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Hiram Anderson
(1788-1853)
Mary Mulford
(1792-1859)
Abram Bennett
(1819-1906)
Rachel Anderson
(1822-1893)
Ada Adelaid Bennett
(1860-1943)

 

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Romulus Downing

Ada Adelaid Bennett

  • Born: 12 Oct 1860, , Doniphan, Kansas
  • Marriage: Romulus Downing on 24 Jul 1879 in Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas
  • Died: 18 Aug 1943, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado at age 82
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1865, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. 1
Abram Bennett, 46, farmer, real estate $4000, property $1300, born in Ohio. Rachel Bennett, 45, born in Ohio. George W. Bennett, 25, farmer, real estate $1500, property $600, born in Ohio. Thomas I. Bennett, 19, farmer, property $400, born in Ohio. Silas W. Bennett, 17, farmer, born in Ohio. Chas. W. Bennett, 14, born in Ohio. Mary A. Bennett, 12, born in Ohio. Robert N. Bennett, 11, born in Ohio. David W. Bennett, 6, born in Kansas. Addie A. Bennett, 4, born in Kansas. Abram E. Bennett, 2, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1875, Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas. 2
Abram Bennett, 56, farmer, real estate $7000, property $1000, born in Ohio. Rachel Bennett, 52, born in Ohio. Robert N. Bennett, 20, farmer, born in Ohio. David W. Bennett, 18, born in Ohio. Adria A. Bennett, 16, born in Kansas. A. E. Bennett, 13, bornin Kansas. Charles Bennett, 25, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1880, Farmington, Rooks, Kansas. 3
Romulus Downing, 24, farmer, born in Indiana. Adda A. Downing, 19, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1900, Centre, Marshall, Kansas. 4
Romulus Downing, 44, farmer, born in Indiana. Ada Downing, 39, born in Kansas. Edward Downing, 19, laborer, born in Kansas. Gertie Downing, 17, born in Kansas. Ray Downing, 10, born in Kansas. Abram Bennett, 81, widowed, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1905, Franklin, Marshall, Kansas. 5
R. Downing, 49, white, male. Ada A. Downing, 44, white, female. E. R. Downing, 25, white, male. G. M. Downing, 23, white, female. R. E. Downing, 15, white, male. Abram Bennett, 86, white, male.

• Census, 1910, Newett, Chaffee, Colorado. 6
R. Downing, 54, telegraph operator on rail road, born in Indiana, married 30 years. Ada Downing, 49, born in Kansas, married 30 years, 3 children, 3 living. Ray Downing, 20, engineer, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1920, Cucamonga, Los Angeles, California. 7
George W. Bennett, 79, widower, carpenter in packing house, born in Ohio. Ada Downing, 59, sister, widow, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1930, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. 8
Ada A. Downing, 69, value of home $6000, born in Kansas. Martha B. Downing, 18, granddaughter, born in Kansas. Ada M. Claney, 31, lodger, born in Kansas. Pauline Nelson, 19, lodger, born in United States.


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Ada married Romulus Downing on 24 Jul 1879 in Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas. (Romulus Downing was born on 28 Dec 1855 in , Boone, Illinois and died on 9 Jan 1918 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.)


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Sources


1 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River, 1865 Kansas State Census (www.ancestry.com).

2 Kansas, Doniphan, Wolf River, 1875 Kansas State Census (www.ancestry.com).

3 United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880, 1880 Federal Census (Washington : National Archives and Records Service, [19--]), Adda A. Downing, 19, KS, National Archives Film T9-0395, Page 409A.

4 Kansas, Marshall, Centre, 1900 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

5 Kansas, Marshall, Franklin, 1905 Kansas State Census (www.ancestry.com).

6 Colorado, Chaffee, Newett, 1910 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

7 California,San Bernardino, Cucamonga, 1920 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

8 Colorado, El Paso, Colorado Springs, 1930 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

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