dˈaʊni hæd tˈuː dˈɔːɾɚz wɪð hɪz fˈɜːst wˈaɪf, fˈæni fˈɪʃɚ hˌuː dˈaɪd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti, nˌɑːt lˈɔŋ ˈæftɚ ðə fˈæmɪli mˈuːvd tə lˈæɹeɪmi, waɪˈoʊmɪŋ.
Downey had two daughters with his first wife, Fannie Fisher who died in 1870, not long after the family moved to Laramie, Wyoming.