OK Family Groupsheet for Thomas Ellsworth Downing Family Submitted by: Ray Downing Email address: RDown3657@aol.com *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** 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 Where Buried: 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 Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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 Where Buried: 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: Where Buried: 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. 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.