ALBERT S. DOWNS

DOWNS, KEELER

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Date: 5/24/2009 at 08:46:49

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

ALBERT S. DOWNS, wagon and carriage maker, Fifth st.; residence Sixth st.; born in Boone Co., Ill., in 1843; removed to Ozaukee Co., Wis., in 1848; thence to Chicago in 1865; thence to Beloit, Wis., in 1866; there learned his trade, and in 1868 removed to Belvidere, Ill.; thence to Albia, Monroe Co., Iowa, in 1871 where his parents now reside; and to Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1875; thence to this county in August 1877; owns his residence. Married Miss Mary Keeler in 1869; she was born in Virginia in 1847; died at Albia, Iowa, in 1871, leaving two children - Arty W., born in May 1870, and Charles K., born in October 1871; then he married Miss Sue M. Shields in 1875; she was bornin Pennsylvania, Dec. 25, 1843. A straight Republican; Mr. and Mrs. D. are members of the M.E. Church. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, Capt. Payne, 1st Wis. V.C. in 1862; participated at Dandridge, Tenn., Chickamauga and others, and mustered out as Orderly Sergeant, although holding comission as Captain, and had charge of company for some time previous to being mustered out in Nashville, Tenn., in July 1865.