Family Group Record #1
Husband: Archibald Thomas Downey
Born:1770 in South Huntington Township,Pennsylvania
Married:1/12/1793 in Bourbon County Kentucky
Died: March 1815
Nationality: Welsh
Occupation:Plantation Owner in Kentucky
Father:
Mother:
Wife:Sarha Cook
Born:8/24/1778
Died:1/12/1854
Buried:Smith Cemetery, Locust Grove, Lee County, IA
Father:John Cook
Mother:Sarha
Children:
1. Sarha Downey Spouse:Jonathan
D. Cowger
Born:11/19/1813 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:3/17/1833 in Rushville, Indiana
Died:1/12/1854
Buried: Both are in Competine Cemetery, Wapello County, IA
Children:John W. Cowger, Jacob A. Cowger,Gustaff M. Cowger, David H. Cowger, Festus
R. Cowger, Sarha A. Houdyshell, Lucinda E. Braden,
Henry S. Cowger, Amanda J. Thornton, and Mary P. Houdyshell
2.Jane Downey Spouse:Skillman
Doughty
Born:9/21/1795
Married:3/13/1817
Died:12/13/1890 in Jefferson County, IA
Buried:
Children:
3. John Downey Spouse:Deborah Hinton
Born:1798 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:11/6/1823
Died:2/25/1869 in Jefferson County, IA
Buried:
Other Wives:Lucretia Davis 1841
Children:Martha L. Downey, Ezekial
H. Downey, Archibald Thomas Downey, Sarha Downey, William A. Downey, Rebecca Downey, Deborah
Downey, Henry C. Downey, and Amanda M. Downey
4. Susan Downey Spouse:David Caldwell
Born: 1798 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married: 8/31/1820
Died:2/25/1869 in Jefferson County, IA
Buried:
Children:Robert D. Caldwell, Sarah J. Webb, Barton W. Caldwell, Jemima
Caldwell, Elbert A. Caldwell, Archibald Cladwell, and Nancy Sylvester
5.Archibald Thomas Downey Jr.Spouse:Nancy
Evans
Born:4/22/1802 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:8/14/1823
Died:
Buried:
Other Wives:Jane Roberts 7/19/1837
Children:Louisa Downey, William W. Downey, Susannah Downey, Skillman
Downey, Nancy E. Downey, Thomas R. Downey, Emily J. Downey, David A. Downey, Henry Downey, and James Downey
6.James Downey Spouse: Rebecca
Hinton
Born: 3/16/1805 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:1826
Died: 8/30/1887 in Rush County, Indiana
Buried:
Children: Archibald Downey, Martha Downey, George C. Downey, David
E. Downey, John Downey, Ezekiel H. Downey, Mary E. Fleener, and Sarha M. Downey
7.Jemima Downey Spouse:Alexander
Irvine
Born:3/11/1807 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:7/6/1836 in Rushville, Indiana
Died:9/15/1891 in Jefferson County, IA
Buried:
Other Husbands: Hail Spicer 10/6/1847
Children:Sarha E. Spicer, Achibald Irvine, Susan J. Irvine, and
Samuel Spicer
8.Samuel Downey Spouse:Martha Evans
Born:3/11/1909 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married: 5/8/1828
Died: 6/18/1880 in Clay Township, Harrison County, Kentucky
Buried:
Children:John Downey, Jane E. Downey, Joseph T. Downey, Barton W. Downey,
Samuel N. Downey, Martha W. Downey, Margaret Downey, David F. Downey, Sarha E. Pardee,
Robert M. Downey
9. Jacob F. Downey Spouse: Martha Hinton
Born:3/22/1811 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:7/29/1830
Died:12/28/1866 in Rush County, Indiana
Buried:
Children:Martha Downey, William M. Downey, James H. Downey, Sarah J.
