Romulus Downing
(1855-1918)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Ada Adelaid Bennett

Romulus Downing

  • Born: 28 Dec 1855, , Boone, Illinois
  • Marriage: Ada Adelaid Bennett on 24 Jul 1879 in Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas
  • Died: 9 Jan 1918, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado at age 62
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1860, Clinton, Boone, Indiana. 1
Edward Downing, 35, farmer, real estate $800, property $424, born in New York. Emily Downing, 27, born in Ohio. Laven Downing, 7, born in Indiana. Wellington Downing, 5, born in Indiana. Romulus Downing, 3, born in Indiana. Mary A. Downing, 1, born in Indiana.

• Census, 1870, Clinton, Boone, Indiana. 2
Romulus Downing, 14, farm laborer, born in Indiana.

• 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.


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Romulus married Ada Adelaid Bennett, daughter of Abram Bennett and Rachel Anderson, on 24 Jul 1879 in Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas. (Ada Adelaid Bennett was born on 12 Oct 1860 in , Doniphan, Kansas and died on 18 Aug 1943 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.)


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Sources


1 Indiana, Boone, Clinton, 1860 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

2 Indiana, Boone, Clinton, 1870 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

3 United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880, 1880 Federal Census (Washington : National Archives and Records Service, [19--]), Romulus Downing, 24, IN, 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).

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