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Bettie A Downs 1846–1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ca. 1846

Birth Location: Kentucky

Death Date: 2 Dec 1888

Death Location: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Father: Benoni Downs

Mother: Nancy Harris

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Thomas Powell

Bettie A Downs was born in 1846 in Kentucky, the child of Benoni Payne Downs And Nancy Harris. Bettie A Downs had children including Thomas Alexander Powell. Bettie A Downs passed away in 1888 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Bettie A Downs was born in 1846 in Kentucky, the child of Benoni Payne Downs And Nancy Harris.
  • Bettie A Downs had children including Thomas Alexander Powell.
  • Bettie A Downs passed away in 1888 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

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Bettie Downs's Ancestors

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Bettie Downs
1846–1888
Birth Place: Kentucky
Parents
Benoni Payne Downs
1813–1860
Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
Nancy Harris
1808–1894
Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
George (William) Downs
1778–1820
Kentucky, USA
Susanna Crowder
1781–1860
Jessamine County, Kentucky
William (Hubbard) Harris
1766–1837
Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Jane (Jenny) Overstreet
1766–1812
Hanover County, Virginia, Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Sterling Crowder
1758–1834
Martha Stovall
1762–1847
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bettie Downs's Descendants

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Bettie (A) Downs (ca. 1846–2 Dec 1888)
  1. 1. Thomas (Alexander) Powell 1870–1913
    1. 1. John (F.) Powell 1903–1980 m. Lucille Bastin 1903–1969
      1. 1. William (C.) Powell 1925–1984 m. Blanche Rose 1927–1981

Bettie Downs's Timeline

2 Records

1846
ca. 1846
Birth of Bettie A Downs in Kentucky
Kentucky
1888
2 Dec 1888
Age 42
Death of Bettie A Downs in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ca. 1846
    Event Place: Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1888
    Event Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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