Henry Peck Downs

1 November 1829–1 January 1927 (Age 97)
Ripley, Chautauqua, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Henry Peck

When Henry Peck Downs was born on 1 November 1829, in Ripley, Chautauqua, New York, United States, his father, Reuben Downs, was 33 and his mother, Sophronia Wakelee, was 32. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Calista M Morgan. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 1 January 1927, in Batavia, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Peck Downs
1829–1927
Calista M Morgan
1831–1881
Flora S. Downs
1855–1862
Jennie May Downs
1860–1860
Willie H. Downs
1861–1872
Harry M. Downs
1864–1872
Frank Edmund Downs
1869–1956

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 1
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1833
Age 4
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Illinois, United States 1836: Kane, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Kane and DuPage counties]
1863
Age 34
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: variant of Downes .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Downes

Sources (12)

  • Henry P Downs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • H. P. Downs in entry for Frank E. Down and Edith Adele Beukam, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Henry Downs in entry for Henry M. Downs, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"

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