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Margaret Downs 1814–1871 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1814

Birth Location: Knox County, Ohio, USA

Death Date: July 3, 1871

Death Location: Putnam County, Indiana, USA

Father: George Downs

Mother: Rebekah Thrift

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Margaret Downs was born in 1814 in Knox County, Ohio, USA, the child of George Downs And Rebekah Elgin Thrift. Margaret Downs passed away in 1871 in Putnam County, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Margaret Downs was born in 1814 in Knox County, Ohio, USA, the child of George Downs And Rebekah Elgin Thrift.
  • Margaret Downs passed away in 1871 in Putnam County, Indiana, USA.

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Margaret Downs's Ancestors

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Margaret Downs
1814–1871
Birth Place: Knox County, Ohio, USA
Parents
George Downs
1777–1841
Maryland, USA
Rebekah (Elgin) Thrift
1780–1841
Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia Colony
Grandparents
John Downs
1750–1848
Sarah Underhill
1750–
Reverend (William Absalom Thrift) Sr.
1760–1821
Loudon, Fairfax, Virginia Colony
Elizabeth Elgin
1765–1791
Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Charles Thrift
1700–1788
Rebekah Hamilton
1725–1788
Francis Elgin
1728–1782
Rebecca Cartwright
1732–1782
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Thrift
1669–1736
Elizabeth Parsons
1669–1735
Charles Hamilton
1704–1786

Margaret Downs's Timeline

2 Records

1814
1814
Birth of Margaret Downs in Knox County, Ohio, USA
Knox County, Ohio, USA
1871
July 3, 1871
Age 57
Death of Margaret Downs in Putnam County, Indiana, USA
Putnam County, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Knox County, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 3, 1871
    Event Place: Putnam County, Indiana, USA

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