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Thomas Downey 1818–1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1818

Birth Location: Mercer, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 1840

Death Location: Kentucky, United States

Father: James Jr

Mother: Mary Riley

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Thomas Downey was born in 1818 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, the child of James Downey Jr And Mary Polly Riley. Thomas Downey passed away in 1840 in Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Thomas Downey was born in 1818 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, the child of James Downey Jr And Mary Polly Riley.
  • Thomas Downey passed away in 1840 in Kentucky, United States.

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Thomas Downey's Ancestors

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Thomas Downey
1818–1840
Birth Place: Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Parents
James Downey Jr
1774–1846
Kentucky County, Virginia, United States
Mary (Polly) Riley
1786–1846
Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
James (Thomas) Downey
1757–1796
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Martha Barnes
1754–1832
Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Edward Riley
1771–1838
believe Pennsylvania, America
Poly (Eleanore) Wilson
1773–1828
Belleview, Pennsylvania, America
Great-Grandparents
James Downie
1720–
Rachel Erskine
1726–
Caleb Barnes
1714–1760
Martha Barnes
1721–1776
John Riley
1724–1793
Elizabeth Randolph
1727–1782
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Downey's Timeline

2 Records

1818
1818
Birth of Thomas Downey in Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Mercer, Kentucky, United States
1840
1840
Age 22
Death of Thomas Downey in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1818
    Event Place: Mercer, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Kentucky, United States

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