Person Page 572

Obediah Carter Downing^1,2

Parents

• Obediah Carter Downing was born on 28 September 1856 in Texas, United States.^1,3,2,4,5
• He appeared on the 1860 census in the household of his 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.²
• He appeared on the 1870 census in the household of his parents in Precinct 4, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, William, age 55, farmer, real estate $1000, personal estate $630.
  2. -----, Charity, age 55.
  3. -----, Baalam, age 16.
  4. -----, Obediah, age 13.
  5. -----, William, age 11, attends school.
  6. Denton, Mary [daughter of Rhoda], age 16.
  7. Hobbs, Wm [not entered; unknown relationship], age 20.
  8. Denton, Florida, age 14, attends school.⁴
• He and Alice Octavia Frazier were married in 1878.¹
• He appeared on the 1880 census on 24 June 1880 in District #2, Wise County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, OC, age 24, farmer.
  2. -----, AO, age 20.
  3. -----, Allie, age 1, born TX.
  4. -----, BM, age 26 (relationship to head - brother), farmer.
  5.-----, Travis B, age 8/12 (relationship to head - newphew).³
• He appeared on the 1920 census on 15 January 1920 in Texline, Dallam County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, Obediah, owns his house free, age 63, is a dry goods merchant that employs others.
  2. ----, Alice, age 59.
  3. -----, Jatta, age 31.⁵
• He died on 16 May 1939, at age 82, in Texline, Dallam County, Texas, United States.¹

• Last Edited: 29 June 2019

Citations

1. [S256] Ancestry.com, "Family Trees," database, accessed 8 Apr 2017), Obediah Carter Downing; Downing Family Treee.
2. [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
3. [S316] Texas, Wise County, 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T9, roll 1333, District #2, enumeration district (ED) 126, p. 43, dwelling 391, family 392, OC Downing, accessed 31 Mar 2004
4. [S324] Texas, Hunt County, 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M593, roll 1593, Precinct #4 (Lone Oak Post Office), p. 4, dwelling 21, family 21, William Downing, accessed 6 Apr 2004
5. [S325] Texas, Dallam County, 1920 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T625, roll 1790, Texline (precint 1), enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 4B, dwelling 86, family 86, Obediah Downing, accessed 11 Apr 2004