>---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- >Date: 07/02 9:20 PM >Received: 07/03 10:49 AM >From: carl waugh, jakec@netins.net >To: Terry Bodkin, tb@jps.net > >Are you saying that Joseph Downing, married to Jemima Woodward, is of the >Mason Co., KY. line? >There is a Downing family at Casey, Guthrie Co., Iowa that is of Josephs >line. They are descended from : >Joseph, m. Jemima Woodward >William (1772-1810), m. Susannah >Mescheck, (1792-1873), Davis Co., Iowa >William P. (1817-1900), m. Elizabeth Newland, Adams Co., Ohio >Isaac, b. 1848 >Lewis P., b. near Vinton, Iowa >Daughter Nellie. >I know of this Downing family because they live in the same county that my >Grand-father, Richard Franklin Downing did. I contacted Nellie and from >what she told me, I ran the family down for them. Wish I could be so >lucky >with my Downings. >Richard Franklin Downing was born in Putnam Co., Ind. in 1857. His Father >was James Harvey Downing b. 1832 and his Mother was Jane Day, dau of David >and Ann Day of Putnam Co., Ind., formerly of KY. James Harvey Downings >father was William, b. around 1800-1804, KY. He first married Nancy Petty >of KY and 2nd Nancy McClelland. William and Nancy McClelland were living >in Henry Co., Ind In 1832. I am stuck any farther back with William. >Back to Casey Downings: >Nellie told me that another group of Downings that were distant cousins of >hers and lived in Guthrie Center, Ia., Guthrie Co., are descended from >Mary >Downing. >Mary had a twin sister, Elizabeth that married James McClelland. I have >corresponded with a lady that is descended from Mary and she told me that >James McClelland was the father of Mary's children as well as Elizabeths. >I can't seem to find the children of Elizabeth and James McClelland, but >Mary's children (Went by the name of Downing) were Preston, James Madison, >Joseph, and Elizabeth. I wonder, could Mary and Elizabeth be daughters of >Joseph Downing and Jemima Woodward. >I would appreciate any help anyone could give on who Williams parents and >siblings were. He was on Parke Co., Ind. census in 1860. Two of his >daughters, Mary Ann and Isabelle married brothers, Peter Lewis Miller and >John Lewis Miller, sons of Jacob Miller and Catherine Lewis. Came to Iowa >with Miller family in 1853. Thank You, >Ruby Waugh, Iowa jakec@netins.net > > >----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- >