Ohio Family Group Sheet for the Sylvanus P. DOWNS Family

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Husband: Sylvanus P. DOWNS
Birthdate: 25 Aug 1826
Birthplace: Newcastle Twp., Coshocton Co., OH
Death date: 21 Feb 1900
Place of death: New Lebanon, Cooper Co., MO
Father: George Haven DOWNS
Mother: Olive PINGRY

Marriage date: 2 Nov 1848
Marriage place: Bartholomew Co., IN

Wife: Nancy Jane TAYLOR
Birthdate: 21 Jun 1829
Birthplace: Decatur Co., IN
Death date: 6 Aug 1906
Place of death: New Lebanon, Cooper Co., MO
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William Henry DOWNS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 Jan 1847
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 1 Dec 1893
Place of death: New Lebanon, Cooper Co., MO
Marriage date: 12 Nov 1873
Marriage place: Cooper Co., MO
Spouse's name: Frances Evaline (Eva) STEELE

Child No. 2: John Wesley DOWNS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 Oct 1852
Birthplace: IN
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Child No. 3: Thomas Alfred DOWNS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 Jan 1854
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 3 Dec 1862
Place of death: IN
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Child No. 4: Elizabeth Olive DOWNS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 Aug 1857
Birthplace: IN
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Spouse's name: Trusten WILLIAMS

Child No. 5: Anna Maria DOWNS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 Apr 1858
Birthplace: IN
Death date: Oct 1890
Place of death:
Marriage date: 15 Feb 1880
Marriage place: Cooper Co., MO
Spouse's name: Edward SOLE

Child No. 6: Arthur Cameron DOWNS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Sep 1861
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 24 Jul 1862
Place of death: IN
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Child No. 7: Eliza Jane DOWNS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 Mar 1863
Birthplace: IN
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Marriage date: 18 Sep 1883
Marriage place: New Lebanon, Cooper Co., MO
Spouse's name: William JACOBS

Child No. 8: Mary Sophia DOWNS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Oct 1865
Birthplace: IN
Death date: After Apr 1930
Place of death: New Lebanon, Cooper Co., MO
Marriage date: 1892
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: William ARMSTRONG

Child No. 9: Ermina Alice (Minnie) DOWNS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Aug 1869
Birthplace: MO
Death date: 1931
Place of death: New Lebanon, Cooper Co., MO
Marriage date: 1891
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Robert W. ARMSTRONG

