The Genealogy of the Downing Family

Carter Tarrent Downing^1,2

Carter Tarrent Downing was born on 10 April 1830 in Bond County, Illinois, United States.^1,2,2
He was christened after 10 April 1830 in 2nd Judicial Precinct, Wise County, Texas, United States.²
He and Charlotte Jane Flannery were married on 30 September 1852 in Dade County, Missouri, United States.³
He appeared on the 1860 census on 18 September 1860 in Greenfield Post Office, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Carter L. Downing, age 30, works as farmer, real estate valued at $200, person estate valued at $150, born in Illinois. Enumerated in the previous house is Carter's brother, William, and his family.^4,2
He and Mary Hefner were married on 2 January 1861 in Hunt County, Texas, United States.³
He appeared on the 1880 census on 3 June 1880 in Precinct 4, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
1. Downing, CT, age 50, farmer.
2. -----, Mary, age 35.
3. -----, A. Price, son, age 18.
4. -----, Charles, son, age 10.
5. -----, Elbert P., son, age 8.
6. -----, Jos Lee, son.
7. -----, Ada D., dau, age 1.²
He died on 9 January 1898, at age 67, in New Lone Oak, Hunt County, Texas, United States.^1,2

Albert Price Downing (b. 30 December 1861, d. 24 March 1930)
Samuel Jasper Downing (b. 16 April 1866, d. 25 December 1867)
Charles Short Downing (b. 14 November 1870, d. 27 October 1905)
Elbert Pierce Downing (b. 20 September 1872)
Joseph Lee Downing (b. 7 June 1875, d. 15 January 1967)
Ada Dixie Downing (b. 18 April 1879, d. 18 November 1970)
Troy Campbell Downing (b. 7 January 1881)

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[S327] Texas, Hunt County, 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T9, roll 1312, Precinct 4`, enumeration district (ED) 68, p. 4, dwelling 32, family 32, C.T. Downing, accessed 24 Apr 2005
[S256] Ancestry.com, "Family Trees," database, accessed 13 Apr 2017), Carter Tarrant Downing; my tree 0110_AutoBackup (staleyp41).
[S317] Texas, Hunt County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, M653, roll 1298, Precinct 9 (Greenfield Post Office), p. 19 (36), dwelling 136, family 135, Carter Downing, accessed 6 Apr 2004