Biography

08/07/1807 - 12/27/1872


DOWNING, William R., a Representative from Chester County; born, August 7, 1807; farmer; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1854; died, December 27, 1872 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  


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