The Genealogy of the Downing Family

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Rhoda S. Downing1

Parents

  • Rhoda S. Downing was born about 1836 in Missouri, United States.2,1
  • Rhoda was enumerated in the household of her parents on the 1850 Census in Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household are:
    1. Downing, William, age 35, farmer, real estate valued at $400.
    2. -----, Charity, age 33.
    3. -----, Rachel, age 15, attends school (I believe this is Rhoda).
    4. -----, Rebecca, age 11, attends school.
    5. -----, Thos. B., age 9, attends school.
    6. -----, William T., age 6, attends school.
    7. -----, John B., age 4.
    8. -----, Mary C., age 3.
    Missing from the household is Joel (age 6). I suspect he and Willliam T. are the same person.3
  • She and Tipton Denton were married about 1853.4
  • Rhoda was enumerated on the 1860 census in the household of her spouse in Black Jack Grove Post Office, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
    1. Denton, Tipton, age 28, real estate valued at $840, personal estate valued at $1,725.
    2. -----, Rhoda S., age 23.
    3. -----, Mary B., age 6.
    4. -----, Florida C., age 4.
    5. -----, Alice E., age 2.4
  • She and John Hamrick were married on 8 February 1866.
  • Rhoda was enumerated on the 1870 census in the household of her spouse in Precinct 4, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
    1. Hamrick, John, age 34, farmer.
    2. -----, Rhoda, age 34.
    3. -----, Rebecca, age 3.
    4. -----, James L., age 6 months.
    5. Denton, Alice, age 12.
    6. -----, Tipton, age 7.
    7. -----, Laura, age 6.
    The family was enumerated next to William and Charity Downing, Rhoda's parents. Also living next door are Mary and Florida Denton, Rhoda's two oldest children.1

Family 1: Tipton Denton (b. about 1832, d. between 1864 and 1866)

Family 2: John Hamrick (b. about 1834)

  • Last Edited: 22 June 2019

Citations

  1. [S324] Texas, Hunt County, 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M593, roll 1593, Precinct #4 (Lone Oak Post Office), p. 4, dwelling 23, family 23, John Hamrick, accessed 6 Apr 2004
  2. [S317] Texas, Hunt County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, Gives age as 23 (circa 1837) and born in Missouri., M653, roll 1298, Precinct 9 (Black Jack Grove Post Office), p. 17 (345), dwelling 121, family 121, Tipton Denton Household
  3. [S318] Texas, Hunt County, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, 1. Downing, William, age 35, farmer, real estate valued at $400, born IL.
    2. -----, Charity, age 33, born TN.
    3. -----, Rachel, age 15, born MO, attends school (I believe this is Rhoda).
    4. -----, Rebecca, age 11, born MO, attends school.
    5. -----, Thos. B., age 9, born MO, attends school.
    6. -----, William T., age 6, attends school.
    7. -----, John B., age 4, born TX.
    8. -----, Mary C., age 3, born TX.

    Missing from the household is Joel (age 6). I suspect he and Willliam T. are the same person., M432, roll 911, (no townhip given), p. 229, dwelling 111, family 116, William Downing, accessed 6 Apr 2004
  4. [S317] Texas, Hunt County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M653, roll 1298, Precinct 9 (Black Jack Grove Post Office), p. 17 (345), dwelling 121, family 121, Tipton Denton Household