NameCurtis Lee Downing, 1C3R
Birth20 Aug 1888, Johnson Co., Missouri
DeathApr 1973, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri
BurialSunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Mo
FatherJohn Patterson Downing (1827-1897)
MotherEliza Emeline Burkett (1842-1925)
Marriageabt 1927, Johnson Co., Missouri
SpouseMary Bell Baugh
Birth3 Oct 1877, Garrard Co., Kentucky
Death14 May 1949, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri
BurialSunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Mo
FatherWilliam C. Baugh (1857-)
MotherFlorence Roberts (1860-1939)
Other spousesJohn Edward Morley
Notes for Curtis Lee Downing
Johnson Co., Missouri birth register (online at Ancestry.com) records a male Downing, eighth child of the mother, born 20 Aug 1888 in Hazel Hill township, father age 61, born Montgomery Co., Ky, mother age 46, born Lafayette Co., Indiana, mother Eliza E. Burckett (? guess based on other records, actually looks more like Kurshett), residence Hazel Hill township, father Jno P. Downing, farmer.

(This register lists given names for very few of the births.)

His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917 in Johnson Co., Mo, records Curtis Lee Downing, age 28, residence Fayetteville, Mo, born 20 Aug 1888 in Fayetteville, Mo., occupation carpenter, employer Robt McMillan, Warrensburg, Mo., single, supporting mother.

The SSDI lists Lee Downing, born 20 Aug 1888, died Apr 1973, last residence Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri.
Notes for Mary Bell Baugh
Her death certificate records Mary Bell Downing, age 71, born 3 Oct 1877 in Kentucky, died 14 May 1949 in rural Hazel Hill, Warrensburg RFD 4, Johnson Co., Missouri, married, wife of Lee Downing, father William Baugh, mother’s maiden name blank, cause of death cancer of bladder, informant Lee Downing, Warrensburg, Mo, burial in Sunset Hill.
Census Notes for Curtis Lee & Mary Bell (Family)
1930 census of Johnson Co., Missouri, Hazel Hill township, enumerated 17 April, lists on p. 6A as family #151/152:
Downing, Lee, 42, age at first marriage 39, b. Missouri Ky Ky, farm laborer; Mary, wife, 53, age at first marriage 19, b. Ky Ky Ky; Moosley, Everett, stepson, 23, b. Mo Mo Ky; Marion, stepson, 14, b. Mo Mo Mo; Mary, stepmother-in-law, 76, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
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