Jones-Troup County GaArchives News.....Sketch of W. I. Manning on his 82nd Birthday November 15, 1911
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"The Roanoke Leader" November 15, 1911
Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, November 15, 1911

SKETCH OF WELL KNOWN CITIZEN WHO FORMERLY LIVED IN ROANOKE BUT NOW RESIDING IN 
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA;  W.I. MANNING

(article from the Norfolk, Virginia Ledger Dispatch) 

W.I. Manning was born in Jones County, Georgia October 18, 1820, being 82 
years old today.  While he was quite young his father moved to Troup County, 
Georgia where he grew to manhood. There he was married to Nancy Elder and 
together they went to Chambers County, Alabama and settled in a county which 
was mostly forest, in which wild turkey and deer were plentiful.

There were born to them eight children;  Dr. J.W. Manning of Norfolk, being 
the only son.  Of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren there 
were 106, of whom 96 are living.  They are scattered from Norfolk to Western 
Texas.  Most of them, however, are living in Georgia and Alabama. Among the 
number are those in nearly all walks of life, farmers, mechanics, bankers, 
merchants, doctors, teachers, missionaries, photographers, printers, etc.

His wife died nearly four years ago at the age of 74.  He is now making his 
home with his son Dr. Manning and his youngest daughter Mrs. A.M. Johnson in 
this city [Norfolk, VA].

He was in the Confederate Army for more than three years, was a brave soldier, 
was in many of the fiercest battles in Virginia and was with Lee at 
Appomattox.  He was struck four times with bullets, once having hair shot off 
the top of his head by ball that struck him after it killed a soldier in front 
of him.  On one occasion a ball hit a buckle on the strap that held his 
cartridge box.  Fortune favored him and he was not seriously injured at any 
time.  Before the war, he invented but never patented, a gun that would fire 
60 times a minute. He has, however had patented articles for household use 
invented by him.  The Norfolk (VA) Ledger Dispatch  (not dated)

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