C.W. Downing 32 Living Grenola, Elk Co.. Ks. was married March 2, 1885 Howard, Elk Co. Ks.. Lou Perry 22 Living Grenola, Elk Co.. Ks. son b. Dec. 1, 1885 Grenola father Charles W. Downing Layfayetta, In. mother Louisa Downing. Hart Co. Ky. I have the mother, and grandparents. Who is CHARLES W. DOWNING parents Ann in Ks.

Hello Ann, I wonder about a possible connection between your Downings m. Elk Co KS and mine, and here's why. My great grandmother was Martha Anne Downing b 1848 Jasper Co IN, dau of Joshua Downing and Eliza Jane Meeker. They later moved to LaPorte Co IN, a north of Tippecanoe Co. She was a young widow of Wm. Jones when she married my great grandfather, Daniel Beaver the 1 January 1874 in Howard Co KS. Now you may know that Howard Co was taken in 1875 to form both Elk and Chautauqua Co KS. She went on to live and die in Chautauqua Co. The interesting thing is, that she had 2 children by Wm. Jones before he died, and one was a son whom she named Charles W. W. Jones. Don' t know where she got the Charles, as her only sib was a James Downing. I do have a list of brothers of Joshua Downing, but do not know if one of them had a son Charles, who would fit in time wise to be a cousin of my Martha. This might be worth investigating. I know that Elk Co KS records were burned in 1906 - and I sure don't know what happened to the records of Howard Co. I live in California, but just returned from a trip into Kansas and tried to find out where the Howard Co records went to no avail. I have plenty on the Downing lines up from Martha, and am always glad to exchange. Marlene