Bambi, thanks for the welcome, my Downing ancestors lived in Port Carbon Borough, Schylkill Co., PA in 1870; Parker, Armstong Co., PA in 1880; Mannington, Marion Co., WV in 1900; Metz, Marion Co., WV in 1910. My 2ggrand- father George W. Downing was born in Rhode Island, abt. 1838. He married Frances E. Glenn in PA 1855. Their children were: 1. Mary Downing b: Abt. 1868 Pennsylvania 2. George Washington Downing, Jr. b: 15 Jun 1871 Pennsylvania d: 11 Sep 1919 Maricopa, Kern Co. CA .... m. Jessie May Hughes b: 05 May 1880 Aleppo, Greene Co. PA m: 1898 West Virginia ? d: 21 Jun 1954 Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Co. CA 3. Frances Adelaide Downing b: Abt. 1875 Pennsylvania George Hughes Downing Springfield, MO