Ancestry of
David Hartman

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Robert S. Downs

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• • Great-grandfather of David Hartman — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • John Downs 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Shaw   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Jul 1841 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Dover Hundred, Kent, Delaware 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Apr 1905 
  • Death Location:
  • Harrington, Kent, Delaware 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington, Kent, Delaware 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Powell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Dec 1865 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Kent County, Delaware 
  • Children:
  
  

  James Powell Downs

  Robert Talbot Downs (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran - Union

    Robert Downs participated in the Battles of Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Davis' House and Hatch's Run. He was wounded at Cold Harbor and Petersburg.

• Sources for Robert S. Downs

  • ¹ Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 2, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: J. M. Runk and Co. (1899), 793-794.
  • ² Delaware, U.S., Death Records, 1861-1933, Death certificate for Robert S Downs.
  • ³ Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1806-1933, Marriage record for Robert S Downs and Margaret Powell.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, DE, Kent County, 1880, Mispillion, E.D. 39, p. 45, Image 45 of 92.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/02/2021).
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son James Powell Downs.

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