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Mann, William Julius – Manship, Andrew

Mann, William Julius

clergyman, author, was born May 29, 1819, in Germany. He is a lutheran clergyman of Philadelphia, and the author of Life and Times of Henry Muhlenberg. He died in

Manning, Daniel

statesman, was born Aug. 16, 1831, in Albany, N. Y. In 1881 he became vice-president, and in 1882 president, of the National Commercial bank of Albany, N. Y. He was a park commissioner in the city of Albany from 1873 to 1884; and in 1885 he was appointed secretary of the treasury of the United States. He died Dec. 24, 1887, in Albany, N. Y.

Manning, Jacob Merrill

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 31, 1824, in Greenwood, N. Y. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, pastor of the Old South church in 1857-82; and the author of Helps to a Life of Prayer; Half Truths and the Truth; Not of Man, but of God; and Sermons. He died Nov. 29, 1882, in Portland, Maine.

Manning, James

clergyman, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1738, in Elizabeth, N. J. He was one of the founders of Brown university; and when that institution was removed to Providence he became first president. In 1785-86 he was a delegate to the continental congress from Rhode Island. He died July 29, 1791, in Providence, R. I.

Manning, James H

journalist, was born Sept. 22, 1854, in Albany, N. Y. In 1863 he took entire charge of the Albany Argus, in New York; and in 1888 became president of the Argus company.

Manning, John A

manufacturer, was born Aug. 8, 1838, in Troy, N. Y. He was the first to make a satisfactory paper for flour sacks, and he is also the largest manufacturer of rope manila paper in the world.

Manning, John Lawrence

governor, was born Jan. 29, 1816, in Hickory Hill, S. C. He was governor of that state from 1852 to 1854.

Manning, Randolph

jurist, state senator, was born May 19, 1804, in Plainfield, N. J. In 1832 he removed to Michigan, where he settled at Pontiac; and was chosen state senator in 1837, and from 1838 till 1840 held the office of secretary of state. At the organization of the supreme court of the state in 1858 he was chosen an associate justice, and held the office until his death. He died Aug. 31, 1864, in Pontiac, Mich.

Manning, Richard

soldier, legislator, congressman, governor, was born May 1, 1789, in Sumter district, S. C. He was frequently in the upper and lower houses of the South Carolina state legislature; and was governor of South Carolina for two years from 1824. He was a representative in congress from 1834 to 1836. He died May 1, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Manning, Van H

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 26, 1839, in North Carolina. He was elected a representative from Mississippi to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat. MANNVILLE, MRS. HELEN ADELIA (WOOD), was born in 1839, in New York.

She is a poet of La Crosse, Wis., and the author of Heart Echoes, a volume of verse.

Mansfield, Lewis William

author, poet, was born in 1816, in Connecticut. He is a writer of Cohoes, N. Y., and the author of The Morning Watch, a book of verse; Up-Country Letters; and Country Margins.

Manship, Andrew

clergyman, author, was born June 23, 1824, in Caroline county, Md. He is a methodist evangelist of Philadelphia, and the author of Thirteen Years in the Itineracy; Cherished Memories; Reminiscences from the Saddle Bags of a Methodist Preacher; and History of Gospel Tents and Experience.