The  Shelbyville  Republican
Friday, September 9, 1932
Page 1, column 3
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WILL  PROVIDES  FUNDS  FOR  HEIRS
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Testament of  Mrs. Rosa E. Downing
Creates Trust for Grandchildren
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OTHER  RELATIVES  SHARE
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          Trust Funds for each of her grandchildren were provided for in the will of  Mrs. Rose E. Downing, who died recently at her VanBuren township home, admitted to probate in circuit court today.  The funds, according to the instrument, are to be made payable, both principal and interest, as the grandchildren shall reach the age of twenty-one years.
          First arranging for the discharge of her just debts including expenses of her last illness as well as for her burial, the will bequeaths $2,000 to a daughter, Ethel Crisler.  An Additional $2,000, will, according to terms of the will, be invested by a trustee to the best advantage possible in which fund her grandchildren, Clarence Elmer Downing,  Ethel Marie Downing  and  William Ely Downing, will share equally.
          Of the residue of the estate, one-third is bequeathed to the daughter, Ethel Crisler; one-third to a step-son, Ezra C. Downing, and another for the grandchildren to be paid them as they reach their twenty-first birthdays.
          The will was witnesses by  Gordon Thurston  and  Alonzo Blair, and was signed June 13, 1929.

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Tuesday September 13, 1932
Page 1 column 4
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EXECUTRIX  FILES  BOND
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Estate of Rosa E. Downing Opened in Probate Court Today
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          Ethel Crisler, of near New Palestine, has filed bond of $12,000 with the clerk of the Shelby circuit court for the service as executrix of the will of  Rosa E. Downing, whose death occurred at her home in VanBuren township, September 4th.
          Personal property in the estate is valued at $6,000 and the real estate the same sum. The will named Mrs. Crisler, daughter of the deceased; three grandchildren who lived in Greenfield, and a step-son, whose home is in Springfield, Ohio, as beneficiaries.
Contributed by Barb Huff  for Mary Downing

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday May 24, 1883
Page 2 column 3
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ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE
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(Indianapolis News)
          J. Amos Downey sues for an annulment of the marriage contract with E. Elizabeth Downey, alleging that when he married the lady in December 1875, at Shelbyville, he believed her to be a single woman, when in fact she was the wife of James S. Young, whom she married at Springfield, Ohio in September 1868. The plaintiff alleges that knowledge of this marriage did not come to him until November, 1882, since which time he has lived apart from her.

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Shelby County, Indiana Marriages
Amos Downey  &  Elizabeth Young
December 1, 1875
Book 10 page 425
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Contributed by Barb Huff

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