Suffix |
II |
Birth |
11 May 1789 |
Virginia |
Gender |
Male |
Cause of Death |
of injuries when thrown from a horse |
Education |
Princeton College; read law with Judge Henry St. George Tucker, of Va. |
Graduated |
Princeton (studied law) |
Military Note |
Downey, William. Pa. Pa. Ens 16 infantry 14 July 1813; 2 lieutenant 15 Aug 1813; 1 lieutenant 22 Feb 1814; honorable discharged 15 June 1815; 2 lieutenant 5 infantry 3 Sept 1816; honorable discharged 1 June 1821.
-- Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, D, p. 381 |
Occupation |
Mason |
Religion |
Presbyterian |
Died |
24 Oct 1828 |
Frederick Co., Maryland |
Buried |
Frederick Co., Maryland |
Person ID |
I1269 |
Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage |
Last Modified |
15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 |
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Father |
JOHN DOWNEY, b. 20 Aug 1753, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania |
Mother |
RUHAMA STOCKSDALE, b. Abt 1750, Lancaster Co., Penn. |
Family ID |
F865 |
Group Sheet |
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Family |
CORDELIA HARRIS DORSEY, b. 19 Feb 1798, Frederick Co., Maryland |
Married |
30 Sep 1813 |
Frederick Co., Maryland [3, 5] |
Children |
| 1. Maria Downey, b. Abt 1815 |
| 2. Harriet Dorsey Downey, b. 18 Jul 1818, Libertytown, Frederick Co., Maryland  |
| 3. Basil Dorsey Downey, b. Abt 1821 |
| 4. John Downey, b. 1824 |
| 5. WILLIAM DOWNEY, III, b. 8 Dec 1825, Manfred, Frederick Co., Maryland  |
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Histories |
 | Downey: 1893 News clipping The obituary of Nancy Wineberry, servant and former slave, clipped from The Daily News, Frederick, Maryland, 13 July 1893. I have linked her to Downey family members she may have known. |
Family ID |
F864 |
Group Sheet |
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