Joseph Downen1,2

#4124, (circa 1791 - )
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Job Downen Sr3,4 (bt 1765 - 1768 - 1842)
Mother*Mary Elizabeth Robinson3,4 (1769 - 1856)

Family 1

Aida Murphy b. 1811, d. s 1840
Children 1.Rebecca Downen11 (c 1828 - )
 2.Nancy Downen11 (c 1830 - )
 3.Benjamin Downen12 (c 1832 - )
 4.Elizabeth Downen12 (c 1834 - )
 5.Johnson Downen12 (c 1836 - )
 6.Susan Downen12 (c 1838 - )
 7.Jane Downen12 (c 1840 - )
 8.Timothy Downen12 (c 1842 - )

Family 2

Elsie Van Winkle b. c 1809
Children 1.Emaline Downen12,13 (1850 - 1850)
 2.Sarah Downen14 (c 1852 - )
Joseph Downen was also known as Josiah.5 
He; Early Downen History names Minerva as the dau. of Joseph Downen and Adah _____, but the 1850 Census records her as Minerva Roberts, age 6.3 
Birth*circa 1791He was born circa 1791 at KentuckyG; (one source has 1797.)1,2 
1811He removed with Job Downen Sr and Mary Elizabeth Robinson in 1811 Knox County (now Posey Co.) Indiana (5 brothers and families). Need to check if Jane, Rebecca, Joel moved at the same time. Bio of David Robinson Downen has him b. in KY, removed to IN ca. 1823.6 
Marriage*25 October 1827He married Aida Murphy on 25 October 1827 at Posey Co., IndianaG.7 
Marriage*circa 1848He married Elsie Van Winkle circa 1848.1,8 
5 September 1850He and Elsie Van Winkle appeared on the census of 5 September 1850 at Ashland Twp., Schuyler Co., IllinoisG.9 
19 July 1860He and Elsie Van Winkle appeared on the census of 19 July 1860 at Oakland Twp., Schuyler Co., IllinoisG.10 

Citations

  1. [S2089] "Early Downen History, 2nd Edition", 1972, Elizabeth Myers (Carmi, Illinois), to Mrs. Eben F Pinkham (Exater, California), p. 2. Joseph Downen, "aka Josiah," b. KY 1797; marr. (1st) Adah _____, b. 1881, d. 1846, bur. Schuyler Co. IL; marr. (2nd) ____ _____, wid. of ____ Roberts; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. [S627] Blanche Moye Cook, History of the Downen Family, 1777-1970 (Illinois: Alice Roberta Bradley, typist, 1974), p. 9. Joseph Downen, b. 1790 or 1791; marr. Cathy Groves.
  3. [S2089] Elizabeth Myers, "Early Downen History", p. 2.
  4. [S627] Blanche Moye Cook, History of the Downen Family, p. 9.
  5. [S2089] Elizabeth Myers, "Early Downen History", p. 2, "aka Josiah."
  6. [S565] Josiah Downen Family, online Ancestry.com, "In 1811, Timothy accompanied his brothers David, William, Job, and Josiah Jr. to the southwest corner of the Indiana Territory, which was soon to become Posey County. In September, he marched with others to Vincennes, where he served under General William Henry Harrison in the November 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe against Tecumseh's Indians. Timothy was severely wounded. The following year, Timothy's fifth child, James (our ancestor), was born. Over the next eleven years, five remaining children were born here: John, Thomas, William, Jane, and Mary."
  7. [S463] [Unknown author], Posey County Indiana Marriage Records I, 1815 1831, handwritten pages (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date)., p. 95 of entries, no. 604; by Thomas Murphy, Esq.
  8. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Youngest Roberts child age 6, next child is a Downen, age 3 mos.
  9. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Josiah (53), b. KY, farmer; Elsy (41), b. KY.
  10. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Josiah (63), b. KY, farmer; Elsey (50), b. KY.
  11. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Comment by kmush_01, naming Rebecca and Nancy as other daus. of Joseph/Josiah Downen and Aida or Ada Murphy, both marr. at the time of the 1850 census (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll).
  12. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  13. [S2093] California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987, online Ancestry.com, Butte Co., Register of Deaths, 1908-1914, p. 319. Mrs. Emma Luman, b. IL Feb 1850, marr., housewife, father ____ Downing, mother not named; d. Oroville, Butte Co., 28 Mar 1910, age 60, carcinoma of uterus; inf. Lucy Jamison; bur. Quincy CA.
  14. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census.