Aged 41 years 2 months 17 days
Civil War:
Union
PVT
Company M.
12th Regiment Missouri Cavalry
Belle Plaine News
Belle Plaine, Kansas
Saturday, May 4, 1889
page 3
Death Of An Honored Citizen.
Jacob P. Downs, aged 41 years, 2 months and 17 days, laid down his noble life and passed into eternity, from whence none ever return, last Monday, April 29, at 11:30 o'clock a.m., of pneumonia, after an illness of about four weeks, during which time he suffered greater pain and agony than is possible for us to describe, which he bore patiently and heroically until death called him away.
The deceased was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, Feb. 13, 1848; moved from there to Van Buren county, Iowa, when quite small, at which place he spent the greater part of his life; in the fall of '76, he moved to Humboldt county, Kans., where he remained until the spring of '78 when he moved to this place. He served his country with fidelity and bravery, enlisting in 1864, when but a mere boy of sixteen years, in the 12th Missouri Cavalry of the Union Army. He leaves a wife and one child, about 9 years of age, besides many friends and relatives in Belle Plaine and his old home in Iowa, to mourn his departure.
Mr. Downs has been engaged in the grain business in Belle Plaine for about one year and six months, doing a prosperous and profitable business, gaining many friends and honored and esteemed by all on account of his fair and honorable dealings with his fellow-men. He was a member of the M.E. church of this place, and always had the highest views of Christianity, and during his sickness, many meetings of prayer were held at his residence. When he was told that he would have to succumb to the inevitable, he said that he was ready to go, but if it was the will of God, he would like to remain awhile longer to study the words of his blessed Master. His many admirers of his work on this earth and his straight-forwardness and morality, have won for him a place of confidence with his friends and acquaintances that will be always of comfort to his family and relatives in their sorrow and bereavement. The people and business men of Belle Plaine have lost a citizen that they will never forget, and all bow their heads in solemnity and say: "Jake Downs was a good man, honored and respected by us all."
The funeral services were held at the M.E. church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock p.m., after which the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and relatives to its last resting place in Belle Plaine cemetery.
"To die, is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar.
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, tis o'er.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
Civil War:
Union
PVT
Company M.
12th Regiment Missouri Cavalry
Belle Plaine News
Belle Plaine, Kansas
Saturday, May 4, 1889
page 3
Death Of An Honored Citizen.
Jacob P. Downs, aged 41 years, 2 months and 17 days, laid down his noble life and passed into eternity, from whence none ever return, last Monday, April 29, at 11:30 o'clock a.m., of pneumonia, after an illness of about four weeks, during which time he suffered greater pain and agony than is possible for us to describe, which he bore patiently and heroically until death called him away.
The deceased was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, Feb. 13, 1848; moved from there to Van Buren county, Iowa, when quite small, at which place he spent the greater part of his life; in the fall of '76, he moved to Humboldt county, Kans., where he remained until the spring of '78 when he moved to this place. He served his country with fidelity and bravery, enlisting in 1864, when but a mere boy of sixteen years, in the 12th Missouri Cavalry of the Union Army. He leaves a wife and one child, about 9 years of age, besides many friends and relatives in Belle Plaine and his old home in Iowa, to mourn his departure.
Mr. Downs has been engaged in the grain business in Belle Plaine for about one year and six months, doing a prosperous and profitable business, gaining many friends and honored and esteemed by all on account of his fair and honorable dealings with his fellow-men. He was a member of the M.E. church of this place, and always had the highest views of Christianity, and during his sickness, many meetings of prayer were held at his residence. When he was told that he would have to succumb to the inevitable, he said that he was ready to go, but if it was the will of God, he would like to remain awhile longer to study the words of his blessed Master. His many admirers of his work on this earth and his straight-forwardness and morality, have won for him a place of confidence with his friends and acquaintances that will be always of comfort to his family and relatives in their sorrow and bereavement. The people and business men of Belle Plaine have lost a citizen that they will never forget, and all bow their heads in solemnity and say: "Jake Downs was a good man, honored and respected by us all."
The funeral services were held at the M.E. church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock p.m., after which the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and relatives to its last resting place in Belle Plaine cemetery.
"To die, is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar.
