Benjamin B. DOWNER, Sr. & Elizabeth SLAUGHTER

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Benjamin B. DOWNER, Sr.
Elizabeth SLAUGHTER

Husband: Benjamin B. DOWNER, Sr.
Birth: of Todd Co., KY
Father: John DOWNER

Marriage: 21 Nov 1804, Culpeper Co., VA

Wife: Elizabeth SLAUGHTER
Birth: 17 Nov 1782
Death: 19 Dec 1862
Father: Col. John Suggett SLAUGHTER
Mother: Susannah BROWN

Children:

1. Susan DOWNER, b. 14 Jun 1806; d. 11 Feb 1874; m. 1828, Dulany EDDINS
2. Frances DOWNER, b. 9 Oct 1807
3. John S. DOWNER, b. 19 Jun 1809; d. 10 Feb 1873
4. William Walker DOWNER, b. 12 Feb 1811; d. 17 Nov 1847
5. Mary S. DOWNER, 10 Sep 1813; m. 1834, George E. LACKEY
6. Lucy Ann DOWNER, b. 16 Jan 1816; d.s.p. 15 Sep 1816
7. Ellen DOWNER, b. 23 Jun 1817; d. 21 Jan 1884; m. 30 Apr 1843, Rev. William L. CASKEY
8. Benjamin B. DOWNER, Jr., b. 10 Aug 1819
9. Elizabeth DOWNER, b. 13 Dec 1820; d. 12 Jan 1894; m. 19 Nov 1839, Daniel G. HUTCHINSON
10. Henrietta DOWNER, b. 2 May 1822; m. George GIBSON
11. Adeline DOWNER, b. 13 Feb 1824; d. 4 May 1878, Greenville, KY; m. 25 Nov 1845, John E. RENO
12. Julia DOWNER, b. 18 Nov 1825; d. 20 Jul 1875; m. 2 May 1849, Frank B. HANCOCK

Sources:

1. Raleigh Travers Green. 1958. Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia: Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish. Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):

p. 45 Following the notes from wills we give the complete marriage record of Culpeper from the year 1781 to January 1, 1825.

p. 55 MARRIAGE RECORD.
[Note: The year of marriage only is given. From 1781 to 1825.]

p. 60 Benj. Dawnes m Eliz. Slaughter, 1804...

2. David R. Downer. 1900. The Downers of America, with Genealogical Record. Self-published, Newark, NJ (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).

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