His WW I draft registration card, filed 9 Sep 1918 in Lafayette Co., Mo, records Sabert Downing, age 35, residence Higginsville, Mo, born 22 Feb 1883, salesman, employer Barnhart Bros., Kansas City, Mo, nearest relative Mrs. Frances Fern Downing, same address.

His death certificate records Sabert B. Downing, age 73 years 1 day, born 22 Feb 1883 in Dover, Missouri, died 23 Feb 1956 at Kelling Clinic, Waverly, Lafayette Co., Missouri, usual residence 16 E. 21st St., Higginsville, Missouri, married, husband of Frankie Fern Downing, occupation newspaper, father Alfred O. Downing, mother’s maiden name Lura Lindon Logan, cause of death cerebral hemorrhage acute due to arterial hypertension, informant Frankie Fern Downing, burial in Higginsville, Mo.

In the 1910 census he is recorded in Nowata Co., Oklahoma as Sabert B. Downing, age 26, first marriage, married 2 years, b. Mo Ky WVa, as a boarder in a large boarding house (24 boarders) run by Milton W. Winget and wife Bessie. His occupation is given as foreman of a printing office. There are no other Downings in the house.

Lafayette Co., Missouri marriage records list the marriage on 16 June 1908 in Higginsville of Sabert B. Downing, over 21, and Emma F. O’Brien, over 18, both residents of Higginsville, by Rev. Kilian Roth, Pastor of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church.