Downing, Lewis, Jr. (1820-1901)

Name:

Downing, Lewis, Jr. (1820-1901)

Title:

President, Abbot-Downing Company
Officer, National State Capital Bank
Director, Stark Mills, Manchester, NH
Major, New Hampshire State Militia

Born:

12/06/1820

Birthplace:

Concord, NH

Died:

08/15/1901

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Concord, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Coach Manufacturer

Father:

Downing, Lewis (1792-1873)

Mother:

Wheelock, Lucy (1792-1883)

Relations:

Siblings:
Downing, Lucy Maria (1818-1884, m. Benjamin Grover)
Downing, Alonzo (1822-1877, m. Hannah, 4 children)
Downing, Mary Ann (1826-1903; b. NH; unmarried; res. Concord, NH)
Downing, Emily (1828-9)
Downing, Ellen (1828-1917; b. NH; m. Joseph C. A. Hill; res. Concord, NH, and CA)

Partnership, Downing & Abbot, Concord, 1828-1847
(Lewis Downing & J. Stephens Abbot)
Partnership, Lewis Downing & Sons, Concord, 1847-1865
(Lewis Downing, Sr., Lewis Downing, Jr., and Alonxo Downing)
Partnership, Abbot, Downing & Company, Concord, 1865-1873
(J. Stephens Abbot, Edward A. Abbot, Joseph H. Abbot, Lewis Downing, Jr., and Alonzo Downing)
Partnership, Abbot-Downing Company, Concord, 1873-

Spouse:

(1) Lucy M. Beal
(2) Clarissa M. French, 1857

Children:

Gertrude, born 1865; died 1952

Notes:

SEE ALSO (father): Downing, Lewis
SEE ALSO (brother): Downing, Alonzo
SEE ALSO (sister): Hill, Ellen Downing
SEE ALSO (brother-in-law): Hill, Joseph Chapin Appleton
SEE ALSO (daughter): Downing, Gertrude
SEE ALSO (niece): Downing, Lucy

D. Hamilton Hurd, Editor. History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire. (Philadelphia, Pennsyvania: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885), 140-142.

Judson D. Van Slyck, New England Manufacturers and Manufactories. In Two Volumes... Volume I. (Boston, Massachusetts: Van Slyck and Company, 1879), 235.