Husband: Thomas Ellsworth DOWNING
Birthdate: 17 Nov 1868
Birthplace: West Chester, Chester co., PA
Death date: 19 Dec 1918
Place of death: Hickory Twp., Grant co., OK
Burial: Caldwell Cem., Caldwell, KS
Father: John Benjamin Downing
Mother: Mary Couch Downing

Marriage date: 13 Apr 1801
Marriage place: Harper co., KS

Wife: Rosa Belle STEPHENSON
Birthdate: 23 Aug 1871
Birthplace: Jackson co., KS
Death date: 28 Feb 1951
Place of death: Caldwell, Sumner co., KS
Burial: Caldwell Cem., Caldwell, KS
Father: Frank Stephenson
Mother: Emma Easterly

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Ralph Leo Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 27 Jul 1891
Birthplace: Freeport, Harper co., KS
Death date: 9 Feb 1959
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick co, KS
Marriage date: 10 Jul 1917
Marriage place:
Burial: Caldwell cem., Caldwell, KS
Spouse's name: Mary Mahala Angle

Child No. 2: George Olaf Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 Dec 1892
Birthplace: Freeport, Harper co., KS
Death date: 27 Nov 1956
Place of death: Caldwell, Sumner co., KS
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Burial: Caldwell cem., Caldwell, KS
Spouse's name: ** Did not marry **

Child No. 3: Susan Storey Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 Jan 1895
Birthplace: Hickory Twp., Grant co., OK
Death date: 12 Feb 1972
Place of death: Medford, Grant co., OK
Marriage date: about 1915
Marriage place:
Burial: Rosemound cem., Medford, OK
Spouse's name: William Lemuel Arterburn

Child No. 4: Sylvia Josephine Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Nov 1896
Birthplace: Renfrew, Grant co., OK
Death date: 16 Sep 1988
Place of death: Medford, Grant co., OK
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Burial: Caldwell cem., Caldwell, KS
Spouse's name: ** Did not marry **

Child No. 5: Francis Belmont Downing
Birthdate: 13 May 1899
Birthplace: Renfrew, Grant co., OK
Death date: 10 Oct 1979
Place of death: Caldwell, Sumner co., KS
Marriage date: 17 Sep 1919
Marriage place:
Burial: Caldwell cem., Caldwell, KS
Spouse's name: Rosa Elsie Kottas

Child No. 6: Ruth Naomai Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 9 Feb 1901
Birthplace: Grant co., OK
Death date: 21 Oct 1989
Place of death: Newkirk, Kay co., OK
Marriage date: after 1930
Marriage place:
Burial:
Spouse's name: Stanley Simanek

Child No. 7: Mable Carrie Downing
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 Dec 1902
Birthplace: Grant co., OK
Death date: Oct 1980
Place of death: Enid, Garfield co., OK
Marriage date: 28 Jul 1925
Marriage place: Medford, Grant co., OK
Burial: Enid Cemetery, Enid, OK
Spouse's name: Clarence William Best

Child No. 8: Harley Ellsworth Downing
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 Oct 1904
Birthplace: Medford, Grant co., OK
Death date: 19 Oct 1958
Place of death: Caldwell, Sumner co., KS
Marriage date: 1925
Marriage place:
Burial: Caldwell cem., Caldwell, KS
Spouse's name: Maybelle Ethel Cupp
 
 
Documentation:
* United States Census reports;
* Various death certificates,
* Grave markers in Caldwell cemetery, Caldwell, Kansas,
* Interviews with descendants (1999),
* Correspondence with descendants;
* Family records.

Notes:
* The father, Thomas, was a victim of the Great Influenza outbreak of 1918. He was very active with the school board in Grant county up until his premature death.