TX Family Group Sheet for the James Ransom DOWNS Family *********************************************** Copyright © Carol-Ann DOWNS McDonald. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Carol-Ann DOWNS McDonald Email address: looking4roots@bellsouth.net Husband: James Ransom DOWNS Birthdate: 18 Mar 1848 Birthplace: Hattiesburg, Forrest, MS Death date: 16 Jun 1924 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas, TX Burial: Oak Cliff Cem., Dallas, Dallas, TX Father: James Jennings DOWNS Mother: Eliza Jane ROBERTS Marriage date: 2 Mar 1871 Marriage place: Panola, Van Zandt, TX Wife: Emily Elizabeth Jane ROBERTS Birthdate: 21 Aug 1852 Birthplace: Scott, MS Death date: 2 Oct 1908 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas, TX Burial: Oak Cliff Cem., Dallas, Dallas, TX Father: Mitchell ROBERTS Mother: Nancy Unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mitchell Wesley DOWNS Sex: M Birthdate: 13 May 1872 Birthplace: Elysian Fields, Harrison, TX Death date: 12 Mar 1953 Place of death: Marshall, Harrison, TX Burial: Oak Cliff Cem., Dallas, Dallas, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: None Child No. 2: Francis Henley DOWNS Sex: M Birthdate: 24 Nov 1872 Birthplace: TX Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Clelia Unknown Child No. 3: Johnnie DOWNS Sex: M Birthdate: 14 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Van Zandt, TX Death date: 11 Apr 1882 Place of death: Burial: Holly Springs Cem., Martins Mills, Van Zandt, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Unknown Child No. 4: Mattie Lee DOWNS Sex: F Birthdate: 12 Nov 1876 Birthplace: Hattiesburg, Forrest, MS Death date: 19 Jun 1958 Place of death: Glendale, Los Angeles, CA Burial: Marriage date: 14 Jan 1910 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Jerome Kearby FORSTER Child No. 5: James D. DOWNS Sex: M Birthdate: 5 Feb 1880 Birthplace: Van Zandt, TX Death date: 5 Sep 1881 Place of death: Burial: Holly Springs Cem., Martins Mills, Van Zandt, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: John T. DOWNS Sex: M Birthdate: Mar 1880 Birthplace: TX Death date: bef 1884 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: William Robert DOWNS Sex: M Birthdate: 8 Mar 1884 Birthplace: Longview, Gregg, TX Death date: 28 May 1944 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas, TX Burial: Laurel Land Cem., Dallas, Dallas, TX Marriage date: 15 Jan 1907 Marriage place: Perry, MS Spouse's name: Jewel BEEMAN Documentation: 1930 Census Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1920 Census Van Zandt, TX and Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1910 Census Van Zandt, TX and Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1900 Census Morris, TX and Wills Point, Van Zandt, TX, 1880 Henderson, Rusk, TX and Van Zandt, TX, 1870 Panola, TX, 1860 Caddo, LA and Scott, MS. Texas Death Certificates. NOTE: Mitchell Wesley Downs later changed his name to Mitchell Raymond DOWNES when he became an adult and converted from Protestant to Catholic.