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Obediah Downing¹

Parents

• Obediah Downing was also known as Abe Downing.²
• He was born in July 1874 in Texas, United States.^1,2
• He appeared on the 1880 census in the household of his parents in Precinct 4, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, TB Downing, age 39, farmer.
  2. -----, Susana, age 36.
  3. -----, Thos F., age 19.
  4. -----, Wm, age 18.
  5. -----, Obediah, age 6.
  6. -----, Elbert B., age 3.
  7. Key, Emma, age 25, orphan.¹
• Obediah was enumerated in the household of his parents on the 1900 Census in Justice Precinct #4, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, TB, head,age 58, works as a blacksmith, owns his house free.
  2. -----, Susan, wife, age 55, birthed 7 children - 5 still living.
  3. -----, Dora, daughter, age 19.
  4. -----, Abe (Obediah), son, age 25, works as a printer.
  5. -----, Albert (Elbert?), son, age 22, works as a farm laborer.
  6. -----, John, age 14, at school for 8 months.
  7. Beer, Rachel, MIL.²

• Last Edited: 23 June 2019

Citations

1. [S327] Texas, Hunt County, 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T9, roll 1312, Precinct #4, enumeration district (ED) 68, p. 10B, dwelling 90, family 90, T. B. Downing household, accessed 24 Oct 2004
2. [S315] Texas, Hunt County, 1900 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T623, roll 1648, Justice Precinct #4, enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 12A, dwelling 204, family 204, TB Downing household, accessed 13 Apr 2005