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Inskip, John Swannell

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 10, 1816, in England. He was a methodist clergyman who was a noted camp-meeting conductor, and the author of Life of Rev. William Summers; Methodism Explained and Defended; and Remarkable Display of the Mercy of God. He died March 7, 1884, in Ocean Grove, N. J.. was a IRBY, JOHN LAURENS MANNING, planter, lawyer, United States senator, was born Sept. 10, 1854, in Laurens, S. C.

He appointed lieutenant-coronel in South Carolina volunteers in 1877; and has been a large planter since he retired from the bar.

He was elected to the state house of representatives of South Carolina in 1886; and re-elected in 1888 and 1890; and was unanimously elected speaker in the latter year. He was elected to the United States senate as a democrat Dec. 11, 1890, for the full term commencing March 4, 1891.

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