↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ4-CSML : 17 February 2021), J R Downs and Lilie Wood, 20 Jan 1886; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 907,771.
↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPK-7V11 : 1 March 2021), J R Downs in entry for Martha D Eger, 1936.
↑ FamilySearch PID #9V1G-CYX for James Robinson Downs (1861–1896); 11 sources (as of 19 January 2022).
↑Mississippi: Contemporary biography, edited by Dunbar Rowland, pages 840-841 (accessed 17 January 2022).
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSB-544 : 29 May 2021), Alfred Downs in entry for J W Niclas [mistranscription of Vicks, which should be just Vick], 1870. Image (accessed 19 January 2022). James R is 8.
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