Individual Details

Reason Downing

(18 Nov 1793 - 9 Sep 1849)

Johnson: Kentucky and Kentuckians -- "He was a farmer and stockman and achieved much success in these lines. He gave his support to the Democratic party and was a Baptist in his religious conviction. . . . Reason Downing was a slave owner and at one time possessed some four hundred acres of land."

Events

Birth18 Nov 1793Mason, Kentucky, United States
MarriageBef 1817Elizabeth Ellis
Death9 Sep 1849Mason, Kentucky, United States

Families

SpouseElizabeth Ellis (1796 - )
ChildJohn Downing (1817 - 1855)
ChildNancy Downing (1819 - 1886)
ChildSusan Downing (1820 - 1842)
ChildIsaac Ellis Downing (1821 - 1892)
ChildJames Downing (1823 - 1884)
ChildLydia Ann Downing (1824 - 1856)
ChildEliza J. Downing (1826 - 1871)
ChildWilliam Downing (1828 - 1884)
ChildElizabeth F. Downing (1830 - 1906)
ChildReason Downing (1833 - )
ChildJoseph T. Downing (1835 - 1908)
ChildThomas M. Downing (1837 - 1907)
FatherJohn Downing (1749 - 1826)
MotherSusannah Ellis (1750 - 1815)
SiblingEllis Downing (1771 - 1800)
SiblingNancy Downing (1772 - 1860)
SiblingJames Downing (1773 - )
SiblingSusanna Downing (1776 - )
SiblingJoseph Downing (1777 - )
SiblingMary Downing (1779 - )
SiblingSarah Downing (1781 - )
SiblingDorcas Downing (1783 - )
SiblingDelilah Downing (1783 - 1850)
SiblingCatherine Downing (1785 - )
SiblingLydia Downing (1787 - )
SiblingRachel Downing (1789 - )
SiblingElizabeth Downing (1792 - )

Endnotes

1. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago: Lewis, 1912).

2. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago: Lewis, 1912).

3. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago: Lewis, 1912).

4. Elizabeth Downing household, 1850 U.S. census, District 1, Mason Co., Kentucky, page 14, household 189, family 192; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-432, Reel 212..