Edgar C DownsAge: 68 years1859–1927
- Name
- Edgar C Downs
- Given names
- Edgar C
- Surname
- Downs
 Birth | February 1859 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Dora Alice Smith — View this family April 26, 1913 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 58 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | November 21, 1927 (Age 68 years) |
| Obituary | Edgar C Downs Obituary and Family Listing November 22, 1927 (1 day after death) Shared note: Edgar C Downs Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenhill Cemetery |
| Family with Dora Alice Smith |
| himself |
Edgar C Downs Birth: February 1859 — Delaware, United States Death: November 21, 1927 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Dora Alice Smith Birth: April 1865 39 38 — Indiana, United States Death: November 17, 1942 — Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: April 26, 1913 — Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
| Daniel P Hizer + Dora Alice Smith |
| wife’s husband |
Daniel P Hizer Birth: 1857 36 32 — Indiana, United States Death: 1911 — Wilson, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Dora Alice Smith Birth: April 1865 39 38 — Indiana, United States Death: November 17, 1942 — Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: February 4, 1878 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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5 years step-daughter |
Ollie V Hizer Birth: August 1882 25 17 — Indiana, United States Death: before 1910 — Kansas, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Bertha Mae Hizer Birth: July 1885 28 20 — Indiana, United States Death: December 23, 1950 — Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
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11 years step-son |
Charles Leroy Hizer Birth: May 5, 1896 39 31 — Brazilton, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: March 14, 1951 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edgar C Downs - Household
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
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| Obituary | Edgar C Downs Obituary and Family Listing
CEMETERY KEEPER DIES
AFTER SHORT SICKNESS
Edgar C. Downs Had Been Em-
ployed at Greenhill Since Sev-
eral Years Before Statehood
TO BURY HIM TOMORROW
Edgar C. Downs, 69) for more than
a score of yours sexton of Greenhall
Cemetery, died early last night at
the home of his stepdaughter, Mrs
Leo Valentine, 1149 Locust street,
following a long illness.
Mr. Downs was a well known
figure around Muskogee and until
his illness a few weeks ago had been
custodian of Greenhill cemetery since
several years before statehood. He
is survived by his widow, three sons:
W. E. Downs, Seattle, Wash.: G. B.
Downs, Tulsa; and C. L. Downs, Los
Angeles; and two daughters, Mrs.
Valentine, and Mrs. Vida Unger,
Roswell, N. M.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Central Baptist church, Rev. W. W.
Chancellor officiating. The body is
being held at the Petering-Furry
Undertaking home.
Pall-bearers wilt be E. C. Hoffman,
John Hill, W. H. Cunningham, J. T.
Elliot, G. A. McBride and Herman
Bresser.
Mr. Downs was a member of the
Baptist church and of the Modern
Woodmen. of America lodge.
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| Name | Dora Alice Downs (nee Smith) Obituary and Family Listing
Deaths and
Funerals
Mrs. Dora Downs, pioneer resident
of Muskogee, died Tuesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Lee Val-
entine, at Oklahoma City. Mrs.
Downs was the widow of Edgar C.
Downs who was sexton of Greenhill!
cemetery for many years. She had
resided in Oklahoma Cityy for past
10 years. She is survived by her
daughter, grandson, Lieut. Carroll
Valentine of Albuquerque, N. Mex.:
granddaughters, Mrs. Jack Bullard
of Muskogee, Mrs. A. B. Gilliland of
Oklahoma City and Miss Elain Gilli-
land of Oklahoma City. Services will
be held Saturday at 1 o'clock at the
Petering funeral home. Rev. L. C.|
Wolfe of the Central Baptist church}
will officiate. Burial will be in Green-
hill cemetery.
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