- J. L. DOWNER was born in Switzerland April 21, 1848; came
to Wisconsin in the fall of 1869,
- and located at Beloit, where he engaged in farming, after
which he learned the milling business, and in March, 1879, went
into partnership with Mr. STODDARD. In the spring of 1861, during
the late war, he enlisted in Co. C, 38th Iowa V. I., Col. Clark;
was in the battles of Vicksburg, Port Hudson and Ft. Blakely,
and was with the regiment on the Red River expedition; he received
his discharge at Houston, Tex., Aug. 15, 1865. Mr. Downer married
Oct. 1, 1865, Mary GOSS, of Beloit; he has one child living -
Lulu.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 744.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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