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Elisabeth Downing¹

Parents

• Elisabeth Downing was born about 1848 in Texas, United States.¹
• She appeared on the 1860 census in the household of her parents in Greenfield Post Office, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Living in this house were:
  1. Downing, William, age 45, works as a farmer, real estate valued at $2000, personal estate valued at $850.
  2. -----, Charity, age 44.
  3. Knight, Rebecca, age 21 [She is William & Charity's widowed daughter.]
  4. Downing, Thomas, age 18, works as farm labor.
  5. -----, Joel, age 16.
  6. -----, John, age 14.
  7. -----, Elisabeth, age 12, attends school.
  8. -----, Baalam, age 6, attends school.
  9. -----, Obediah, age 3.
  10. Knight, William, age 2, born TX. [He is Rebecca's son and William and Charity's grandson.].
  Living in the next house enumerated is William's brother, Carter L. Downing. Missing from the household are William and Mary. I suspect that William and Joel are the same person based on their birthdates and the fact that neither one appear on the census records together.¹

• Last Edited: 22 April 2017

Citations

1. [S317] Texas, Hunt County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M653, roll 1298, Precinct 9 (Greenfield Post Office), p. 19 (36), dwelling 135, family 134, William Downing, accessed 6 Apr 2004