SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER 5/16/1946
WILLIAM J. DOWNS PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON S FIRST STREET AT 5:50 THURSDAY MORNING. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH WITH A HEART CONDITION FOR SOME TIME BUT WAS AT WORK WEDNESDAY AND WAS APPARENTLY FEELING AS USUAL.
HE WAS BORN IN SHELBY COUNTY ON JUNE 13, 1879, THE SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AND HANNA SWARTZ DOWNS. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH MATILDA KEVELAGE ON DEC. 10, 1905.
TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN-MRS. OLAG HAYWARD OF SHELBYVILLE, ARNOLD DOWNS OF MONTEREY PARK, CALIFONIA, AND WILLIAM HENRY DOWNS OF SHELBYVILLE.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, HE LEAVES FOUR SISTERS, MRS. ANNA AUGENSTEIN, MRS. VIDA VENTERS, MRS. GEORGIA HUDSON AND MRS. DESSIE BROWN ALL OF SHELYVILLE, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN O SHELBYVILLE AND HARRY OF ST. LOUIS AND ONE GRANDSON, ROBERT, SIDNEY DOWNS. ONE BROTHER LLOYD DOWNS OF GILLESPIE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2ND OF THIS YEAR.
MR. DOWNS WAS ENGAGED IN THE FEED BUSINESS IN SHELBYVILLE AND HAD OWNED AND OPERATED THE MILL ON S MORGAN STREET FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS PROMINENT IN CIVIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND TOOK A VERY ACTIV PART IN THE SHELBYVILLECHRISTIAN CHURCH.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
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WILLIAM J. DOWNS PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON S FIRST STREET AT 5:50 THURSDAY MORNING. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH WITH A HEART CONDITION FOR SOME TIME BUT WAS AT WORK WEDNESDAY AND WAS APPARENTLY FEELING AS USUAL.
HE WAS BORN IN SHELBY COUNTY ON JUNE 13, 1879, THE SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AND HANNA SWARTZ DOWNS. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH MATILDA KEVELAGE ON DEC. 10, 1905.
TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN-MRS. OLAG HAYWARD OF SHELBYVILLE, ARNOLD DOWNS OF MONTEREY PARK, CALIFONIA, AND WILLIAM HENRY DOWNS OF SHELBYVILLE.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, HE LEAVES FOUR SISTERS, MRS. ANNA AUGENSTEIN, MRS. VIDA VENTERS, MRS. GEORGIA HUDSON AND MRS. DESSIE BROWN ALL OF SHELYVILLE, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN O SHELBYVILLE AND HARRY OF ST. LOUIS AND ONE GRANDSON, ROBERT, SIDNEY DOWNS. ONE BROTHER LLOYD DOWNS OF GILLESPIE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2ND OF THIS YEAR.
MR. DOWNS WAS ENGAGED IN THE FEED BUSINESS IN SHELBYVILLE AND HAD OWNED AND OPERATED THE MILL ON S MORGAN STREET FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS PROMINENT IN CIVIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND TOOK A VERY ACTIV PART IN THE SHELBYVILLECHRISTIAN CHURCH.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
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SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER 5/16/1946
WILLIAM J. DOWNS PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON S FIRST STREET AT 5:50 THURSDAY MORNING. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH WITH A HEART CONDITION FOR SOME TIME BUT WAS AT WORK WEDNESDAY AND WAS APPARENTLY FEELING AS USUAL.
HE WAS BORN IN SHELBY COUNTY ON JUNE 13, 1879, THE SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AND HANNA SWARTZ DOWNS. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH MATILDA KEVELAGE ON DEC. 10, 1905.
TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN-MRS. OLAG HAYWARD OF SHELBYVILLE, ARNOLD DOWNS OF MONTEREY PARK, CALIFONIA, AND WILLIAM HENRY DOWNS OF SHELBYVILLE.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, HE LEAVES FOUR SISTERS, MRS. ANNA AUGENSTEIN, MRS. VIDA VENTERS, MRS. GEORGIA HUDSON AND MRS. DESSIE BROWN ALL OF SHELYVILLE, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN O SHELBYVILLE AND HARRY OF ST. LOUIS AND ONE GRANDSON, ROBERT, SIDNEY DOWNS. ONE BROTHER LLOYD DOWNS OF GILLESPIE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2ND OF THIS YEAR.
MR. DOWNS WAS ENGAGED IN THE FEED BUSINESS IN SHELBYVILLE AND HAD OWNED AND OPERATED THE MILL ON S MORGAN STREET FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS PROMINENT IN CIVIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND TOOK A VERY ACTIV PART IN THE SHELBYVILLECHRISTIAN CHURCH.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
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WILLIAM J. DOWNS PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON S FIRST STREET AT 5:50 THURSDAY MORNING. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH WITH A HEART CONDITION FOR SOME TIME BUT WAS AT WORK WEDNESDAY AND WAS APPARENTLY FEELING AS USUAL.
HE WAS BORN IN SHELBY COUNTY ON JUNE 13, 1879, THE SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AND HANNA SWARTZ DOWNS. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH MATILDA KEVELAGE ON DEC. 10, 1905.
TO THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN-MRS. OLAG HAYWARD OF SHELBYVILLE, ARNOLD DOWNS OF MONTEREY PARK, CALIFONIA, AND WILLIAM HENRY DOWNS OF SHELBYVILLE.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, HE LEAVES FOUR SISTERS, MRS. ANNA AUGENSTEIN, MRS. VIDA VENTERS, MRS. GEORGIA HUDSON AND MRS. DESSIE BROWN ALL OF SHELYVILLE, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN O SHELBYVILLE AND HARRY OF ST. LOUIS AND ONE GRANDSON, ROBERT, SIDNEY DOWNS. ONE BROTHER LLOYD DOWNS OF GILLESPIE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2ND OF THIS YEAR.
MR. DOWNS WAS ENGAGED IN THE FEED BUSINESS IN SHELBYVILLE AND HAD OWNED AND OPERATED THE MILL ON S MORGAN STREET FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS PROMINENT IN CIVIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND TOOK A VERY ACTIV PART IN THE SHELBYVILLECHRISTIAN CHURCH.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
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