Johnson-Ringgold County IA Archives Obituaries.....Downs, John Hamilton October 10, 1932
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IOWA CITY PRESS CITIZEN - OCTOBER 10, 1932

CIVIL WAR VET DIES AT HILLS

John H. Downs Passes Away at Home of Daughter
Mr. John H. Downs, 96, a veteran of the Civil war, passed away at 3:30 o'clock
Monday morning at the 
home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred L. DeBrie at Hills. He had been ill for about two
years.

Mr. Downs had been a resident of Iowa City for the last 63 years. In his early youth
he was a school 
teacher, later engaging in farming.

Surviving him are the daughter, Mrs. Fred DeBrie and a son, Mr. Harry Downs of
Haxton, CO, nine 
grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. His wife and one daughter preceded him in
death.

The remains will be at the McGovern funeral home until Wednesday morning. Funeral
services will be 
held at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Debrie at Hills at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. Burial will be 
in the Riverside cemetery. Dr. Harry D. Henry will be in charge.

Additional Comments:
(NOTE from Steve Dyke: The obit probably meant that JH Downs had lived in Iowa for
the last 63 years. 
He had lived in Clearfield, Ringgold Co., IA for some time. His wife, Alice
Elizabeth Cook Downs (1835 
OH-1915 IA), died and was buried in Clearfield. His deceased daughter was Alice
Elizabeth Downs 
Overholser, 1865 OH-1902 IA, and also died was buried in Clearfield. His daughter in
Hills, Mrs. Fred 
DeBrie, was actually, Dinah E. Downs DeBrie, 1869 OH-1959 IA.) 

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