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Asa Downs[1, 2]

Male 1817 - 1879  (62 years)


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  • Name Asa Downs 
    Born 3 Mar 1817  Harrison, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Nov 1879 
    Person ID I6358  Main Tree
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2009 

    Father Ezekiel Downs,   b. 1789, Of Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1860, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Rawlins,   b. 25 Dec 1791, Of Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1863, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1814  Harrison, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Family ID F986  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Polly Duskets 
    Married 12 Dec 1839 
    Family ID F2634  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Drucilla Johnson,   b. 3 Feb 1827, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1890, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1846 
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Children 
     1. William Downs,   b. 7 Oct 1848, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1920  (Age 71 years)
     2. Emily Downs,   b. 7 Apr 1849, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1927  (Age 77 years)
     3. Willis Downs,   b. 1852, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Marion Downs,   b. 1854, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Alice Or H. J. Downs,   b. 1856, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Caroline Downs,   b. 1858, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Asa Downs,   b. 1860, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Anthony Downs,   b. Abt Sep 1860, Payson, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. George Downs,   b. 1862, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Sidney Downs,   b. 1863, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Albert Downs,   b. Abt 1865, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Charles Downs,   b. 1867, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Amy Downs,   b. 1869, Of Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F994  Group Sheet

    Family 3 Polly Buskirk,   b. Abt 1820, Of Harrison, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1846  (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Married 12 Dec 1839  Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Children 
     1. Mary E. Downs,   b. Abt 1842, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F995  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Dec 1839 - Adams, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • May be 23 Dec 1890 #21 p. 188 p. 385 p. 152 remained in the east with his father when his mother and siblings went west with the Saints.

  • Sources 
    1. [S187] Family Group Sheet for Ezekiel Downs Cornish Ward, Cornish, Cache, Utah, Ezekiel Downs FG Sheet.

    2. [S29] Family Records: Young, Sara -- CD, Sara Young, (Receive on CD January 2001).

    3. [S79] Excerpt from Perry Fitgerald, May 1998 -- scanned and placed on rawlins.org web site, August , 1998., Maud B. Allen, (January 1962), Asa Downs b 1817 Harrison County Ind. md 1st Polly Duskets and Drucilla Johnson.