Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Downs, John 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John Downs, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, manufacturer and repairer 
of tin­ware, at Fulton, established his present business in February, 1875, and 
carries an average stock of $2,500 value. Mr. Downs was born in Cleveland, 
Ohio, Sept. 23, 1839, and is the son of John and Ann (Gilmore) Downs. His 
parents were natives of Ireland and emigrated to the United States in 1835. 
John served a regular apprenticeship to the tinner's trade, in Cleveland, and 
came to Fulton, Ill., in the fall of 1858. He was employed as a journeyman in 
this city till February, 1875, when he engaged in his present business and has 
carried it on continuously since. He was married in September, 1862, at Dixon, 
Ill., to Miss Annie Mahony. Mrs. Downs was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1842, 
and is a daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Ring) Mahony. They have four 
children, three boys and a girl: Edward, born Aug. 28, 1864; William, June 25, 
1867; Nellie, Sept. 26, 1872, and John, Dec. 16, 1874. Mr. Downs has been a 
member of the Fulton City Council eight years. He is a Democrat and a member 
of the temperance organization entitled the "R. C. B. & T. Society." Mr. 
Downs, his wife and family are members of the Catholic Church of Fulton. Mr. 
Downs has now been in business for himself a little over ten years, and has 
built up a very satisfactory trade. He aims to do good work, keep good goods, 
and give his customers the value of their money.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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