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Collection Summary
Title
Downing Family Bible
Date
1840-1936
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1140-DFB
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Samuel and Amanda Downing
Biographical History
Samuel and Amanda P Downing of Lexington, Kentucky married on April 14, 1840 and had six children.
After his wife died, Samuel married, Margaret (Maggie) Combs in 1855. Samuel and two of his sons,
Samuel Jr. and Alfred O., moved to Missouri in 1857. The two boys attended Kemper Military Academy
in Booneville, Missouri and the family eventually purchased a farm between Higginsville and Dover.
Samuel, his new wife, and the rest of the family came to Missouri in 1858. Samuel died on August 28,
1871.
Scope and Content
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Amanda, probably wrote the family record pages pertaining to
her parents and siblings. Her brother, Sabert B. Downing of Higginsville, Missouri, probably wrote other
pages. Sabert had no children so the family Bible was given to Mary H. Downing Knipmeyer who wrote
the note on the inside of the Bible. The family Bible contains names and dates of the Downing family.
Record of births, marriages, and deaths are written on the family record pages of the Bible.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Bible
Item 1, History of Downing family Bible written by James H. Knipmeyer
Item 2, Family record sheets [scanned]
Item 3, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed in file folders. The Bible is secured with cotton tying tape and
wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by James H. Knipmeyer.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2007.
James H. Knipmeyer. “Downing Family Bible.”
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