Lavina Elizabeth Downs Lylte Bower 1831-1912

Question

Unable to figure out where the name "Downs" comes from. Her mother was Catherine Newhouse.....

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Where did she live?

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My records show that she was born in Magnolia, Carroll, OH and most of her residences in the 1800s were in Harrison Co, OH.

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who was she married to?

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Have you ordered her death certificate? It looks like it's in volume 950 #66469

And have you tried to track down any sort of marriage record? Likely a church record. They were married by the 1850 census, but without children til the following year.

OMG, Find-a-grave has a photo of her and she's stunning:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=BO&GSfn=l&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=2201&GRid=38851100&df=all&

 

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My confusion stems from the name "Downs". It does not appear anywhere else in her family tree. I am thinking Samuel Lytle may not have been her biological father. Yes, I  have seen her picture....stunning is one word :) BTW, she was married to Jacob H. Bower

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What are your sources for her various names? Where is Downs on a document? have you put a profile up on wikitree for her line yet?