Individual Details
Grafton Downs Senior
(5 Jun 1864 - )
Grafton Downs worked as a principal of the Chewsville, Maryland school, the Fairplay, Maryland school, and the Downsville, Maryland schools. He also was a teacher at Trimmer's Business College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Grafton served as a clerk for the Washington County Commission, as chair of the Republican County Central Committee (1891-1893) and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Downsville Schools. He also headed the business department of the Hagerstown Herald. In 1899 he entered the merchantile business and served as a postmaster from the his store. He operated a general store in Downsville, Maryland in 1906.
Grafton Downs was a director of the Downsville and Hagerstown Turnpike Company. He was a promoter of the Downsville and Williamsport Turnpike. In addition, he was a director of the Planters' Mutual Insurance Company.
Grafton Downs was a director of the Downsville and Hagerstown Turnpike Company. He was a promoter of the Downsville and Williamsport Turnpike. In addition, he was a director of the Planters' Mutual Insurance Company.
Events
| Birth | 5 Jun 1864 | Downsville, Washington, MD | |||
| Marriage | 1 Jan 1896 | Mary S. Snively |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary S. Snively ( - ) |
| Child | Anna E. Downs (1898 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Charles G. Downs Senior (1835 - 1868) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Long (1846 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Sadie Elizabeth Downs ( - ) |
| Sibling | Charles G. Downs Junior ( - 1890) |
Endnotes
1. Williams, Thomas. History of Washington County, Maryland: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time, Including a History of Hagerstown (Hagerstown. 1906), page 946.