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 Louis
Ezra Downing was born on November 13, 1895 as the son of
Charles James
and Martha (Carmen) Downing.
In 1933, he married
Mary C. Williams and they had four children
including:
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Russell James Downing
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Anna Ruth (Downing) Spreeman
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Katherine Eudora (Downing)
Fanslau
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Roland Louis Downing
Louis died on
February 25, 1954 in Lenawee County, Michigan at the
age of 58. He is buried at
Ridgeway Cemetery in Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County,
Michigan. |
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 "Louis Ezra was born
November 13, 1895. In 1913 he was accidentally
shot in the hip while hunting crows with a
couple of neighbor boys. In 1918 he was drafted
into the army. He took his
training at Camp
Custer. After World War I, he worked for farmers
in the neighborhood...Lou never owned a farm. He went to work
for Ford Farms and he and his family lived on
various farms in the Macon area. Later in life
they moved to Britton and he worked several
years for the Tecumseh Products as a guard." |
