Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1916 — Mrs. T. F. Downing Died In Little River, Kans. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. T. F. Downing Died In Little River, Kans.

Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Downing visited for a long time in Rensselaer last year and friends little thought that ©he was so soon to pass away. Her death occurred at her home in Little River, Kans., Dec. 23rd, and the following account is taken from the Little River Monitor: Auerlia Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Ritchey, was bom in Newtown, Fountain county, Indiana, May 24, 1851, and died at her home in Little River, Kans., Dec. 23, 1915, aged 64 years, 6 months and 29 day©. IShe was united in marriage to T. F. Downing Jan. 28, 1868. Six children were born to them, three sons and three daughters, two dying in infanry. Her husband, four children, and many other relatives remain to mourn their loss. They moved to Kansas in 1884 and settled oh a farm, moving to Little River in 1900. She (belonged to the Congregational church at the time of death. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church Christmas day. Interment was made In Bean cemetery.