-----Original Message----- From: carl waugh <jakec@netins.net> To: DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com <DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 10:28 PM Subject: [DOWNING-L] Iowa Downings >Sue and all looking for Iowa Downings, >Six sons of Albert and Sarah Moore Downing who came to Cedar Co., Iowa, two >miles N. of Bennett, Iowa sixty years ago have enjoyed a reunion in Tipton >this week. >1. Alexander G. Downing, now lives in Des Moines, Iowa >2. John, is a resident of Springdale Twp. >3. George, of Iowa City, Iowa >4. Paul of Tipton, Iowa >5. Albert of Corning, Iowa >6. Andrew, of Corning, Iowa For anyone interested in this family, Alexander G. Downing was a soldier in Co. E of the 11th Regiment Iowa Volunteers during the Civil War. He returned safely to the family farm at Tipton, Iowa after the war and wrote a diary about his adventures. A copy of it is in the Allen Co. Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and contains several photos of the author. Jim Downing Sarasota, FL.