Lodowick Elbert Downes & Harriet Matilda Brent


Generation No. 1


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Lodowick Elbert DOWNES  was born 26 JUN 1812 in Queen Anne Co., Maryland, and died 27 OCT 1875 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. He was buried 1875 in Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, TX. He married Harriet Matilda BRENT, daughter of James BRENT and Sarah SIMMONS. She was born 23 APR 1828 in North Carolina, and died 12 FEB 1880 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. She was buried 1880 in Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, TX.

Children of Lodowick Elbert DOWNES and Harriet Matilda BRENT are:
+ 2   i. James Elbert DOWNES was born 31 OCT 1845 in Houston Co., TX, and died 25 JAN 1917 in Dallas, TX.
+ 3   ii. Sarah Isabella DOWNES was born 14 AUG 1848 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 8 MAR 1943 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX.
4   iii. Franklin Edward DOWNES was born 1851. He married Endora PRITCHARD, daughter of W. D. PRITCHARD.
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  iv.
John Fletcher DOWNES was born 14 NOV 1853 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 16 DEC 1941 in Charlotte, Atascosa Co., TX.
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  v.
Bathia Elizabeth DOWNES was born 27 APR 1857 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 28 JUL 1943 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX.
7   vi. Charles Williams DOWNES was born 1858.
8   vii. Bennett Arrington DOWNES was born 1861.
+ 9   viii. Mary Ann DOWNES was born 1865.
+ 10   ix. Lula Lee DOWNES was born 1870 in Houston Co. TX, and died in TX.


Generation No. 2

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James Elbert DOWNES (Lodowick Elbert DOWNES1) was born 31 OCT 1845 in Houston Co., TX, and died 25 JAN 1917 in Dallas, TX; He is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston Co., TX.. He married Cora Josephine JONES. She was born 16 JUN 1869 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and died 28 SEP 1896 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX; She is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston Co., TX.. He married Elizabeth G. BROWN 5 MAY 1870 in Crockett, Houston Co. TX, daughter of James Fernando BROWN and Nancy Jane STEPHENSON. She was born 26 NOV 1851 in Austin's Colony, TX, and died 12 FEB 1914 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.  She is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston Co., TX.

Children of James Elbert DOWNES and Elizabeth G. BROWN are:
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  i.

James F. DOWNES was born 9 JUL 1871 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 30 JUL 1932 in TX; He is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston Co., TX.. He married Leela WARFIELD. She was born 1886, and died 1962 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX.
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  ii.
William A. DOWNES.  He married Marie Alberta CONVERSE 17 APR 1901 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, daughter of Dexter Edgar CONVERSE.
13   iii. Edward E. DOWNES died 23 JUN 1901.  Killed in battle.  Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston Co., TX.

3.

Sarah Isabella DOWNES (Lodowick Elbert DOWNES1) was born 14 AUG 1848 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 8 MAR 1943 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. She was buried 9 MAR 1943 in Crockett Cemetery. She married Charles E. ROMAIN. He was born 26 AUG 1846 in Toronto, Canada, and died 18 SEP 1893 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. She married Dabney LEWIS.

Child of Sarah Isabella DOWNES and Charles E. ROMAIN is:
14   i. Hattie Mae ROMAIN.

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John Fletcher DOWNES (Lodowick Elbert DOWNES1) was born 14 NOV 1853 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 16 DEC 1941 in Charlotte, Atascosa Co., TX. He was buried 1941 in Sand Branch Cemetery. He married Arizona LANKFORD 25 AUG 1885 in Bexar Co., TX, daughter of John LANKFORD and Susan FAVOR. She was born 29 MAR 1867 in Arkansas, and died 3 SEP 1945 in Charlotte, Atascosa Co., TX. She was buried 1945 in Sand Branch Cemetery.

