Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Downing, Zeno I. October 14, 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net September 21, 2008, 2:30 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Downing, Zeno I., D.D.S., Winfield, was born in Westmoreland, Oneida county, October 14, 1837, educated in the common schools and Rome Academy; commenced the study of dental surgery with Dr. David W. Perkins, of Rome, and S. F. Tremain. He commenced the practice of dentistry in Rome in 1860 and in West Winfield in 1865, where he has remained since. Has been town clerk for the last twelve years. He as been secretary of Winfield Lodge, F. & A.M., about fifteen years. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W., No. 99, of which he has been recorder for about five years. He is past master workman of that lodge, past master of F. & A.M., No. 581, and is a member of Winfield Council No. 1,033, R.A., of which he was secretary for three years. He married Sarah E., daughter of Dr. E. F. Beals, June 29, 1868, and they have one daughter, Carrie L. G., and have lost one son, Warren Zeno, who died June 9, 1882, aged nineteen years. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/downing424gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb