Family Group Sheet
NameCharles Lee Downing, 2C2R
Birth17 Feb 1884, Johnson Co., Missouri
Death13 Nov 1946, Kern Co., California
FatherJames Franklin Downing (1847-1922)
MotherMartha E. Stewart (1842-)
Other spousesVerley Brack Smith
Marriage21 Nov 1905, Johnson Co., Missouri
SpouseEthel G. Wallace
Birth29 Oct 1885, Johnson Co., Missouri
Deathbef 1920, prob. Oklahoma
FatherRobert Samuel Wallace (1858-)
MotherCaptolia Mabel Wanbaugh (1862-)
Children
1 MC. Virgil Downing, 3C1R
Birthabt 1907, Oklahoma
Notes for Charles Lee Downing
Johnson Co., Missouri birth register (online at Ancestry.com) records an unnamed male Downing, seventh child of the mother, born 17 Feb 1884 in Post Oak township, father age 37, born Ky, mother age 42, born Missouri, mother Martha Stewart, residence Harrison Co, father Jas F. Downing, farmer.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918 in El Centro, Imperial Co., California, records Charles Lee Downing, age 34, born 17 Feb 1884, residence Calexico, Imperial Co., Calif, occupation implement dealer, nearest relative Mrs. Verley Brack Downing, Box 88, Calexico, Calif.
The California death index lists Charles Lee Downing, born 17 Feb 1884 in Missouri, died 13 Nov 1946 in Kern Co., California, father’s surname Downing, mother’s maiden name Stewart.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918 in El Centro, Imperial Co., California, records Charles Lee Downing, age 34, born 17 Feb 1884, residence Calexico, Imperial Co., Calif, occupation implement dealer, nearest relative Mrs. Verley Brack Downing, Box 88, Calexico, Calif.
The California death index lists Charles Lee Downing, born 17 Feb 1884 in Missouri, died 13 Nov 1946 in Kern Co., California, father’s surname Downing, mother’s maiden name Stewart.
Notes for Ethel G. Wallace
The Missouri births database lists a daughter, born 29 Oct 1885 in Post Oak township, Johnson Co., Mo, father Robert Wallace age 26, farmer, mother Capitola Wallace, age 24, mother’s maiden name Wanbaugh.
Notes for Charles Lee & Ethel G. (Family)
The Missouri marriages database lists the marriage of Charles L. Downing and Ethel Wallace on 21 Nov 1905 in Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri.
Census
1910 census of Kiowa Co., Oklahoma, Harrison township, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 3A as family #40:
Downing, Chas. L., 25, b. Missouri Kentucky Illinois, farmer; Ethel W., wife, 24, b. Missouri Virginia Indiana, first marriage for both, married 5 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; C. Vergil, son, 3, b. Oklahoma Missouri Missouri; Wallace, R. S., father-in-law, 52, b. Va Va Va; C. Mable, mother-in-law, 47, b. Indiana Ohio Indiana, first marriage for both, married 27 years; Wright, Burgess, hired man, 21, b. Ky Ky Ky, farm labor.
(The middle initial “W” for Ethel probably stands for Wallace, since she was listed as Ethel G. in the 1900 census.)
Downing, Chas. L., 25, b. Missouri Kentucky Illinois, farmer; Ethel W., wife, 24, b. Missouri Virginia Indiana, first marriage for both, married 5 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; C. Vergil, son, 3, b. Oklahoma Missouri Missouri; Wallace, R. S., father-in-law, 52, b. Va Va Va; C. Mable, mother-in-law, 47, b. Indiana Ohio Indiana, first marriage for both, married 27 years; Wright, Burgess, hired man, 21, b. Ky Ky Ky, farm labor.
(The middle initial “W” for Ethel probably stands for Wallace, since she was listed as Ethel G. in the 1900 census.)