Children of John Fletcher DOWNES and Arizona LANKFORD are:
+ 15   i. Richard Lee DOWNES was born 3 MAY 1886 in Bexar, Co. TX, and died 16 JUL 1969 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.
+ 16   ii. Leonard Elmer DOWNES was born 3 FEB 1888 in Bexar Co., TX, and died 7 DEC 1952 in Freer, Duval Co., TX.
+ 17   iii. Berta Ella DOWNES was born 21 AUG 1889 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died NOV 1932.
18   iv. Walter Bennet DOWNES was born 12 JUL 1891, and died 30 MAY 1942.
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  v. Rufus Eddie DOWNES was born 22 JAN 1893 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 9 MAY 1955 in Poteet, Atascosa Co., TX.
20   vi. Charles William DOWNES was born 26 APR 1894, and died 25 JUL 1895.
21   vii. John Ireland DOWNES was born 30 MAR 1896 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 23 JUL 1913.
+ 22   viii. Fannie Gertrude DOWNES was born 30 APR 1898 in Atascosa Co., TX.
+ 23   ix. Thomas Wiley DOWNES was born 5 DEC 1899 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 25 JUL 1967 in Beeville, Bee Co., TX.
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  x. Emma Elizabeth DOWNES was born 29 JAN 1902 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 12 MAR 1975 in Refugio, Refugio Co., TX.
+ 25   xi. Hattie Mae DOWNES was born 28 FEB 1905.
+ 26   xii. Alfred Edison DOWNES was born 27 JAN 1907 in Atascosa Co., TX.
+ 27   xiii. Lottie Imogene DOWNES was born 6 FEB 1910 in Atascosa Co., TX.

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Bathia Elizabeth DOWNES (Lodowick Elbert DOWNES1) was born 27 APR 1857 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 28 JUL 1943 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. She was buried 1943 in Evergeen Cemetery, Crockett, TX. She married Harry Hampton Cannada EICHELBERGER 9 JUL 1879 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, son of Jacob Cannada EICHELBERGER and Elizabeth F. ADDISON. He was born 30 OCT 1856 in Marion Co., Florida, and died 5 NOV 1925 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. He was buried 1925 in Evergreen Cemetery, Crockett, TX.

Children of Bathia Elizabeth DOWNES and Harry Hampton Cannada EICHELBERGER are:
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  i. Elbert Downes EICHELBERGER was born 16 MAY 1881 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died AFT. 1943. He married Corrie HULL 22 DEC 1915 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX.
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  ii.
Willie Douglas EICHELBERGER was born 20 SEP 1884 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 21 DEC 1958 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX.
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  iii.
Genevieve Downes EICHELBERGER was born 3 DEC 1890 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 23 DEC 1981 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX.

9. Mary Ann DOWNES (Lodowick Elbert DOWNES1) was born 1865. She married A. R. WRIGHT.
   

Children of Mary Ann DOWNES and A. R. WRIGHT are:
  31   i. Henry Downes WRIGHT.
+ 32   ii. Josephine WRIGHT.

10.
Lula Lee DOWNES (Lodowick Elbert DOWNES1) was born 1870 in Houston Co. TX, and died in TX. She married --- ALEXANDER c. 1885 in Houston Co. TX.

Children of Lula Lee DOWNES and --- ALEXANDER are:
33   i. Fred Sharp ALEXANDER was born AFT. 1885.
34   ii. Lizzie D. ALEXANDER was born AFT. 1885.


Generation No. 3

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Richard Lee DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES1) was born 3 MAY 1886 in Bexar, Co. TX, and died 16 JUL 1969 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was buried in Sand Branch Cemetery. He married Petra HERRERA c. 1907 in Mexico. She was born 29 JUN 1891 in Mexico, and died 16 AUG 1973 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.

Children of Richard Lee DOWNES and Petra HERRERA are:
  37   i. Alicia Eliza DOWNES was born 16 JUL 1912 in  Karnes Co., TX.
  38   ii. Ruby Lee DOWNES was born 7 JUN 1915 in  Karnes Co., TX.
39   iii. Robert Edison DOWNES was born 1 JAN 1918 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He married Katherine MacARTHUR.
  40   iv. Lillian May DOWNES was born 5 JUN 1920 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.
  41   v. Florence Elizabeth DOWNES was born 23 JAN 1923 in Floresville, Wilson Co., TX.
42   vi. Johnie DOWNES was born 25 JUL 1925, and died 14 FEB 1926.

