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Ellis Downing, born November 2nd, 1835
Fountain County, Indiana Index to Marriage Records H-O Book 1
Vol 2 1848-1920
Moffitt Elizabeth Ellis Downing Feb 5 1872 6 451
1888
Noah to Ellis Downing interest in 160a Salt Creek $100.
In the District Court of Davis County, Iowa. In vacation.
In the matter of the assignment of Ellis Downing. Insolvent}
Assignee's report of sale of 60 acres of land in sec.
32,70,12,etc.
To said court:- The undersigned, assignee of Ellis Downing,
respectfully reports:- 1st. That under the deed of assignment
made to him by said Ellis Downing, in the above entitled
proceeding, the title to the following described real estate,
to-wit:- The NE ¼ of the SE ¼ & North- half of the NW ¼ of the
NW ¼ of section 32, in township 70 North, of range 12 west in
Davis County, Iowa passed to him, as such assignee. 2nd. That he
has sold the said 60 acres of land above described, at private
sale, to Joseph Thompson at 17 dollars and 50 cents per acre,
subject to the approval of said court or of a judge thereof,
same to be paid on or before March 10th, 1899. 3rd. I
will add that said Thompson purchased 140 acres of land of the
referees in the case Alva Downing et.al.vs. Addie M Downing
et.al.pending in said court, at the price per acre as he sold
the aforesaid 60 acres, as above recited; that I regard $17.50
per acre for said 60 acres as the full cash market value thereof
and regard that the interest of the creditors of the said Ellis
Downing will be promoted by said sale and I respectfully
recommend that said sale of said 60 acres be approved and that I
be authorize to convey the said tract to said Thompson on the
payment of the purchase price above named. This 22nd day of
Feb. 1899. signed T. B Turpin, SS Carruthers
The Tuesday & Friday Albia Union, reel #306 Vol. 37 #71
Apr. 25, 1899
Ellis Downing, former resident commits suicide Tuesday at his
home in Davis County, Age 65.
Ellis Downing was born in Fountain County, Indiana in the early
part of the year 1835. He with his mother and only brother,
Moses downing, came to Davis County, Iowa, in the fall of
1848. The mother of these 2 boys entered 240 acres of land
in Sec 32, 70-12 in Salt Creek township, Davis County, Iowa,
which land the boys owned up to the death of their mother which
occurred in May, 1891.
Ellis Downing was of a restless disposition, very honest,
industrious, always at work, accumulated considerable property,
and he was thought by his most intimate friends to be getting
along well financially. Something over a year ago however he
thought it best to make an assignment of his property, both
personal and real, for the benefit of his creditors, which he
did. After the real and personal property had been sold and
applied on his indebtness, and the debts not all cancelled, it
seemed to worry him. He brooded over it, looked at the dark side
of everything, and was living alone. the funeral took place at
the residence of his oldest son, David Downing, of Chequest,
April the 20th, at 1 o'clock pm. Short but appropriate religious
services were conducted by J H Downing of Chequest, after which
the remains were followed by a large concourse of sympathizing
friends and neighbors to the Rouch grave yard, where the body
was carefully and tenderly laid away by the side of his
mother to sleep the sleep that knows no waking, till Jesus
comes.
- Davis County Republican April 27 1899
Jacob Ritz, Jacob Rouch, and James Wilkinson were appointed
appraisers of personal property.
*Both of the above burials, Susannah Wilkinson Downing, and
Ellis Downing are unmarked in the Rouch Cemetery, Davis County,
Iowa.
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