Downey, Ben

DOWNEY

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/16/2007 at 06:47:51

Iowa Press Association Who's Who In Iowa 1940. Jackson County Section by Helen O. Stoddard.
DOWNEY, BEN:
Farmer; born Spragueville, Iowa, July 15, 1889; son of Cornelius A. Downey-Mary Cecelia McCarthy; educated in Bellevue, Columbia College, 1906-07; married Grace Mary McNeil March 7, 1916, Preston; sonss, Robert McNeil(dec.), Ronald B., Lloyd Edmund, Lyle Arthur(dec.); daughter, Marion Elaine; 1911-14, rural mail carrier; 1914-16, farmer, Preston; 1934- township assessor, Van Buren Township; 1925-28, vice-chairman, Spragueville Co-op. Creamery; 1935- director AAA; Jackson County Farm Bureau, vice-chairman 1937-39; MWA, treasurer, 1924-28; Catholic Church; Democrat; hobby: good cattle; residence Route 1, Preston.