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Archibald S Downs
  Rank: Pvt Co: I Age: 26 Residence: Lyman Birthplace: Lyman Occupation: farmer Married/Single: S Height: 5' 10 Eyes: Bl Hair: Blk Complexion: Dk

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Archibald S Downs gravestone
ARCHIBALD S DOWNS was born about May 1836 [1900 census] or 30 Apr 1837 [calc from age at death] in Lyman, Maine [Descriptive roll; ME death rec], the son of Samuel and Hannah (Abbott) Downs. He died on 8 Aug 1905 in Lyman [ME vr], aged 68 yrs, 3 mos, 8 days from disease of the heart, and is buried there in the Chadbourne Cemetery.

He was married, about 3 or 4 Sept 1863, to SUSAN A RHODES. She was born 30 Dec 1842 [grave] in Lyman, Maine, and died on 23 Mar 1925 [grave].

Archibald was a life-long resident of Lyman, Maine, where he was employed as a farmer.

Archibald and Susan had the following children, all born in Lyman, Maine:

I. WILLIAM A DOWNS, born 23 June 1865 [gravestone].He was married to LAURA ELLA GOODRICH. She was born 13 Aug 1873 [gravestone] in Berwick, and died 16 Apr 1949 [grave]. They lived in Alfred in 1900, Lyman in 1910 and 1920.
   1. Harry W Downs, b. June 1890
   2. Bertha E Downs, b. 7 Aug 1894 in Berwick [ME vr]. She marr Albert "Bert" D Locke on 31 May 1911 in Lakeport, NH, the son of Fred A and Loretta J (Foote) Locke.
   3. Charles E Downs, b. 10 Apr 1899 in Lyman [ME vr]; d. 7 Mar 1970 [SSDI]. He marr Myrtle V Stone on 24 Dec 1922 [ME vr]. They are buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford.
   4. Arthur E Downs, b. 26 Sept 1906 in Lyman [ME vr]; d. 30 Apr 1924
   5. Everett G Downs, b. 17 June 1913 [SSDI]; d. 13 Apr 1986 in York, Maine [SSDI; ME Death Index]. He was married to Juliette Laflamme on 5 July 1935 [ME Marr]. 

II. ALBERT E DOWNS. He was married, on 31 Dec 1898 in Lyman, Maine, to BERTHA L ANDREWS, the daughter of Aaron and Mary S (Rhodes) Andrews. She was born in Lyman on 14 Feb 1881 [death rec; grave says 1880], and died on 25 Sept 1917 in Waterboro, Maine. They had 4 children, born in Waterboro, Maine:
   1. female, b. and d. 7 May 1904, a premature birth
   2. Ruth Alberta Downs, b. 13 Apr 1906; d. 28 June 1916 in Waterboro
   3. Ethelbert Andrews Downs, b. 28 Nov 1909; d. 27 Oct 1999 [SSDI]. Married Esther L (1914-1978).
   4. stillborn, 23 Sept 1917

III. HIRAM P DOWNS b. abt 31 Jul 1873 (calculated from age at death); d. 15 Aug 1912, aged 39 yrs, 15 das. He is buried with his parents in Chadbourne Cemetery.

IV. HENRY H DOWNS, b 19 Dec 1877. He was married, in Newburyport, MA on 4 Jan 1906, to HARRIET G CONLEY, the daughter of Patrick and Helen (McGrath) Conley. They lived in Lynn, MA in 1910 and 1920, where Henry worked as a laster in a shoe factory.
   1. Ruth M, b. abt 1906
   2. Harold E, b. 24 Mar 1907 in Newburyport [MA vr]

V. SUSIE F DOWNS, d. 27 Apr 1883, aged 16 days. She is buried in Chadbourne Cemetery.

VI. EVA L DOWNS (adopted), b. Oct 1892 [1900 census]. She was married to LESTER E BUTTERFIELD. 

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