George Downhour

From: Caral Mechling Bennett
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:32:18 EST
Subject: DOWNHOUR - SHUNK - CLAPPER

George DOWNHOUR b. 1809 PA; mar. 4 Sep 1832, Perry Co OH to Sarah SHUNK. He farmed in Monday Creek twp, Perry Co OH, and again in Blackford Co IN. About 1851, he went to Calif. with a group, to the "Gold Rush," taking along his eldest son, John Jacob DOWNHOUR, who at time was 19 years old. George died 2 Mar 1853, of pneumonia, aged 44 years, reportedly buried in an unmarked grave at Auburn, Placer Co CA. His son John Jacob, sending the circumstances of his death in a letter to his mother in Indiana. After George's death, John Jacob and two CLAPPER brothers opened a sawmill in Weaverville, Trinity Co CA. This mill was flooded out in the winter of 1861-62. He went on to Helena, Montana, in which area he remained the rest of his life.
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