Aida Murphy1

#4133, (1811 - say 1840)

Family

Joseph Downen b. c 1791
Children 1.Rebecca Downen4 (c 1828 - )
 2.Nancy Downen4 (c 1830 - )
 3.Benjamin Downen5 (c 1832 - )
 4.Elizabeth Downen5 (c 1834 - )
 5.Johnson Downen5 (c 1836 - )
 6.Susan Downen5 (c 1838 - )
 7.Jane Downen5 (c 1840 - )
 8.Timothy Downen5 (c 1842 - )
Her married name was Downen.1 
She; Early Downen History names Minerva as the dau. of Joseph Downen and Adah _____, but the 1850 Census records her as Minerva Roberts, age 6.2 
Birth*1811She was born in 1811.3 
Marriage*25 October 1827She married Joseph Downen, son of Job Downen Sr and Mary Elizabeth Robinson, on 25 October 1827 at Posey Co., IndianaG.1 
Death*say 1840She died say 1840 at Schuyler Co., IllinoisG.3 

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S2089] "Early Downen History, 2nd Edition", 1972, Elizabeth Myers (Carmi, Illinois), to Mrs. Eben F Pinkham (Exater, California), p. 2; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  3. [S2089] Elizabeth Myers, "Early Downen History", 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.
  4. [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).
  5. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.