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Newton Victor Downs

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Newton Victor Downs

Birth
Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA
Death
21 Sep 1927 (aged 50)
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA GPS-Latitude: 45.5705925, Longitude: -117.5000317
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Newton Victor moved to Oregon when he was 5 with his parents William Newton and Mary Strom Peters Downs.brother Henry sister Mattie and step sister Emily Sophia Peters.
He was killed by a falling limb while cutting timber with his 2 sons Ronald and James.
He homesteaded up on Powataka in 1905, where son Ronald and daughter Alta was born.
He entered the forest service in the Imnaha area in 1907.
then moved his family to Sled Springs where he countied his work with the forest service.there were 4 more children born James, Bertha, Wythel,and Betty marie.
Services were held at Harriston Chapel in Wallowa.Interment was in Wallowa cemtery.

Newton Victor moved to Oregon when he was 5 with his parents William Newton and Mary Strom Peters Downs.brother Henry sister Mattie and step sister Emily Sophia Peters.
He was killed by a falling limb while cutting timber with his 2 sons Ronald and James.
He homesteaded up on Powataka in 1905, where son Ronald and daughter Alta was born.
He entered the forest service in the Imnaha area in 1907.
then moved his family to Sled Springs where he countied his work with the forest service.there were 4 more children born James, Bertha, Wythel,and Betty marie.
Services were held at Harriston Chapel in Wallowa.Interment was in Wallowa cemtery.



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