This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AUT.2ACEB/49.56.60.64.69.71.90.97 Message Board Post: My great-great-great grandfather was Lorenzo Downing, born in VT around 1813. According to the 1880 census, his parents were also born in VT. His wife's name was Nancy (? last name, from Franklin, TN) Lorenzo made his way to Texas, and eventually Berwick, LA where he died. Have you run across this name in your search for Vermont Downings? Lois Cook