David and Sarah Downard
David Downard was born 4 May 1778 in Uniontown, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania the son of William Downard and Mary McCarty. He married the widow of James Smith, Sarah Thompson Smith in 1807 and opened a brewery in Newport in 1809. Sarah and James Smith had opened the first brewery in Newport in 1798 and apparently had done business with the Downard family. James Smith died by May of 1807 when his estate was probated and by October of 1807 David and Sarah were married. Sarah was born 1784 in Pennsylvania.
On 13 Sep 1813 David bought 3 slaves from the Washington Berry estate; a woman named Venus and two children. By the 1850 census, he had one woman slave aged 50 years. David was involved in many of the county's business as was recorded in the many deeds at David Downard's Deeds.
David Downard died 10 Jan 1856 and was buried in Evergreen. Sarah Downard died 25 May 1863 and was also buried in Evergreen.
Children of David Downard and Sarah Thompson
1. James Downard b-1810 in Ohio; m-Malinda
Thompson in 1837; d-4 June 1871; br-6 June in section 4 lot 78 in Evergreen
2. Mary Ann K Downard b-1816 in Newport;
m-Captain
Robert D Air 6 May 1832; d-27 Jan 1888 in Newport; br-Evergreen
3. Missouri Eliza Downard b-Newport; m-Thomas Buist 14 Nov 1844
4. Malinda Bell Downard b-1814 in Newport; m-Edward K Hooper 8 Nov 1831; d-10
Sep 1859
5. Louisiana Downard b-Newport; m-Elias Victor Marot 4 Sep 1839
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Children of James Downard and Malinda Thompson
1. Malinda E Downard b-7 Nov 1844 in
Independence; d-7 May 1861 in Independence; br-8 May 1861 in Evergreen
2. Missouri E Downard b-1846 in Independence
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Children of Mary Ann K Downard and Captain Robert D Air
1. William N Air b-Aug 1834 in Cincinnati; He also became a
steamboat captain by profession; elected councilman in Oct 1876 and was an
incorporator of the
Bellevue and
Newport Gas Light Company in 1876; he became partners with Albert S Berry in
the ferryboat business in 1879; d-2 Feb 1907 in Newport of typhoid fever; br-Evergreen;
m-Eliza June Holmes in 1855
2. Edward Air b-1835 in Cincinnati; d-26 Jan 1891 in Newport; br-Evergreen
Cemetery in Southgate; m-Margaret J Terhune 10 Apr 1858, daughter of Wm &
Elizabeth
3. Charles Air b-1840 in Cincinnati
4. Robert Air b-27 July 1848 in Newport; d-18 Aug 1883 of congestion of the
liver; br-Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate; m-Doretta Hummell (b-24 Sep 1850 in
Cincinnati; d-15 May 1939 in Evanston Ill) 27 July 1871 in Cincinnati
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Children of Malinda Bell Downard and Edward J Hooper
1. Sarah Hooper b-1833 in Campbell Co; m-G F Hayman 10 July
1852
2. Elizabeth R Hooper b-1835 in Campbell Co
3. Louisiana Hooper b-1839 in Campbell Co
4. William T Hooper b-1843 in Campbell Co
5. Lucy Hooper b-1845 in Campbell Co
6. George Hooper b-1848 in Campbell Co; d-Dec 1859 in Campbell Co
7. Emily Hooper b-1853 in Campbell Co; d-12 Sep 1859 in Campbell Co