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Benjamin Foster Downing 1816–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 January 1816

Birth Location: Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States

Death Date: 7 October 1889

Death Location: Prowers County, Colorado, USA

Father: Francis Downing

Mother: Elizabeth Downing

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Benjamin Foster Downing was born in 1816 in Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States, the child of Francis Woodward Downing And Elizabeth Downing. Benjamin Foster Downing passed away in 1889 in Prowers County, Colorado, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Foster Downing was born in 1816 in Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States, the child of Francis Woodward Downing And Elizabeth Downing.
  • Benjamin Foster Downing passed away in 1889 in Prowers County, Colorado, USA.

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Benjamin Downing's Ancestors

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Benjamin Downing
1816–1889
Birth Place: Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States
Parents
Francis Woodward Downing
1783–1855
,Monongalia,Virginia,USA
Elizabeth Downing
1783–1871
Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
REV (LEWIS Foster) *
1760–1852
Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, USA
Nancy (Ann) Davis
1762–1839
,of Bedford,Pennsylvania,USA
Great-Grandparents
REV Sr
1731–1800
ELIZABETH Lewis
1738–1783
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Foster
1711–1752
Sarah Cross
1716–1752

Benjamin Downing's Timeline

2 Records

1816
24 January 1816
Birth of Benjamin Foster Downing in Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States
Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States
1889
7 October 1889
Age 73
Death of Benjamin Foster Downing in Wilde, Prowers, Colorado, United States
Wilde, Prowers, Colorado, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 January 1816
    Event Place: Franklin, Madison, Ohio, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 October 1889
    Event Place: Wilde, Prowers, Colorado, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Prowers County, Colorado, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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