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History of Anoka County
And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton
In Hennepin County, Minnesota
by Albert M. Goodrich
pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis


              page 207
              
                RUFUS T. DOWNS (deceased) was a native of Maine. He 
              came to Minnesota in 1854, and purchased a fine farm
              on the bank of the Mississippi river in the town of
              Ramsey, where he lived during the remainder of his
              life. He served several terms as county commissioner,
              and during a portion of the time was chairman of the
              board.
              
 (Transcriber's Note: His tombstone, in Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka,
   gives birth date: 1829; death date: 18 October 1902. See our
   Hennepin county bios for more of the DOWNS family. Also see Anoka
   county News Bit: Old Age & Youth - 1895)
   
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