Documentation:
* Date: 1850, 28 Oct Type: U.S. Census, Michigan Township, Clinton Co., IN, Page 851, Lines 9-14 Fam. #72, Page 855, Lines 2-5 Fam. #96, Lines 6-9 Fam. #97, Matthew SHORT, Asst. Marshall Quality: Excellent Location: Clayton Library, Houston, Harris Co., TX
* Date: 1860, 1 Aug Type: U.S. Census, Tippecanoe Township, Battleground P.O., Tippecanoe Co., IN, Page 102Lines 7- 13, Ewing Smiley, Asst. Marshall Quality: Excellent Location: Clayton Library, Houston, Harris Co., TX
* Date: 1870, 24 Jun Type: U.S. Census, Lebanon Twp., Cooper Co., MO Otterville P.O., Pg. 54, Farm #370, Family #366, Lines 3-21 John M. Steele, Asst. Marshall Quality: Good Location: Clayton Library, Houston, Harris Co., TX
* 1900 Census 16 Jun Lebanon Twp., Cooper Co., MO Sup. Dist. #7, E. D. #52, Pg. 8, Lines 95-98 W. H. SPILLERS, Enumerator Nancy & John Wesley DOWNS were living with her daughter & son-in-law, William & Mary ARMSTRONG.
* Date: 1976 Type: Book, History of New Lebanon, Cooper County, Missouri, Bicentennial Edition by Eugene Allen Cordry Quality: Excellent Location: Clayton Library, Houston, Harris Co., Texas
* Date: 1998, 7 Feb. Type: Sylvanus P. Downs' family Bible is in the possesion of his great granddaughter. It contains birth dates of all of his children and death dates of some of them. It also lists Koshockton (sic) Co., Ohio as the county and state where he was born and Decater Co., Indiana as the county and state where Nancy Jane was born. Quality: Good Location: Versailles, Morgan Co., Missouri.
* The New Lebanon Cemetery
(Transcribed by Gary Harvey from the "History of New Lebanon Cooper County Missouri" by Eugene Allen Cordry)
DOWNS, SYLVANUS P. (old) b. Friday, Aug. 25, 1826, d. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1900.
* The New Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1869 - 1884)
Record Book No. 2 of the New Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church begins at this point. This record book is of a larger size (8.5" x 11") and is far more complete than the preceding record book Oct 29th 1871: Session met at Pleasant Hill School House, members present Rev. James Logan with Elders Chesley Burnett, Robert C. Steele and D. K. Steele meeting opened with prayer by Mod. Lora Downs, Alice M. Cordry having satisfactory evidence of their conversion to God by His Holy Spirit were admitted to full membership in the New Lebanon Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian. Also same time and place Nancy Burns, Sylvanus P. Downs & Jane Downs were admitted to full membership by recommendation. Closed with prayer. Rev. James Logan, Moderator, David K. Steele, Clerk.
DOWNS, BENNIE (old) b. Sunday, Dec. 2, 1888, d. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1892 son of W. H. & F. E. Downs.
DOWNS, ELLA E. (LB-11) b 1855 d 1927 [Ella E. Steele married George P. Downs and had four children: Orion; Cora Belle (married Joseph Benton Gochenour): John Young; and Bertha May Downs (married Alonzo King son of William N. King buried Antioch Cemetery. and Nancy Walzer: William N. King was the son of William Wesley King and Celia Davis). See DVKM.]
DOWNS, GEORGE H. (old) b. Monday, 12 Sep 1864, d. Sunday, Jan. 14, 1872 aged 7 year 4 mo 2 days.
DOWNS, GEORGE P. (LB-11) b. 1848 d 1892 (son of John P. & Sophia DOWNS).
DOWNS, J. P. (old) b. Saturday, June 3, 1820 d. Thursday, Jan. 1, 1885. [John P. Downs lived 3.5 miles SSE of New Lebanon.]
DOWNS, J. Y. (LB-11) b. Thursday, Mar. 27, 1879, d. Friday, Dec. 28, 1906. [ John Young Downs was the son of George P. Downs. See DVKM.]
DOWNS, NANCY J. (old) b. Sunday, June 21, 1829, d. Monday, Aug. 6, 1906 (Nancy Jane TAYLOR, wife of Sylvanus P. DOWNS.
DOWNS, SOPHIA (old) b.Jan. 25, 1825, d. Thursday, Mar. 3, 1910 (Sophia PRICE, wife of John P. Downs).
DOWNS, SYLVANUS P. (old) b. Friday, Aug. 25, 1826, d. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1900.
DOWNS, WILBER L. (old) b. Monday, 12 Sep 1864, d. Sunday, Aug. 15, 1875 aged 10 mo 29 days. son of W. H. and F. E. Downs.
DOWNS, WILLIAM H. (old) b. Sunday, Jan. 31, 1847, d.Friday, Dec. 1, 1893.
* Ancestry.com
Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12, Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume IV
Name: Sylvanus P. Downs Birth Date: 25 Aug 1826 Death Date: 21 Feb 1900
Cemetery: New Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Description:
Location: Center NE 1/4 of Section 21; T-46-N; R-18-W; on the Forest Lewis Farm
Notes: August, 1978 Mr. Lewis informed Mr. Gene Cordry that recently some grave stones had been discovered when he and his sons were cultivating land at this site. He had not known of a burial plot there. They took the stones to his home and stacked them near the house. Mr. Cordry and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mitzel were invited to his home and recorded names.
* On October 29th, 1871, Jane Downs was admitted to full membership by recomendation to the New Lebanon Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian.
* The New Lebanon Cemetery
(Transcribed by Gary Harvey from the "History of New Lebanon Cooper County Missouri" by Eugene Allen Cordry)
DOWNS, NANCY J. (old) b. Sunday, June 21, 1829, d. Monday, Aug. 6, 1906 (Nancy Jane TAYLOR, wife of Sylvanus P. DOWNS.
Ancestry.com Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12, Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume IV
Name: Nancy J. Downs Birth Date: 21 Jun 1829 Death Date: 06 Aug 1906
Cemetery: New Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Description:
Location: Center NE 1/4 of Section 21; T-46-N; R-18-W; on the Forest Lewis Farm
Notes: August, 1978 Mr. Lewis informed Mr. Gene Cordry that recently some grave stones had been discovered when he and his sons were cultivating land at this site. He had not known of a burial plot there. They took the stones to his home and stacked them near the house. Mr. Cordry and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mitzel were invited to his home and recorded names.