He married MARY "POLLY" BELL in Northampton Co., VA, December 11, 1809. (MARY "POLLY" BELL is
#15188.) MARY was the daughter of ROBERT BELL and SALLY. (Ralph Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore, p 560; Bill Wilkins)
EDMUND W. P. DOWNING (Dr.) and MARY "POLLY" BELL had the following children:
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FENWICK F.6 DOWNING (#5005). FENWICK died after 1845.
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VIRGINIA E. DOWNING (#15207). VIRGINIA died after 1845.
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iii.
ARINTHIA BELL DOWNING (#15193) was born about 1810. ARINTHIA died January 1, 1872 in Northampton Co.,
VA, at 61 years of age. She married GEORGE WHITE DUNTON in Northampton Co., VA, December 19,
1831. (GEORGE WHITE DUNTON is #15194.) GEORGE was born about 1808. GEORGE was the son of ISAAC DUNTON and HANNAH
WHITE. GEORGE died June 19, 1871 in Northampton Co., VA, at 62 years of age.
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MARGARET S. DOWNING (#15195) was born in Northampton Co., VA May 12, 1820. MARGARET died February 2,
1905 in Northampton Co., VA, at 84 years of age. She married THOMAS W. YOUNG (Dr.) in Northampton
Co., VA, May 22, 1842. (THOMAS W. YOUNG (Dr.) is #15196.) THOMAS was born in Northampton Co., VA September 12, 1816.
THOMAS was the son of THOMAS YOUNG and ELIZABETH S. TROWER. THOMAS died August 19, 1844 in Northampton Co., VA, at
27 years of age. (Bill Wilkins; 1850, 1860 & 1870 census)
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vi.
STRATTON BAILEY DOWNING (Dr.) (#15201) was born in Northampton Co., VA 1825. STRATTON died after 1874.
He married CORNELIA "CAMILLA" MAJOR in Northampton Co., VA, May 5, 1858. (CORNELIA "CAMILLA" MAJOR
is #15202.) CORNELIA was born in Northampton Co., VA January 3, 1843. CORNELIA was the daughter of WILLIAM LITTLETON
MAJOR and ELIZABETH D. COSTIN. CORNELIA died after 1874.
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EMORY V. DOWNING (#15205) was born in Northampton Co., VA June 30, 1832. (Graven Stone) EMORY died June
13, 1866 at 33 years of age. She married ARTHUR MICHAEL WYATT in Northampton Co., VA, September 28,
1853. (ARTHUR MICHAEL WYATT is #15206.) ARTHUR was born October 7, 1827. ARTHUR died September 29, 1853 at 25 years of age.
(Bill Wilkins)