Ruth Lane (Richardson) Downer (1809 - 1901)

Born 17 Aug 1809 in Windsor County Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Horace Downer — married 6 Dec 1830 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1901 at age 91 in Jones County Iowa, United States

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Biography

Wife of Horace Downer Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Monticello Jones County Iowa, USA Plot: 764

Ruth was born in 1809. She passed away in 1901.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 85310121
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92X-6WX : accessed 18 May 2018), Ruth L Downer in household of Frances Wales, Lovell Township Monticello city Ward 1-3, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 18B, family 417, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,440.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV8-754 : 12 April 2016), Ruth Downer in household of H A Downer, Iowa, United States; citing p. 19, family 139, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,900.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2P-B11 : 11 August 2017), Ruth L Downer in household of H M Downer, Castle Grove, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 324, sheet 295A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0348; FHL microfilm 1,254,348.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 May 2018), memorial page for Ruth Lane Richardson Downer (17 Aug 1809–18 Jan 1901), Find A Grave Memorial no. 85310121, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Jones County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by True2form (contributor 47475661) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4X-WPY : 12 April 2016), Ruth Downer in household of Horace Downer, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing family 958, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• Marriage documented in Ruth's application for Horace's Civil War Pension.