MANLEY (MANLY) GENEALOGY DATA

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  1. Illinois Records
  2. Indiana Records
  3. Iowa Records
  4. Kentucky Records
  5. Miscellaneous Manley Information

Birth Records, Shelby Co., IL - information obtained from certificates (C), registrations (R)

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Marriage Records, Christian Co., IL - information obtained from registrations. Back to the Top

Marriage Records, Coles Co., IL - information obtained from registrations. Back to the Top


Marriage Records, Macon Co., IL - information obtained from certificates (C), registrations (R), or index (I). Back to the Top

Marriage Records, Shelby Co., IL - information obtained from certificates (C), registrations (R), or index (I).

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Illinois Marriages Prior to 1850 except Macon Co., - information obtained from Ancestry.com.

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Death Records - Macon Co., IL - information obtained from certificates (C), registrations (R).

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Death Records - Shelby Co., IL - information obtained from certificates (C), registrations (R).

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Cemetery Records - Shelby Co., IL - information obtained from headstone inscriptions.

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1880 Census for Shelby Co., IL - (FHC Film #1254251 / NA Film #T9-0251)

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1900 Census for South Macon Twp, Macon, IL - household #321, pg. 126

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1910 Census for Pope Twp, Fayette, IL - #133/134, pg. 183b

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Decatur Daily Review - Decatur, IL - information taken from newspaper images.

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Marriage Records - Crawford Co., IN - information obtained from microfilm #1377775 (Crawford Co., IN marriage records Vol. A).

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Marriage Records - Morgan Co., IN - information obtained from courthouse records.

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Indiana Marriages Prior to 1850 excluding Morgan Co., IN - information obtained from Ancestry.com.

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Death Records - Morgan Co., IN - information obtained from certificates (C), registrations (R), or index (I).

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1870 Census for Morgan Co., IN - Baker Twp., Pg. 2 and 3/Household #13

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1880 Census for Morgan Co., IN - Baker Twp., Pg. 208B (FHC Film #1254301 / NA Film #T9-0301)

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Land Records for Morgan Co., IN - lists the original land sales to early Morgan County settlers from the U.S. Government.

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Birth Records, Monroe Co., IA - information obtained from "Index to Register of Births" (microfilm #0981250)

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Iowa Marriages Prior to 1850 - information obtained from Ancestry.com.

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Marriage Records, Monroe Co., IA - information obtained from marriage index books 1-8 (the index only provided the book and page number of the record, no dates where given).

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Death Records, Monroe Co., IA - information obtained from "Index to Register of Deaths" (microfilm #1887672).

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Manley Cemetery, Monroe Co., IA

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1840 Census for Des Moines Co., IA - Roll #2622

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1850 Census for Monroe Co., IA - Roll #58039, Pt. 6

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1856 Census for Monroe Co., IA - information obtained from "Heads of Household 1856 Census, Monroe Co., IA" published by the Iowa Genealogical Society (1988), #977.7865x2m.

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1860 Census for Monroe Co., IA - Roll #2625, Pt. 6 Back to the Top

Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers, 1861-1866, Vol. 5 Thirty-Sixth Infantry

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N.T. Manley - Excerpt from History of Butler and Bremer Counties, IA 1883, Page 432

The mercantile business of N.T. Manley and Son was established by N.T. Manley in 1867. In 1872 the present partnership was formed, C.I. Manley joining his father in business. N.T. Manly was one of the earliest merchants of Parkersburg; the business which he established is the oldest in town. Mr. Manley was born in Essex county, New York, in 1820. He received a good education, and when a young man was engaged for some time in teaching. He went from the State of New York to Northhampton county, Pennsylvania. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss U.M. Insley, a native of New Jersey. They removed to Fox Lake, Dodge county, Wisconsin about 1851, where they lived till 1864, when they removed to Plainview, Minnesota, coming to Parkersburg in January, 1867. Mr. Manley built a store, and engaged in business, the same spring; this was the second store in the town, Jackson & Tanner having a small store at the time. The town then contained eleven buildings and about thirty inhabitants. Mr. Manley has not confined himself to mercantile pursuits, but has dealt considerably in real estate during his residence here. He purchased a farm on section 19, near the village, in 1867, paying six dollars per acre, which he still owns. The father of Mr. Manley was a Congregational clergyman, a native of the state of New York, where he died at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr. Manley has been twice married. He lost his first wife in 1857. His present wife was Miss M.L. Cahart. He has three children by the first marriage-Ella E., wife of Dr. M.I. Powers; C.I. and Edward I.
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Charles Manley - Excerpt from Biographical History of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, IA 1893, Page 554

