Lydia Ann (Hunt) Downs (1828-1903) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Lydia Ann (Anna) Downs formerly Hunt

Born 5 Mar 1828 in Ohio, United States

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of John D. Downs Jr — married 1846 (to 25 Sep 1875) in Wayne County, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Mother of Robert Henry Downs, James Downs, William Nelson Downs, Joseph Downs, Mary Jane (Downs) Burns and Arkansas Downs

Died 11 Feb 1903 at age 74 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, United States

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1 Biography
2 Children
3 Obituary
4 Sources

Biography

Children

Robert H Downs, 1842–1879 (m Elizabeth Hinton Downs Robbins)^[1]
Monroe Downs, 1846–1911^[2]
William Nelson Downs, 1848–1927 ^[3]
Joseph Downs, 1850–1924 ^[4]
Mary Jane Downs Burns, 1852–1920 ^[5]
Arkansas Downs, 1858–1899 ^[6]

Obituary

Mrs. Anna Downs, who died at the residence of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. I.M. Robbins, February 8, 1893, was born December 18, 1819 in Ohio. She came to Wayne County, Indiana when but a small child. At the age of eighteen she was married to John Downs, who died leaving her a widow with six grown children in 1876. In 1886 she came to Red Willow County, Nebr., where she has remained ever since. She became a member of the United Brethren church at the age twenty years. She leaves a son in Stark County, Illinois, and a daughter and three sons in Red Willow County, Nebr. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. D.S. Morris pastor of the M.E. church on Friday morning, February 10, 1893. The remains were buried in the Indianola cemetery. Friday 17 February 1893^[7]

Sources

1850 United States Federal Census - Madison County, Indiana

1860 United States Federal Census - Madison County, Indiana

1870 United States Federal Census - Stark County, Illinois

1880 United States Federal Census - Knox County, Illinois

1890 United States Federal Census - Cook County, Illinois

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

Nebraska, State Census Collection, 1860-1885

Mansfield Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anna:

~3.12% Bekah Downs : 23andMe, GEDmatch KQ4029774 [compare], yourDNAportal REBf03fd3f5
~3.12% Debra (Downs) Allison : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A777879 [compare], Ancestry member debielou_1
~1.56% ~6.25% Elleen (Wimmer) Miller : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mrsemiller