. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . aburytook the office of sheriff of the county, January 1st1850, Mr. Downing was made under sheriff, which posi-tion he held until January ist 1853, when he succeededMr. Seabury as sheriff. At the expiration of his officialterm, in January 1856, he accepted the position of undersheriff, under his successor, Bernardus Hendrickson, andthis office he retained until the close of the term ofSheriff Hendrickson, in 1859, when he returned to hisnative village, locating upon the homes
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . aburytook the office of sheriff of the county, January 1st1850, Mr. Downing was made under sheriff, which posi-tion he held until January ist 1853, when he succeededMr. Seabury as sheriff. At the expiration of his officialterm, in January 1856, he accepted the position of undersheriff, under his successor, Bernardus Hendrickson, andthis office he retained until the close of the term ofSheriff Hendrickson, in 1859, when he returned to hisnative village, locating upon the homestead purchased ofthe estate of Townsend U. Franklin. The next year, i860, he was chosen supervisor of thetown, and for seven consecutive years thereafter he wasre-elected, and in several instances without period covered the four years of the great Rebel-lion. The varied and responsible duties that devolvedupon him as the financial officer of the town during thistroublous period Mr. Downing discharged in such a man-ner as to win the approval and elicit the indorsement ofan appreciative GEORGE S. DOWNING. 533 War has been said to be the father of all things; for itis only in the strife of strong passions, and amid thesudden and pressing demands which arise in a state ofwar, that fine qualities, noble impulses, and superiorabilities find opportunity for their action, and come tothe light of day and the admiration of men. No warwas ever so sustained by the persistent devotion and zealof the home population as was this great civil from the regular and enormous expenditures ofthe government nearly $80,000,000 were raised and ex-pended by the loyal citizens in providing for the soldiers,and the widows and orphans of those who died in de-fending the Union. While the town of Oyster Bayraised its full share of money with which to pay liberalbounties to its volunteers it did not forget to affordrelief to the needy wives and children, and in so
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