Charles Manley, a substantial and progressive young farmer, of Clinton township, Sac county, Iowa, resides on a farm of 200 acres near Early. He dates his birth in Jones county, Iowa, February 28, 1856. Both his father and grandfather, William Manley, junior and senior, were born in Pennsylvania, descendants of a Quaker family, who were early residents of that State. His mother, nee Anna King, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, daughter of James King, a native of Pennsylvania. Charles Manley is one of a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters. Their mother died in Jones county, Iowa, in 1881, and the father is still a resident of that place, being about sixty-five years of age. He is a blacksmith by trade, but sine 1865 has been engaged in farming. Politically, he is a Republican; religiously, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee.
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Benjamin Manly - Excerpt form Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, IA 1886, Page 362

Benjamin H. Manly, son of Benjamin and Mary (Riley) Manly, was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, December 12, 1843. His father died in 1858, and his mother, at the old homestead, in 1870. He was reared on the old homestead in his native county, living there till he volunteered in defense of the Union, in April, 1863, enlisting in Battery B, First Tennessee Light Artillery. He served under General Burnside in the East Tennessee campaign in the fall of 1863, taking part in the engagement at Blue Springs in November, 1863. He was in garrison at Cumberland Gap the following fifteen months, serving the rest of the time in that department. He received an honorable discharge at Nashville, Tennessee, in July, 1865. He was united in marriage January 1, 1868, to Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Vance, who was born in Smith County, Virginia, March 9, 1843, a daughter of Samuel Philips. To this union have been born eight children-Mary G., Nannie L., Sarah Nettie, Samuel B., Robert J., Blanche A., Vesta J. and Marion W. By her first husband Mrs. Manly had one son-Eli B. Vance, who died September 8, 1884, in his twenty second year. Mr. Manly came to Iowa in the spring of 1876; and after living on rented land in Lee County for three years, he bought and removed to his present farm on section 25, Liberty Township, Clarke County, Iowa, locating on this farm in January, 1879. His farm contains 100 acres of good land, eighty acres being under a high state of cultivation, and is classed among the best farms in the township. In politics Mr. Manly is a staunch Republican, having always affiliated with that party. He is a member of Davenport Post, No. 385, G.A.R., of Woodburn, Iowa.
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William Manly - Excerpt from Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, IA 1886, Page 370

William Manly, an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser, of Liberty Township, where he resided on section 25, was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, December 24, 1823, a son of Benjamin and Catherine (Smith) Manly, who were also natives of the same State, living there till their death. Of their nine children our subject was the eighth child. He was reared on a farm in his native county, remaining there till 1849, when, in October of that year, he came to Iowa, first locating in Warren County. He was married in Lucas County, Iowa, March 5, 1853, to Sarah Roberts, a native of Warner County, Tennessee, born November 17, 1832, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Roberts, her father serving in the war of 1812, and her grandfather, Rueben Roberts, being a soldier in the Revolutionary war. To Mr. and Mrs. Manly have been born eight children, of whom only four now survive-James A., farming in Otter Creek Township, Lucas County; Mrs. Samantha Hart, of the same township; Mrs. Martha Jane Marquis who, with her husband, makes her home with her parents, and Wilson F., living at home. Mary C. died aged nineteen years; Thomas B. died at the same age; William D. died aged seventeen months, and one died in infancy unnamed.
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Kentucky Marriages Prior to 1825 - information obtained from Anestry.com.

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1810 Census for Barren Co., KY

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1820 Census for Barren Co., KY
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Obituaries - information obtained from newspaper obituaries.  Click on the word obituary to read a transcript.

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