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Author: ohlisao
Surnames: Downey
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Marilyn,
Starting with Thomas' brother John. This is John's bio sketch page 759-760,
History of Knox and Daviess County, IN by Goodspeed, 1886:
JOHN DOWNEY, attorney at law, Washington, Ind., was born in Martin County, Ind., January
10, 1855. He is one of a family of twelve children (eleven of whom are now living) born to
Michael and Julia (Doyle) Downey. The father was born in Queens County, Ireland, and the
mother being also of Irish descent, though born in New Jersey. Michael Downey came to the
United States in 1845, and for some years followed coal mining in Pennsylvania. About the
year 1850 he came to Martin County, Ind., and entered a tract of land where he has since
resided, engaged in farming. The subject of this sketch was raised on the farm with his
parents, securing a good literary education and preparing himself to teach school, which
profession he followed from the time he was nineteen years of age until he was twenty-two.
His services were rendered in district schools, in the normal school at Dover Hill, and in
Loogootee public schools. In the intervals of teaching he was improving his education by
att!
endance upon the public schools of Loogootee, the normal school at Valparaiso, Ind., and
the Notre Dame University at South Bend. While teaching he also began reading law, with
the view of making that his profession. In 1880 he entered the law office of Gardiner
& Taylor, of Washington, and continued reading with them until the close of that year,
when he entered the office of Bynum & Padgett, becoming the latter's partner after
the former's removal. He has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in
Washington, meeting with well-deserved success. On the 1st of July, 1885, he dissolved
partnership with Mr. Padgett and entered into partnership with J. C. Billheimer. In
politics Mr. Downey is a Democrat, and has been deputy prosecuting attorney at Washington
three years. He has been attorney for the city of Washington for the past two years, and
is attorney for the Industrial Savings and Loan Association, of Washington. He was
married, May, 1, 1882, to Miss Bose A!
. Hughes, a native of Daviess County, by whom he has one child, George
A. Downey
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