Downing, Abraham G.

Born: 1800-08-25 New York

Died: 1880-02-14 Fulton County, Illinois

Flourished: 1838-1880 Fulton County, Illinois

Downing purchased land in Fulton County, Illinois, in 1838, and by 1840 he lived there with his wife and children. In 1860, he was a farmer and owned $12,000 worth of real estate and $2,000 worth of personal property.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Fulton County, 696:185, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Fulton County, IL, 359; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Buckheart, Fulton County, IL, 122; Gravestone, Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, IL.