| Birth: | Jul. 25, 1839 | | Death: | Aug. 3, 1902 | 
Civil War Union Army Officer, US Congressman. He enlisted in the Union Army after the outbreak of the Civil War, and was mustered in as a Private in Company C, 3rd Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Volunteer Infantry on September 12, 1861. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on January 1, 1862, it began his rise in the ranks that culminated in his being commissioned Colonel and commander of the regiment on September 8, 1862. He was captured with his unit at Harper's Ferry, Virginia when it capitulated to Confederate forces under Major General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on September 15, 1862. Paroled the next day, he eventually resigned on November 6, 1862 due to poor health. He moved to the Wyoming Territory after the war, and held a number of political positions there. He was elected as a Delegate from the Wyoming Territory to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1881. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Evangeline Victoria Owen Downey (1853 - 1937)*
Children:
Evangeline Victoria Downey Teetor (1888 - 1958)*
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Search Amazon for Stephen Downey | | | Burial:
Greenhill Cemetery
Laramie
Albany County
Wyoming, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Feb 11, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7178265 |
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J. L. Cobb
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tbeck
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Steve Downey and fellow Territorial Councilor W. W. Corlett (21657356) were 2 of 4 who voted to sustain WY Gov. Campbell's veto against the repeal of women's suffrage. They prevailed. The result: it would be another 50 years before the rest of the USA ...(Read more)
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Clint Black
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