- Born December 25, 1858 in Iowa.
- Married EMMA M. HOLLINGSWORTH in 1887 in Clark County, Illinois.
- Died October 15, 1920 in Grand Prairie Township, Barnes County, North Dakota.
CHILDREN
- HATTIE DOWNS, born in May 1888 in Kansas.
- son DOWNS, born November 2, 1889 in Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois.
- WALTER ROBERT DOWNS, born May 5, 1891 in Marshall, Clark County, Illinois; died in October, 1963 in North Dakota. Married CECILIA ESTHER BURCHILL.
- GRACE DOWNS, born May 13, 1893 in Marshall, Clark County, Illinois. Married ADOLPH MARTIN PETERSON on January 17, 1937 in Los Angeles County, California.
- MARY LOUISE DOWNS, born July 1, 1895 in Illinois; died November 12, 1985 in Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho. Married FRED S. LIMESAND on November 21, 1922 in Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota.
- EVALINE DOWNS, born September 27, 1896 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; died May 19, 1919 in Grand Prairie Township, Barnes County, North Dakota. Married CLARENCE VICTOR CHILBERG on December 29, 1916.
- ROBERTA FAYE DOWNS, born in September, 1898; died January 17, 1955 in Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota. Married JOHN EDWARD McTAVISH on September 15, 1923 in Natrona County, Wyoming.
- GOLDA DOWNS, born in October, 1899 in Illinois.
- BEATRICE DOWNS, born in Illinois.
- RUTH DOWNS, born December 22, 1902 in Wabash Township, Clark County, Illinois.
- FRANK H. DOWNS, born in Missouri.
- HUBERT DOWNS, born in 1908 in North Dakota.