Mary Frances Downing 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 26 Dec 1821 - (Tennessee)
    Christening: 
          Death: 5 Aug 1872 -  ( at age 50) 2
         Burial: in Furgerson Cem., Cedar Grove, Carroll Co., Tn
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Downing (1796-1863) 1 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth (1794-1828) 1 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *James J. Porter (18 Nov 1818 - 21 Jan 1886)
       Marriage: 10 Oct 1844 4
Notes
General:
The death certificate of Mary Elizabeth Richardson, who died November 25, 1939 in Carroll Co., Tennessee says that the father of the deceased was Jas. David Porter, born in N. C., and that the mother was Mary Francis Downing, born in Tennessee.

The 1850 and 1860 censuses say that Frances was born in Tennessee, and the 1870 census says that she was born in Alabama.
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Sources

1 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: jdamewood.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 32250084.

3 "Downing Bible," http://www.biblerecords.com/downing.html.

4 Faye and William Leigon, Porters of Fishing Creek, 1987, Appendix B. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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