When Rev. Caleb Bracken Downs was born on 20 June 1830, in New Geneva, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jonathan Downer, was 42 and his mother, Mary Knight Miller, was 40. He married Martha M. Dayton on 28 March 1860, in Knox, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Burlington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Lithopolis, Bloom Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 6 May 1896, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Martinsburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Martinsburg, Knox, Ohio, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
In 1848, by state legislative action, Knox County lost 3 western townships, South Bloomfield, Chester and Franklin, to Morrow County, leaving Hilliar as the lone original western township.
English and Irish: variant of Downes .
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