Downey, Deborah Newhouse, Mary E. Downey, and Rebecca Downey
Family Group Record #2
Husband: John Downey
Born:1798 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:11/6/1823
Died:2/25/1869 in Jefferson County, IA
Buried:
Other Wives:1841 - Lucretia Davis 8/9/1814-9/9/1880
Father:Archibald Thomas Downey
Mother:Sarha Cook
Wife:Deborah Hinton
Born:2/17/1807
Died:8/11/1877
Buried:
Father: Ezekiel Hinton Mother:Martha Caldwell
Children of John Downey and Deborah Hinton
1. Martha L. Downey
Born: 4/19/1825
2. Ezekial H. Downey Spouse:Lucinda Haynes
Born:6/4/1828
Married:8/30/1849
Died:2/5/1907
Buried: Bloomfield Cemetery, Davis County, IA
Other Wives: Mary Davis 1/9/1872
Children:William M. Downey, Lucretia
Jaques, Mary Downey, Louella Downey, Sarsh Downey, Anne E. Downey, John Downey , and James Downey
3. Archibald Thomas Downey
Born: 1829
Died: 5/18/1911 in Abingdon, Jefferson County, IA
4. Sarha Downey
Born: June 1830
Died: 10/10/1933
5. William A. Downey
Born: 1834
6. Rebecca Downey
Born: 9/10/1836
Died: 8/22/1998
Children of John Downey and Lucretia Davis
7. Deborah Downey
Born:10/3/1842
8. Henry Clay Downey
Born:10/3/1844
Died: 7/11/1921
9. Amanda M. Downey
Born:1846
Died: September 1897
Family Group Record #3
Husband: Ezekial H. Downey
Born:6/4/1828 in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Married:8/30/1849
Died:2/5/1907
Buried:Evergreen Cemetery, IA
Occupation:Doctor/Teacher
Other Wives:1/9/1872 - Mary Ann Davis 6/17/1837 - 1907, she is also buried
in Evergreen Cemetery, IA
Father: John Downey
Mother:Deborah Hinton
Wife:Lucinda Ann Haynes
Born:1834
Children of Ezekial H. Downey and Lucinda Haynes:
1.William Marion Downey Spouse:Isabelle
Eddy
Born:7/4/1850 in Iowa
Married:
Died:3/20/1923
Buried:Evergreen Cemetery, IA
Other Wives:Emma Yoder
Children:Grace Boyd, Edgar Downey, Edwin Downey, Clarance E. Downey, William Downey, and Ethel Niece
2.Lucretia Downey Spouse: John H. Jaques
Born:1852 in Iowa
Died:1907
3. Mary Downey
Born: 1854 in Iowa
4. Louella Downey
Born: 1856
Died: 1870
5. Sarsh Downey
Born: March 1857
6. John Downey
Born: 1863
7. Anne Eliza Downey
Born: 10/4/1866 in Davis County, IA
Died: 12/27/1938 Gorin, Scotland County, Missouri
8. James Downey
Born: 1870
Family Group Record #4
Husband:William Marion Downey
Born: 1850 in Iowa
Married:
Died: 3/21/1923
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA
Father:Ezekial H. Downey Mother:Lucinda
Ann Haynes
Other Wives:Emma Yoder 1868?-1949? She is buried
in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA
Wife: Isabelle Eddy
Born:1857 in Iowa
Died:
Buried:
Father:
Mother:
Children of William Marion Downey and Isabelle Eddy:
1.Grace M. Downey
Spouse:Andrew J. Boyd
Born: 1876 in Salt Creek, Davis County, IA
Married:
Died:1963
Buried:Evergreen Cemetery Jefferson County,IA
Children: Raymond J. Boyd
2.Edgar B. Downey
Spouse:Mary C. Penn
Born:1/21/1877 in Salt Creek, Davis County, IA
Married: 1904 or 1905
Died:2/4/1921
Buried: Ottumwa Cemetery, IA
Children: Jessie Downey, Andrew
Jackson Downey, and Dororthy Mae Downey
3. Edwin Downey Spouse:
Jessie Dotson
Born: 11/24/1878 in Salt Creek, Davis County, IA
Married:11/1/1902 in Eldon,IA
Died:7/3/1936 at Ottumwa Hospital
Buried: Bethlehem Cemetery, IA
Children: Oakley Downey, Barbara Ellis,
and Mrs. Floyd Shelton
Children of William Marion Downey, mother uncertain:
4. William Downey
5. Clarance E. Downey
6. Ethel (Niece)
Children of Emma Yoder - Mrs. M.E. Dunham and Orvill
Troxell.
Family Group Record #5
Husband: Edgar B. Downey
Born: 1/21/1877 in Salt Creek, Davis County, Iowa
Married: 1904 or 1905, in Eldon, Iowa
Died: 2/4/1921
Buried: Ottumwa Cemetery, Iowa
Father: William Marion Downey Mother:
Isabelle Eddy
Wife:Mary C. Penn
Born:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Henry O. Penn
Mother:Rebecca Houston
Children:
1. Jessie Downey
Spouse:
Born: 9/19/1914 in Wapello County, IA
Married:
Died:
Buried:
Children:
2. Andrew Jackson Downey Spouse:Dorothy Sylvester
Born:9/17/1917 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA
Married: 8/8/1942 in Memphis, Missouri
Died: 8/13/1991 in Phoenix, Arizona
Buried: Louis B. Hazelton Cemetery, Buckeye,AZ
Children: Andrew Downey, Charles Downey, Mary VanDorin, Ernest Downey, Curtis Downey,
Patricia Downey, Sharon Marshall, Catharine Risner,
and Nellie Madron
3.Dorothy Mae Downey Spouse:
Ross Sylvester
Born:5/10/1920 in Wapello County, Iowa
Married:
