Not a deleted record

No images uploaded for this person yet

People Names and Dates

Full Name Sarepta Walker Downen
AKA Full Name
People ID 668447
Title
First Name Sarepta
AKA First Name
Nickname
Middle Name
AKA Middle
Patronymic/Matronymic
Priorsurnames
Surname Downen
AKA Surname
Father's Surname Walker
Mother's Surname Harvey
Suffix
Gender Female
Full Birth Date If Known 1858-07-23
Birth Year 1858
Birth Month 7
Birth Day 23
Full Death Date If Known 1898-10-25
Death Year 1898
Death Month 10
Death Day 25

Events, Dates and Places

No events added for this person yet

Event Date Geo Top Level Geo 2nd Level Geo 3rd Level Geo 4th Level Geo 5th Level Notes

Relationships

Relationship Related To Relative's People ID Relative's Birth Year Relative's Death Year Other Date (typically Marriage Date)
Wife ofWilliam Marion Downen66854418511922
Mother of Roy Downen66841718791954
Mother of H. Pete Downen66798018811961
Mother of Oval Downen66836218951973

Military Service
No military service added for this person

Rank If Known Or Highest Or Final Rank Branch of Service Beginning Date if Known End Date if Known

Military Actions Served During

No military actions added for this person


Interment, Inurnment or Memorialization Information

Cemetery Springer Cemetery
Address East end of Odessa Road
City/Town Green City
County/District Sullivan
State/Province Missouri
Postal/Zip Code 63545
Country/Principality USA
Organization
Property Type
Has MarkerYes
No Marker
Is Cenotaph
GPS/LatLong Coordinates
End of Interment RecordIf there are additional interments or cenotaphs for this person they will appear below
  

Inscription Information

No inscriptions added for this person yet

Other Information

Biographical or other information about the person

https://mills-sfv.com/Genealogy/GLS/People/Text/668447.txt

I was getting a little frustrated trying to find Sarepta Downen's husband. I had looked at William Downen but he was linked to an Isabelle or Isabella Walker on Family Search who seemed plausible so I shelved trying to find Sarepta's husband for a while.

However, I had a nagging feeling that something wasn't right. The fact that one was married to "William M Downen" and the other one's marker said "William N Downen" seemed suspicious. Also that both women had the same maiden name. They were linked to two different families on family search, but I went back later and investigated.

Also, one showed up in the census in Sullivan County Missouri in 1880, and the other one died in Sullivan County and was buried there in 1898. There were other Downens in the area, but only one William Downen who was the right age to be Sarepta/Isabella's husband.

I had an "ah-ha" moment looking at "Isabella Walker's" family search record. Every one else in her family was named Walters, not Walker. Except for her father, and it looked like someone had changed his name to match hers. All the sources for him said Walters not Walker. Furthermore, there was another daughter already named Isabelle Walters. It looked like someone had found a record for Isabelle Walker and then shoehorned her into a family that was close, but no cigar.

I went ahead and corrected her father's name, then unlinked Isabelle from the Walters and merged her record on Family Search into Sarepta's record. Can I be absolutely sure they are the same woman? No. Can I be 99% sure? Yes!

I am a firm believer in Occam's razor, and I use it extensively when doing genealogy research. If someone in Sarepta's line wants to do some DNA matching we can probably know for sure. Until then, my gut instinct is that this was the right call.





No keywords added for this person
Small notes (field in database                      
50 characters max)
Family Search ID G914-9ZT
Find A Grave 1 62099180
Famous per Find A Grave
Famous per Consensus
Find A Grave 2
Find A Grave 3
BillionGraves Record ID
Other websites
Record Entry Date 2018-11-08 11:53:19
Record Last Edit Date 2020-06-04 19:36:00

Contact Us

We're not set up yet to do direct edits on these records through the web interface. To contact us about this person (re: add or change information or for questions) or send photos or request a photo, click on the link below and modify the email address as instructed, then include your information or questions or attach a photo or photos to the email. If you wish to upload more than a few photos please contact us to make other arrangements to upload your photos. Also, depending on the size and quantity of images you attach to the email, some email servers may bounce your email as many email services limit total attachments per individual email to between 10 mbs and 50 mbs.

Also, do not change the Subject line in the email, it should prepopulate with the correct people ID for the page you are on, if the subject line is changed it may make it impossible for us to know what person you are emailing about.

Send us photos, request a photo, send updates or corrections

Image Not Found



For information on contacting us or emailing or requesting photos, click here.


Main PageSearch CemeteriesSearch PeopleSearch EventsSearch PlacesLogout