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James Downs[1, 2, 3]

Male 1815 - 1882  (66 years)


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  • Name James Downs 
    Born 14 Jul 1815  Harrison, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Jan 1882  Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Buried 3 Jan 1882  Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I6357  Main Tree
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2015 

    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 Mary Ann Greathouse,   b. 4 Nov 1829, Charlestown, Portage, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1896, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 1847  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Children 
     1. Nancy Jane Downs,   b. 1 Feb 1848, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1925, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Lorena Ann Downs,   b. 23 Apr 1849, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1926, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Mary Charlotte Downs,   b. 17 Sep 1850, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1932, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     4. James Alma Downs,   b. 4 Mar 1852, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1915, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     5. Susan Ellen Downs,   b. 16 May 1853, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1909  (Age 55 years)
     6. Margaret Emily Downs,   b. 24 Jan 1855, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1907, Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     7. Deseret Greathouse Downs,   b. 19 Aug 1856, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1861, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     8. Lucina Downs,   b. 5 May 1858, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1858, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Printha Olive Downs,   b. 13 Jun 1859, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1940, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     10. Joseph Ephraim Downs,   b. 10 Mar 1861, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1928  (Age 67 years)
     11. William Seamors Downs,   b. 11 Jan 1863, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F992  Group Sheet

  • Documents
    Scanned Journal Page
    Scanned Journal Page
    Scanned Journal Page

    Histories
    James Downs record book
    James Downs record book

  • Notes 

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

    2. [S190] Taken from the Record Book of James Downs, James Downs (Excerpted by Lyle Rawlins and published in Glimpses).

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

    4. [S79] Excerpt from Perry Fitgerald, May 1998 -- scanned and placed on rawlins.org web site, August , 1998., Maud B. Allen, (January 1962), James Downs b 19 July 1815 in Harrison County Indiana d 1 Jan. 1860 md Mary Ann Greenhouse..

    5. [S190] Taken from the Record Book of James Downs, James Downs (Excerpted by Lyle Rawlins and published in Glimpses), I was born in Harrison Co. Indiana July 14th in the year of our Lord 1815.

    6. [S52] Utah Burials Database, Utah State Historical Society, (Internet web site), http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/Silver., http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/SilverStream/Pages/pgLongOne.html?CEMETERY_ID=CA2, 400&BURIAL_ID=5057, Downs, James, Birth: 7/14/1815, Harrison Co., N.c., Death: 1/1/1882 , Smithfield, Utah, Buried: 1/3/1882, Grave Location:, Smithfield City Cemetery, B_52_3.

    7. [S52] Utah Burials Database, Utah State Historical Society, (Internet web site), http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/Silver., http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us/NEWBURIALS/SilverStream/Pages/pgLongOne.html?CEMETERY_ID=CA2, 400&BURIAL_ID=4915, Downs, Deseret, Birth: 0/0/0, Lehi, Utah, Death: 0/0/0 , Smithfield, Utah, Buried: 0/0/0, Grave Location: Smithfield City Cemetery B_52_5.

    8. [S190] Taken from the Record Book of James Downs, James Downs (Excerpted by Lyle Rawlins and published in Glimpses), In the Spring of '46 I started with the main body of the Church and my father, mother, brot.