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John Downing, Jr. (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and farmer)

b. 1818?

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and farmer. Maryland, native. Married to Harriet Hurst Downing in Jefferson County on September 27, 1842. Father of Louisa Downing, Anna Downing, John Downing, Adele Downing, Sallie K. Downing, Amelia M. Downing, William H. Downing, Kate L. Downing, and Ella B. Downing. Clerk in Louisville in 1850. Farmer in Louisville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 3 of Louisville, p. 332A
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 6th Ward of Louisville, p. 387.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 8th Ward of Louisville, p. 143B
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p. 12.

Citation

Downing, John, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206768 (November 12, 2026).

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