Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Downing, Christian Hodge April 17, 1914
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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, April 14, 1914, p. 3, c. 3
At Central Point, Or., April 17, 1914, Christian Downing, better known as 
Grandma Downing, died from the results of a fall, aged 96 years, 2 months and 
24 days. Christian Hodge was born at Mullion, Cornwall, England, January 84 
[sic], 1818, and has been a devoted Christian for 78 years. In 1838 she was 
married to Joseph Downing and to their union was born six children, five of 
whom are still living--J. L. of Los Angeles, Cal.; W. H. of Cincinnati, O.; J. 
H., Central Point, Or.; Mrs. George Hesselgrave, Central Point, Or., and T. J. 
of Orange, Cal. She also leaves to mourn her loss two brothers and one sister, 
J. T. Hodge of Richmond, Ill.; R. H. Hodge, Lawndale, Cal., and Mrs. Joseph 
Taylor, Medford, Or.; also one daughter-in-law of the late Fred Downing,
with whom she lived. They came to America in 1852, and in 1884 they moved to 
Central Point, Or., and had lived there continuously until her death. Grandma 
Downing was beloved by all who knew her.


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