Manning, Robert
pomologist, was born July 19, 1784, in Salem, Mass. In 1823 he established a pomological garden in Salem, which at the time of his dean was unrivaled in the assortment of fruits that were then cultivated, and contained nearly one thousand varieties of pears, besides several hundred more of apples, peaches, plums, and cherries. He died Oct. 10, 1842, in Salem, Mass.
MANNING, THOMAS COURTLAND, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1831, in Edenton, N. C. He was elected a lieutenant in a Louisiana confederate regiment, and in 1863 was appointed adjutant-general of the state, with the rank of brigadier-general. In 1864 he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana. He died Oct. 11, 1887, in New York city.