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MAJ Owen Dorsey Downey

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MAJ Owen Dorsey Downey

Birth
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Oct 1894 (aged 80)
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
No grave marker found.
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Married May 12, 1838 to Elizabeth Powell in Westernport, Md. by Mr. Wm. Welch.

Newspaper article from: The Boomerang of Laramie, Wyoming, Oct. 13, 1894-
The funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon and the remains sent east to his old home in Maryland, accompanied by his son, Col. S. W. Downey, there to repose beside those of his wife of his youth and the friends who have gone before, til the last trump shall summons him to the resurrection of the Lord".

Information provided by Jane Breuer

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William O. Downey is Colonel Stephen Wheeler Downey's brother. William O. died on 28 Feb 1883 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is buried in the same cemetery as the others are. He was buried on the 4th of March.

Courtesy of Kathryn Browning.
Married May 12, 1838 to Elizabeth Powell in Westernport, Md. by Mr. Wm. Welch.

Newspaper article from: The Boomerang of Laramie, Wyoming, Oct. 13, 1894-
The funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon and the remains sent east to his old home in Maryland, accompanied by his son, Col. S. W. Downey, there to repose beside those of his wife of his youth and the friends who have gone before, til the last trump shall summons him to the resurrection of the Lord".

Information provided by Jane Breuer

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William O. Downey is Colonel Stephen Wheeler Downey's brother. William O. died on 28 Feb 1883 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is buried in the same cemetery as the others are. He was buried on the 4th of March.

Courtesy of Kathryn Browning.

Gravesite Details

No grave marker, Information about burial from St James' Episcopal Church, Westernport, MD church records.



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