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Leonard Elmer DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 3 FEB 1888 in Bexar Co., TX, and died 7 DEC 1952 in Freer, Duval Co., TX. He married Etta BILHARTZ in Pearsall, Frio Co., TX.

Child of Leonard Elmer DOWNES and Etta BILHARTZ is:
  43   i. Leonard Elmer DOWNES , Jr. was born 28 OCT 1922.

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Berta Ella DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 21 AUG 1889 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died NOV 1932. She was buried in San Miguel, TX. She married Roy CONLEY 1913. She married James William FURGURSON 13 APR 1921 in Atascosa Co., TX.

Child of Berta Ella DOWNES and Roy CONLEY is:
44   i. Clyde Leon CONLEY was born 2 MAR 1915.

Child of Berta Ella DOWNES and James William FURGURSON is:
45   i. James William FURGURSON was born 2 FEB 1922 in Atascosa Co., TX.

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Rufus Eddie DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 22 JAN 1893 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 9 MAY 1955 in Poteet, Atascosa Co., TX. He was buried 1955 in Roselawn Cemetery, San Antonio, TX. He married Annie Mae O'NEIL 29 NOV 1916 in TX.

Children of Rufus Eddie DOWNES and Annie Mae O'NEIL are:
  46   i. Dorothy Afton DOWNES was born 29 DEC 1917.
  47   ii. Edna Ruth DOWNES was born 7 JAN 1921.
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Fae Aileeen DOWNES was born 10 MAR 1924 in Crown, Atascosa Co., TX, and died 9 AUG 1957 in Livermore, Alameda Co., California.

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Fannie Gertrude DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 30 APR 1898 in Atascosa Co., TX. She married Norbet JOHNSON 2 JUL 1923 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.

Child of Fannie Gertrude DOWNES and Norbet JOHNSON is:
  49   i. Francis Geraldine JOHNSON was born 30 APR 1924.

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Thomas Wiley DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 5 DEC 1899 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 25 JUL 1967 in Beeville, Bee Co., TX. He married Minnie Ella NEAL 1 MAR 1934 in Jourdanton, Atascosa Co., TX.

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Emma Elizabeth DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 29 JAN 1902 in Atascosa Co., TX, and died 12 MAR 1975 in Refugio, Refugio Co., TX. She was buried in Beeville, Bee Co., TX. She married Karl Charles GUENTHER 5 OCT 1926 in Charlotte, Atascosa Co., TX.

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Hattie Mae DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 28 FEB 1905. She married Elmo O. MANGUM. He died in Poteet, Atascosa Co., TX. She married Eugene Edwin MANGUM 9 APR 1925 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.

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Alfred Edison DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 27 JAN 1907 in Atascosa Co., TX. He married Ada May MCLAUGHLIN 8 MAY 1943 in Yuma, Yuma Co., Arizona.

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Lottie Imogene DOWNES (John Fletcher DOWNES) was born 6 FEB 1910 in Atascosa Co., TX. She married John H. WINDHAM 7 MAR 1935 in Poteet, Atascosa Co., TX.

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Genevieve Downes EICHELBERGER (Bathia Elizabeth DOWNES) was born 3 DEC 1890 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 23 DEC 1981 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. She was buried 1981 in Evergreen Memorial Park. She married John Gordon BEASLEY , Sr. 23 DEC 1912 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, son of Stephen Thomas BEASLEY and Mary Kate SMITH. He was born 3 JUL 1888 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX, and died 5 APR 1959 in Crockett, Houston Co., TX. He was buried 1959 in Evergreen Memorial Park.

32. Josephine WRIGHT (Mary Ann DOWNES). She married --- MATTHEWS.
   

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