace: Nauvoo, Hancock co., IL
Death date: 7 May 1925
Place of death: Warren, Warren co., PA
Marriage date: 1885
Marriage place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's name: Estella (--?--)

Child No. 5: William Charles Downing
Sex:
Birthdate: 7 Oct 1851
Birthplace: Downingtown, Chester co., PA
Death date: 25 Jul 1906
Place of death: Pilot Knob Twp., Harper co., KS
Marriage date: abt 1874
Marriage place: Chester co., PA
Spouse's name: Ida Eugenia Goodman

Child No. 6: Joseph Riter Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Oct 1854
Birthplace: Chester co., PA
Death date: 19 Dec 1933
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Marriage date: 1 Jan 1885
Marriage place: Union Twp., Sedgwick co.,KS
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Ann Packard

Child No. 7: Ida Julia Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 4 Feb 1857
Birthplace: Chester co., PA
Death date: 7 Feb 1916
Place of death: Pontoosuc, Hancock co., IL
Marriage date: 7 Nov 1878
Marriage place: Carthage, Hancock co., IL
Spouse's name: Oliver Samuel Lamb

Child No. 8: Ella Sarah Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 Nov 1859
Birthplace: W. Chester, Chester co., PA
Death date: 28 Nov 1938
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Marriage date: 14 Oct 1880
Marriage place: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Spouse's name: John Storey

Child No. 9: Winfield Scott Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 Jun 1862
Birthplace: W. Chester, Chester co., PA
Death date: 13 Feb 1943
Place of death: Anthony, Harper co., KS
Marriage date: 3 Nov 1891
Marriage place: Anthony, Harper co., KS
Spouse's name: Ada Leticia Watkins

Child No. 10: Carrie Halstead Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Oct 1864
Birthplace: W. Chester, Chester co., PA
Death date: 6 May 1931
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: ** Did not marry **

Child No. 11: Thomas Ellsworth Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Nov 1868
Birthplace: W. Chester, Chester co., PA
Death date: 19 Dec 1918
Place of death: Hickory Twp., Grant co., OK
Marriage date: 13 Apr 1891
Marriage place: Freeport, Harper co., KS
Spouse's name: Rosa Belle Stephenson

Child No. 12: George Woodward Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 May 1871
Birthplace: Downingtown, Chester co., PA
Death date: 5 Nov 1943
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co., KS
Marriage date: 1909
Marriage place: Freeport, Harper co., KS
Spouse's name: Olive Alpha Martin
 

Documentation:
U.S. Census reports, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930;
Death certificates of all 12 children;
Genealogical section of the Harper county library,
Anthony; Family records of living descendants.