Harrieta Amelia Corby
b. March 26, 1850 Chenango, Broome, New York, USA
m. November 13, 1864 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA to George Standish Downer
d. February 3, 1926 Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, USA

Her parents were:
Ira D. Corby Jr. b. 23 Jun 1823 New Jersey, USA
Clarissa Perkins b. 1826 Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA

Her parents were married on 27 Jan 1847 in Conklin, Broome, New York, USA. Her husband was George Standish Downer* born on Jan. 25, 1835 in Ithica, Tompkins, New York. The 1850 Census shows a Harriet A. (less than 1) as the daughter of Ira Corby, Jr. 20 and Clarissa 19 his wife living in Chenango, Broome Co. NY. According to Onalee Labby his granddaughter " Grandpa Corby was in the Civil War for 3 years, returned and was a blacksmith. During this time his wife was at home with three or four children in or near Binghamton, NY." The 1890 Census lists an Ira Corby, a Union veteran of the Civil War, living in Alexandria, S.D. Family history records their daughter Clara Amelia Downer traveling west in a covered wagon with her family from Dixon, IL to Salem, SD in 1886. According to Onalee (Stolts) Labby "Grandfather "Corby" traveled with his son-in law George Standish Downer & daughter Hattie (Corbie) Downer and children from Dixon, Illinois to Alexandria, South Dakota by covered wagon. They used a pair of horses to pull the wagon. George and Hattie rode in the wagon with the children (George Standish Downer, Jr., Bessie Downer, & Clara Downer). A cow and a calf were tied behind the wagon. A crate of chickens was tied to the wagon. Flour for making bread, cooking and eating dishes, and what few belongings they had were in the wagon. They made bread and baked it enroute. When they got to a farm house where they could go and ask to bake the bread they did. Grandfather Corby drove a wagon with one horse and "scouted" for their safety and fished in streams for the famiy to eat. The indians weren't friendly at the time - (there was trouble in South Dakota with Indian attacks). George and Hattie settled in the vicinity of Alexandria and Mitchell, in Hanson and Davidson County, South Dakota. Clara Amelia Downer worked in a hotel in Mitchell, SD serving meals until she was 19 and met and married Charles Stolts on 27 Nov 1891. In 1893 Charles and Clara returned east to western NY. The rest of the family apparently moved on to Cottonwood, Idaho Co., Idaho and later some to Wyoming. The 1910 Census lists Harriet A. Downer in Cottonwood, ID with the following children: Henry J. age 23 b. IL., Clarence L. age 20 b. SD, Effie E? age 19 b. SD, and Albert R. age 18 b. SD.

Harrieta Amelia Corby Downer, also according to family history had the following children:

1) Charles F. Downer b. 14 Dec 1866 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
2) Arthur Franklin Downer b. 24 Jan 1869 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
3) Edwin Downer b. 29 Sep 1871 (Twin of Edward)
4) Edward Downer b. 29 Sep 1871 (Twin of Edwin)
5) Clara Amelia Downer b. 27 Nov 1872 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
6) George Standish Downer (IV) b. 04 Feb 1874 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
7) William Downer b. 1876 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
8) Ira Philo Downer b. 02 Jun 1876 1876 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
9) Bessie Corby Downer b. 11 Aug 1882 Dixon, Lee., IL or Davis Junction, Ogle, IL
10) Harriette May Downer b. 25 Nov 1885 Davis Junction, Ogle, Illinois, USA
11) Henry John Downer b. 27 Oct 1888 Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA
12) Clarance LeRoy Downer b. 29 Aug 1889 Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, USA
13) Effie E. Downer b. Nov 1890 Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, USA
14) Raymond Albert Downer b. 12 Jan 1892 South Dakota, USA
15) Earl Downer b. Abt. 1893 South Dakota, USA
16) Eleanor Downer d. (date UKN) At age 1&1/2 Black Meassles


* George Standish Downer (went by George Standish Downer III although this was not correct. George Standish Downer was the son of Albert Downer and Hannah (Standish) Downer, He was not the III. Albert Downer died when George Standish Downer was 11 years old and no one knows why he went by George Standish Downer III.