FamilySearch ID: KWVP-NG1
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James Downing

Birth	12 February 1816	Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Downing, ID: KWVP-NG1.
Death	24 November 1881	Scandia, Republic, Kansas, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Downing (1816-1881), memorial #6316736. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Downing, ID: KWVP-NG1.
Burial		Riverview Cemetery, Scandia, Republic, Kansas, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Downing (1816-1881), memorial #6316736.

Father	Joseph Downing
Mother	Elizabeth Beidler

Marriages Label

• Margaret Pierce Gheen

Married

9 February 1843

Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Nauvoo 1st and 2nd Wards (Illinois), Record of members, 1841-1845; church records, 1836-1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Office of the Church Historian, 1966-1967), entry for James Downing and Margaret P. Gheen (9 February 1843), citing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "Marriage record, 1842-1845," p. 8, FHL microfilm 889,392.

          Children:
               Benjamin R Downing
               Thomas Gheen Downing
               Hannah Elvina Downing
               Mary Frances Downing
               Maria Lucy Downing
               Elizabeth Jane Downing
               William Gheen Downing
               Joseph Riter Downing
               George W Downing
               John B Downing
               Stephen A Douglas Downing

Residences Label

• 1843	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1870	Sanora, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1880	Scandia, Republic, Kansas, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1850 Population Census	the Town of Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	the Town of Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Sanora Township, Hancock, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Scandia Township, Republic, Kansas	Extract	Image

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

James Downing