History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 870, Putman Township
George W. Downs, farmer, sec. 13; P. O., Civer; came to this
county in 1857 at the age of 8 years, and was educated in the common
schools of this county. He was born in Knox county, O., Sept. 20, '49,
and is the son of Theophilus and Catharine (Mansfield) Downs. His
father was a native of Maryland, and died here on the farm in 1870, and
his mother was born in the Buckeye State. George was married in
Lewistown on the 9th of Oct., 1873, to Sarah O. Bryant. Their only
child is named Charles Franklin.
