Catharine Downs1

b. 20 December 1824
Pedigree
FatherPeter Downs1 b. 11 Dec 1795, d. 8 Oct 1871
MotherPamelia Stiles1 b. 2 Aug 1791, d. 5 Jun 1873
Relationship1st cousin 4 times removed of Charles Edward Towne

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     Catharine Downs was born on 20 December 1824 in St. Lawrence Co., New York.1 She married Charles S. Dunham in Michigan.1
     After their marriage, she and her husband Charles lived on the Dunham family farm in Eaton Co., Michigan.1 They moved to Maple Grove Twp., Barry Co., Michigan, on 25 April 1853.1
     She and Charles had three children by birth, Peter O. (b 3 August 1846), Esther (b 29 June 1848), and Matthew H. (b 3 August 1861), and two by adoption, Evey L. (adopted February 1863) and Charles E. (adopted February 1880).1

Citations

  1. [S155] [Anonymous], History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, p. 463.

Charles S. Dunham1

b. 24 February 1820
Pedigree

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     Charles S. Dunham was born on 24 February 1820 in Orleans Co., New York.1 He married Catharine Downs, daughter of Peter Downs and Pamelia Stiles, in Michigan.1
     He moved to Michigan with his parents in 18371, where he worked as a farmer and painter, mostly in Jackson and Kalamazoo Cos.1 In 1841, with his brother Casper, he bought land in section 30 of Eaton Co., Michigan,1 where the family moved on Christmas Day of 1844.1
     After their marriage, he and his wife Catharine lived on the family farm in Eaton Co.1 They moved to Maple Grove Twp., Barry Co., Michigan, on 25 April 1853.1 He was a longtime member of the Odd-Fellows and Masonic orders.1
     He and Catharine had three children by birth, Peter O. (b 3 August 1846), Esther (b 29 June 1848), and Matthew H. (b 3 August 1861), and two by adoption, Evey L. (adopted February 1863) and Charles E. (adopted February 1880).1

Citations

  1. [S155] [Anonymous], History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, p. 463.