obit look up request - Abraham Downs
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Re: obit look up request - Abraham Downs
| Jenn_Downs (View posts) | Posted: 8 Jun 2009 7:18PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Thank you Robert, you went to a lot of trouble posting all of that and I appreciate it.
Here is what I know about Abraham -
Out of 5 children, only Abraham, Hannah and Thomas survived. Their parents (George W Downs b. abt 1817 ky and Marinda Snowden b. abt 1824 Tn) disappear from the record after 1850. Probably both had died but I know they were alive at least until 1852 as their last child was born in that year but died six years later. The three remaining children went to live with their maternal grandparents, James and Elizabeth Snowden by 1860(this all takes place in Cumberland, IL). James must be related somehow to the Snowdens in Ray county but I haven't been able to make the connection yet. James died the same year the civil war ended and Elizabeth moved with her son William H Snowden and her 3 Downs grandchildren to Ray county a year or two later. Elizabeth died in 1873 and is buried in the Sunshine cemetery in Camden.
Abraham married Sylvania Hardin and had 4 children
Mary, William Edgar, Thomas and Louis. You could not find a death certificate for Sylvania because she is one of my great mysteries. She is buried in the Southpoint cemetery in an unmarked grave under a maiden name (Mullins) that isn't hers. Exact date of death remains unknown but is somewhere between 1881-1900.
Hannah became the live in housekeeper for a Dr Charles Johnson and his wife, never married and stayed with them until her death in 1908. Yet another mystery here. Dr Charles Johnson died one day before Hannah. Approximately 10 years earlier his mother-in-law died and the next day his wife died...coincidence? They lived in Southwest City, Mo at that time.
Thomas I have not been able to find but suspect that he moved back to Illinois and married but have no concrete proof.
Of Abraham's children,
Mary married David Wyatt of Fleming, they had no children.
William Edgar married Mary Joiner. They had two children and moved to Oklahoma.
Thomas J married and remained in Ray county until his death
Louis married, he and his wife lived with Abraham until his death in 1918.
Here is what I know about Abraham -
Out of 5 children, only Abraham, Hannah and Thomas survived. Their parents (George W Downs b. abt 1817 ky and Marinda Snowden b. abt 1824 Tn) disappear from the record after 1850. Probably both had died but I know they were alive at least until 1852 as their last child was born in that year but died six years later. The three remaining children went to live with their maternal grandparents, James and Elizabeth Snowden by 1860(this all takes place in Cumberland, IL). James must be related somehow to the Snowdens in Ray county but I haven't been able to make the connection yet. James died the same year the civil war ended and Elizabeth moved with her son William H Snowden and her 3 Downs grandchildren to Ray county a year or two later. Elizabeth died in 1873 and is buried in the Sunshine cemetery in Camden.
Abraham married Sylvania Hardin and had 4 children
Mary, William Edgar, Thomas and Louis. You could not find a death certificate for Sylvania because she is one of my great mysteries. She is buried in the Southpoint cemetery in an unmarked grave under a maiden name (Mullins) that isn't hers. Exact date of death remains unknown but is somewhere between 1881-1900.
Hannah became the live in housekeeper for a Dr Charles Johnson and his wife, never married and stayed with them until her death in 1908. Yet another mystery here. Dr Charles Johnson died one day before Hannah. Approximately 10 years earlier his mother-in-law died and the next day his wife died...coincidence? They lived in Southwest City, Mo at that time.
Thomas I have not been able to find but suspect that he moved back to Illinois and married but have no concrete proof.
Of Abraham's children,
Mary married David Wyatt of Fleming, they had no children.
William Edgar married Mary Joiner. They had two children and moved to Oklahoma.
Thomas J married and remained in Ray county until his death
Louis married, he and his wife lived with Abraham until his death in 1918.