Mt. Hope Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mary Jennie Downing
Downing, Mary Jennie
LAST: Downing FIRST: Mary MID: Jennie
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Carpenter TITLE: Mrs.
BORN: 14 Mar 1850 DIED: 14 Apr 1927 BURIED: !6 Apr 1927
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BIRTH PLACE:  Waukesha, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1927) #314 - Mary Jennie Downing, female, widowed, b. 14 Mar 1850 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, d. 14 Apr, 1927 in Stayton, Oregon (Home of E. C. Downing) at the age of 77 y's 1 m, name of father John Carpenter (b. England), maiden name of mother Anna Earl (b. England), interment 16 Apr, undertaker W. A. Weddle, informant E. C. Downing of Stayton;
MARRIAGE - "John Downing, over 21 & Miss Mary J. Carpenter, over 18, m 04 Oct 1877 at house of John Downing; L. L. Rowland, M. G. Wit: William Manning & Mrs. E. N. Hunt. Aff. S. R. Jessup #2070 pg 352";
1880 OR CENSUS - Mary J. Downing, age 30, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with husband John Downing, age 51, farmer, b. Pennsylvania, along with Alice, age 19, b. Oregon, Marion, age 15, b. Oregon, Herbert, age 12, b. Oregon, Harry, age 10, b. Oregon, and Everett, age 1, b. Oregon;
OBITUARY: 
Mary J. Downing Passes Away at Son’s Residence – Stayton, April 14 – (Special) –Mary J. Downing passed away at the home of her son, Everett C. Downing, Thursday morning at Stayton, Oregon.
She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Witzel of Salem, Mrs. Procula Leeper, Barnard, Mo.; one son, E.C. Downing of Stayton; a stepson, Herbert Downing of Wendling; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Alice Patton, Salem and 18 grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from Weddle Chapel, Saturday 16, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Shaw, pastor of Christian church, will be in charge. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery near Macleay."
Oregon Statesman 15 Apr 1927 8:7-8.
INSCRIPTION: 
Mary J. Wife Of
John Downing
1850 - 1927
SOURCES: 
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County 1927) #314
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