Eli Downing (1786 - 1859)

Born 15 Sep 1786 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 15 Jul 1859 at age 72 in Harlem, Delaware County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Eli Downing was born in 1786.^[1][2] He was the son of Daniel Downing^[1] and Hannah Adams^[1] He died in 1859.^[2]

Research Notes

• Censuses have been downloaded from Ancestry.com and/or Family Search.org. The numbers at the end generally represent (Ward), (Enumeration District), and page(s).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} US Census 1850 Ohio Licking Monroe 21
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave Memorial# 35784167

• Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX33-FKS : 12 April 2016), Eli Downing, Monroe, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 459, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Created by: Jean Record added: Apr 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 35784167 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35784167

• Fact: Burial Harlem Cemetery , Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio, USA

• Eli Downing (1786-1859) on Find A Grave: Memorial #35784167 retrieved 22 August 2018

• https://pawchs.org/1809-luzerne-county-federalist/; 10 March 1809; To be sold at public vendue, on March 25th, at the house of Eli DOWNING, in Wilkesbarre, household furniture and a few saddler’s tools. Polly ALKINS and Stephen ARNOLD, Admin’rs. [Note: Eli Downing and Mercy Arnold were married in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 18 January 1809. Marriage date copied from family bible by Laura Downing Moss. Mercy was the daughter of Stephen Arnold. ]

• Court Records, 1853-1897; Probate Place: Delaware, Ohio; Source Information, Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.; Name: Eli Downing; Probate Date: 5 Oct 1859; Probate Place: Delaware, Ohio, USA; Inferred Death Year: Abt 1859; Inferred Death Place: Ohio, USA; Item Description: Journal of Appointments of Guardians, 1876-1883; Administrators Bonds, 1860-1884; Executors Bonds, Vol 1-2, 1853-1879;

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35784167/eli-downing; Dates from a 1947 reading: died July 15 1859; aged ?? y 9 m 29 d; per a findagrave researcher: I have a possible birth date. According to "The Family History of Thomas S. Nelson" written by Thomas S. Nelson, he sites his source as Delilah Downing Brown, youngest daughter of Eli Downing. Her source was the Downing Family Bible and the birth date that was written in this bible was 10 Sep 1776.

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-population Census Schedules for Ohio, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T1159; Archive Roll Number: 29; Census Year: 1859; Census Place: Trenton, Delaware, Ohio;

• Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.; Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.;