Downey, Thomas (1846-1926)

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Boston Globe

Thomas Downey to Jane Addams, April 11, 1911

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laura downey

this is my great grandfather, circulation manager of the boston globe

Cathy Moran Hajo

Thanks for getting in touch, Laura! We are still working on the biography, but if you have any details,we would love to include them.

Birth Date

1840-12-22

Death Date

1926

Birthplace

Ireland

Biographical Text

Thomas Downey was the circulation manager of the Boston Globe for more than forty years. Downey was an innovate manager who developed new techniques to distributing papers in the New England region. He served in the Civil War with the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment. Downey also served on the Massachusetts State Board of Charities.

Downey married Ella Duffee in 1891. They had seven children together. Dowey died of a heart attack in 1926.

Occupation

Manager

Source

Photograph from Boston Post, June 11, 1903, p. 4.

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People

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Edited By

DeLisi, Julianne

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1911

Bibliography and Links

"Thomas Downey of the Globe Dies Suddenly at Home", Boston Globe, February 7, 1926, p. A7.

Thomas Downey Junior, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915

Thomas Downey, 1910 United States Federal Census

Citation

“Downey, Thomas (1846-1926),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/5162.