The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . , and in 1842 becamethe agent for Charles M. Reeds line of .steamers onthe great lakes. In 1853 he was appointed generalticket agent for the Michigan Southern and North-ern Indiana
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . , and in 1842 becamethe agent for Charles M. Reeds line of .steamers onthe great lakes. In 1853 he was appointed generalticket agent for the Michigan Southern and North-ern Indiana railroads, having under his supervisiona large number of ticket agents. His circuit coveredthe New England states. New York and Montreal,and his winters were passed in the South in the in-terest of his companies. After several years of travelMr. Downer severed his connection with the railroadand settled down in Syracuse, whei-e, by the judi-cious investment of his , he had accumulateda comfortable property. In politics, Mr. Downerwas a member of the whig party, but upon its disso-lution he attached himself to the democratic party,. .l/^^^^^ 24 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA and has always been a zealous advocate of its prin-ciples. For more than thirty years he never misseda national or state convention, and has been activelyidentified with many of the niosf stirring politicalevents that preceded and followed the civil war. Hisacquaintance with the leading men of the dajr hasbeen extensive, and he has enjoyed the personal friend-ship of Stephen A. Douglas, Gov. Seymour, Dean Rich-mond, Sanford E. Church, and many other distin-guished men. With the exception of two terms ascanal collector, in 1875 and in 18T6, 5Ir, Downer hasnot held political office. IVISON, Henry, publisher, wai bom in Glas-gow, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1808. In 1830 he came toAmerica with his father, who soon afteiward re-turned to Scotland, leaving the lad in the UnitedStates to learn the trade of bo
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