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, tis o'er.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
Aged 41 years 2 months 17 days
Civil War:
Union
PVT
Company M.
12th Regiment Missouri Cavalry
Belle Plaine News
Belle Plaine, Kansas
Saturday, May 4, 1889
page 3
Death Of An Honored Citizen.
Jacob P. Downs, aged 41 years, 2 months and 17 days, laid down his noble life and passed into eternity, from whence none ever return, last Monday, April 29, at 11:30 o'clock a.m., of pneumonia, after an illness of about four weeks, during which time he suffered greater pain and agony than is possible for us to describe, which he bore patiently and heroically until death called him away.
The deceased was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, Feb. 13, 1848; moved from there to Van Buren county, Iowa, when quite small, at which place he spent the greater part of his life; in the fall of '76, he moved to Humboldt county, Kans., where he remained until the spring of '78 when he moved to this place. He served his country with fidelity and bravery, enlisting in 1864, when but a mere boy of sixteen years, in the 12th Missouri Cavalry of the Union Army. He leaves a wife and one child, about 9 years of age, besides many friends and relatives in Belle Plaine and his old home in Iowa, to mourn his departure.
Mr. Downs has been engaged in the grain business in Belle Plaine for about one year and six months, doing a prosperous and profitable business, gaining many friends and honored and esteemed by all on account of his fair and honorable dealings with his fellow-men. He was a member of the M.E. church of this place, and always had the highest views of Christianity, and during his sickness, many meetings of prayer were held at his residence. When he was told that he would have to succumb to the inevitable, he said that he was ready to go, but if it was the will of God, he would like to remain awhile longer to study the words of his blessed Master. His many admirers of his work on this earth and his straight-forwardness and morality, have won for him a place of confidence with his friends and acquaintances that will be always of comfort to his family and relatives in their sorrow and bereavement. The people and business men of Belle Plaine have lost a citizen that they will never forget, and all bow their heads in solemnity and say: "Jake Downs was a good man, honored and respected by us all."
The funeral services were held at the M.E. church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock p.m., after which the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and relatives to its last resting place in Belle Plaine cemetery.
"To die, is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar.
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, tis o'er.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
Civil War:
Union
PVT
Company M.
12th Regiment Missouri Cavalry
Belle Plaine News
Belle Plaine, Kansas
Saturday, May 4, 1889
page 3
Death Of An Honored Citizen.
Jacob P. Downs, aged 41 years, 2 months and 17 days, laid down his noble life and passed into eternity, from whence none ever return, last Monday, April 29, at 11:30 o'clock a.m., of pneumonia, after an illness of about four weeks, during which time he suffered greater pain and agony than is possible for us to describe, which he bore patiently and heroically until death called him away.
The deceased was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, Feb. 13, 1848; moved from there to Van Buren county, Iowa, when quite small, at which place he spent the greater part of his life; in the fall of '76, he moved to Humboldt county, Kans., where he remained until the spring of '78 when he moved to this place. He served his country with fidelity and bravery, enlisting in 1864, when but a mere boy of sixteen years, in the 12th Missouri Cavalry of the Union Army. He leaves a wife and one child, about 9 years of age, besides many friends and relatives in Belle Plaine and his old home in Iowa, to mourn his departure.
Mr. Downs has been engaged in the grain business in Belle Plaine for about one year and six months, doing a prosperous and profitable business, gaining many friends and honored and esteemed by all on account of his fair and honorable dealings with his fellow-men. He was a member of the M.E. church of this place, and always had the highest views of Christianity, and during his sickness, many meetings of prayer were held at his residence. When he was told that he would have to succumb to the inevitable, he said that he was ready to go, but if it was the will of God, he would like to remain awhile longer to study the words of his blessed Master. His many admirers of his work on this earth and his straight-forwardness and morality, have won for him a place of confidence with his friends and acquaintances that will be always of comfort to his family and relatives in their sorrow and bereavement. The people and business men of Belle Plaine have lost a citizen that they will never forget, and all bow their heads in solemnity and say: "Jake Downs was a good man, honored and respected by us all."
The funeral services were held at the M.E. church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock p.m., after which the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and relatives to its last resting place in Belle Plaine cemetery.
"To die, is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar.
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, tis o'er.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
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