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to ASBURY MANIS' PLACE

McMinn CO, TN

Family Group of

Francis Asbury Manis b 24 Mar 1832 Monroe CO, TN d 22 Mar 1907 [Dates are from obituary in Hiwassee Baptist Association Minutes, 1907 researched by Marvin Stephens.]
(lived in Roane CO, TN in 1896 where he was a member of the Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church)
occupation - farmer
son of ?

m 6 Sep 1852 McMinn CO, TN by G. W. Wallis, JP TO
Matilda Jane Manis b 3 Oct 1831 [calculated by Marvin Stephens from 1900 Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church minutes] Monroe CO, TN d 22 Apr 1900, aged 68 yrs 6 mos 19 dys "a worthy member of the church 54 yrs and member of Shiloh a little more than 2 yrs"
believed to be dau of Ephraim Manis* & Anna Lovelace* of McMinn CO, TN

issue:
1(M) William Riley Manis b 7 Aug 1853 TN d 17 July 1935 buried Poplar Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Roane CO, TN, [Loudon CO, TN death certificate #15789]
m 4 Jul 1880 TO
Louisa J. Riddle b 18 Mar 1860 d 12 Apr 1914 buried Poplar Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Roane CO, TN

2(M) Ephraim H. Manis b 19 Feb 1855 TN d 5 Sept 1927 buried Smyrna Cemetery, Rhea CO, TN (Rhea CO, TN death certificate #20725)
m 9 Jan 1881 Loudon CO, TN TO
Sarah Elizabeth Shoemaker b 25 Oct 1861 d [no death date on tombstone] buried Smyrna Cemetery, Rhea CO TN

3(F) Mary Ann Manis b 23 Dec 1855 TN [per tombstone] d 25 Oct 1930 buried Old Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, HWY 58, Roane CO, TN
m (1) 3 Mar 1879 McMinn CO, TN by B. F. Morgan, MG TO
Harvey Presswood b d
m (2) 21 June 1892 Roane CO, TN TO
F. M. Gage b d

4(F) Sarah Cordelia Manis b 8 Apr 1859 TN d 6 July 1899 buried Durham Cemetery, Roane CO, TN
m 4 Jul 1880 McMinn CO, TN by T. J. Latham, JP TO
James William Riddle b 12 Jan 1859 TN d 23 Dec 1928 buried Durham Cemetery, Roane CO, TN

5(M) John Manis b ca 1861 TN d
m 12 Jan 1890 Roane CO, TN TO
Providence F. "Procey" Gage b 12 July 1859 d 31 Dec 1899 buried Rose-Fuller Cemetery, Roane CO, TN
from 1900 minutes Hiwassee Baptist Association, Providence Manis joined Paint Rock Church June 1882, researched by Marvin Stephens

6(F) Nancy Jane Manis b ca 1863 TN d

7(M) James "Jim" Wilson Manis b 6 Jan 1866 McMinn CO, TN d 21 Mar 1937 Roane CO, TN death certificate # 9704 buried Rose Cemetery, Roane CO, TN [no inscribed stone in 2004]
m 1888 TO
Mary Ann Loutisha "Mollie" Pope b 24 Dec 1867 Roane CO, TN d 14 Mar 1937 buried Rose Cemetery, Roane CO, TN [no inscribed stone in 2004]

8(M) Francis "Frank" M. Manis b 8 Feb 1867 McMinn CO, TN d 27 Oct 1948 buried Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Roane CO, TN
m 14 July 1890 Roane CO, TN TO
Sarah "Sally" I. Rosenbaum b 17 Sept 1872 d 17 Mar 1955 buried Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Roane CO, TN

9(M) Joseph Hilton Manis b 5 Feb 1873 McMinn CO, TN d 18 Dec 1950 buried Clark-Dry Fork Cemetery, Roane CO, TN (Roane CO, TN death certificate #28279)
m 27 Dec 1899 Roane CO, TN TO
Cordia Dennis b Apr 1882 (per census record) d after 1950 buried Clark-Dry Fork Cemetery, Roane CO, TN

10(M) George Manis b ca 1875 TN d
m TO
Mollie Price b d

11(F) Isabelle "Belle" Manis b 23 Oct 1875 McMinn CO, TN d 3 Nov 1945 buried Niota Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN [McMinn CO, TN death certificate # 26202]
m TO
John M. Emerson, Sr. b 30 Mar 1870 McMinn CO, TN d 29 May 1943 McMinn CO, TN buried Niota Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

12(F) Dollie E. Manis b ca 1883 d 1911 buried Newcome Cemetery, Rockwood, TN
m 26 Oct 1901 Harriman, Roane CO, TN TO
Charlie McFarland Branam b d

Many thanks to Ronald Gray, Marvin Stephens, and Margaret Lynn Owens for helping gather research on the Manis family!

*great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra Ratledge

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