Children of BENJAMIN DOWNER and FANNIE DOBBS are: 22. i. JOHN FRANCIS6 DOWNER, b. 1867; d. 1934. 23. ii. MARGARET ANN DOWNER, b. 1868; d. 1941. iii. ELLA F. DOWNER, b. 1873. 24. iv. DONALD ALEXANDER DOWNER, b. 1875; d. 1945.
11. WILLIAM ALEXANDER5 DOWNER (JOHN4, FRANCIS3, JOHN2, THOMASl) was born May
1845 in Lilesville, NC, and died 1921 in Benonine, Wheeler Co, TX. He married (1) ANNAH
INGRAM Abt. 1869. He married (2) ELIZA BROWN GUTHRIE Abt. 1876. She was born July
03, 1853 in South Carolina.
Notes for WILLIAM ALEXANDER DOWNER:
Second son of John. He was mustered into Capt. Harelson's DeKalb Rifles, Company "B" 49th
Alabama Infantry Regiment, on January 5, 1862. He was captured in June, 1864 and spent the
rest of his tenure as a prisoner of war. About 1870, he left Dekalb County with his first wife
Annah Ingram and three children and settled in Greenbrier, Faulkner County, Arkansas. His
wife and two children died there later and are buried in Springhill Cemetery in Faulkner County
Arkansas. In 1896, he moved with his second wife, Eliza Brown Guthrie and five children to
near Abbott, Hill County, Texas. He died in 1921 at Benonine Wheeler County, Texas. He is
buried at Texola, Beckham County, Oklahoma. His progeny can now be found throughout
Texas and Western Oklahoma.
Children of WILLIAM DOWNER and ANNAH INGRAM are: i. JAMES CALVIN6 DOWNER, b. 1870; d. 1891 ii. ANNIE D. DOWNER, b. 1871; d. 1872. 25. iii. MARY ELIZABETH (MOLLY) DOWNER, b. 1876; d. 1918.
Children of WILLIAM DOWNER and ELIZA GUTHRIE are: 26. iv. JOHNNIE MAGNOLIA6 DOWNER, b. 1877, Greenbrier AR; d 1958. 27. v. HARDY WARREN DOWNER, b. February 12, 1879, Greenbriar, AR; d. September 09, 1963, Vernon, TX. 28. vi. AROSMUS BRUCE DOWNER, b. May 25, 1881, Greenbrier AR; d. July 17, 1969, Amarillo TX 29. vii. JOSEPH MAX DOWNER, b. November 1883, AR; d. 1969. viii. MATTIE W. DOWNER, b. 1886. 30. ix. THOMAS BURTON DOWNER, b. April 15, 1887, Greenbrier AR; d. 1959, Shamrock, Wheeler, TX. x. DOSSIE B. DOWNER, b. 1889; d. 1889. '
12. ALABAMA5 DOWNER (JOHN4, FRANCIS3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born 1856. She married
GEORGE WASHlNGTON DOBBS. He was born 1857, and died 1927.
Child of ALABAMA DOWNER and GEORGE DOBBS is: i. CHARLES RICHARD6 DOBBS.
13. JOHN LEE5 DOWNER (JOHN4, FRANCIS3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born 1859, and died
1903. He married ADDIE MAE CHITWOOD. She was born 1859, and died 1906.
Children of JOHN DOWNER and ADDIE CHITWOOD are: 31. i. ENNIS GURLEY6 DOWNER, b. 1882; d. 1971. 32. ii. MAE BELL DOWNER, b. 1884; d. 1962. 33. iii. JOHNNIE RICHARD DOWNER, b. 1885; d. 1956. 34. iv. WlLLIAM CHARLEY DOWNER, b. 1887; d. 1950.
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