Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Downey and Ellen McQuown




Husband Alexander Downey 1

           Born: 1822 - near West Lebanon, Indiana Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 1842 2



Wife Ellen McQuown 3

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         Father: Lawrence McQuown (Abt 1777-1830) 3
         Mother: Mary Chambers (Abt 1798-1872) 3




Children
1 M William C. Downey 2

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         Spouse: Margaret Kelly (      -      ) 2


2 F Mary E. Downey 2

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3 M D. S. Downey 2

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4 F M. A. Downey 2

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         Spouse: Thomas Lunger (      -      ) 2


5 F Ellen Downey 2

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6 M Hiram A. Downey 2

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7 M S. C. Downey 2

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         Spouse: Ada Powell (      -      ) 4


8 F Jane Downey 2

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Downey


He was born near what is now West Lebanon, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He learned the trade of a blacksmith with John Black, a noted worker in the craft, who had shops successively in Young and East Mahoning townships.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 468, 492.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 468.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 492.

4 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 370.


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