Looking for James Basil Dowining the son of John Downing & Laurena Browning. He was b. abt 1818 in Oh. and married Sarah Manning b. abt. 1821 in Oh. Children of James B. & Sarah Manning Downing are 1. Bassil Downing b. 1844 2. Lourena Downing b. 1847(twin) 3. John Downing b. 1847(twin) 4. Mary A. Downing b. 1851 5. Harriett A. Downing b. 1853(twin) 6. Viloa C. Downing b. 1853(twin) 7. Isaac Spaulding Downing b. Jan. 22, 1860 Brookville, Bracken Co., Ky. 8. Jeanette Downing who married _____ Chapman. Isaac Spaulding Downing d. Apr. 1, 1935 Sangamon Co., Il. married June 1, 1885 Sangamon Co., IL. to Ara A. Hill b. Oct. 25, 1866 Sangamon Co., Il. d. Oct. 4, 1940 Peoria, Il. dau. of Thomas Hill and Mary E. Miller. Isaac and Ara lived in Sangamon Co., Il. and Menard Co., Il. and Ara lived in Peoria, Co., Il. for a number of years after she married a #2 George Warren Hildebrand. Isaac is buried in Ball Twp. Sangamon Co., Il. in the Glenarm Cemetery. Thanks Margaret