Thomas Down, Sr., born 4 May 1824 in Highbickington, Devonshire, England.
Emigrated to America 1849, first settling in Batavia, New York.
1854 to Peoria County, Illinois as a farm laborer near Kickapoo.
Later El Paso, Woodford County.
Spent three years mining gold and silver in California.
Married Eliza Hodge 21 Jan 1863 and farmed 86 acres in Woodford County, Illinois.
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