Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Manning, Calvin 1851 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

CALVIN MANNING.

Not to know Calvin Manning in Wapello county is to argue oneself unknown. His
position has long been one of leadership at the bar, in banking and in
republican circles. He was born at Keosauqua, Iowa, June 7, 1851, a son of Edwin
and Sarah (Sample) Manning. His father, Edwin Manning, was a native of New
England, whence in early manhood he removed to Pennsylvania and afterward came
to Iowa, when this state was largely a frontier region, much of the land being
still in possession of the government He entered a claim, and began the
development of a tract upon which hitherto not a furrow had been turned or an
improvement made. Settling in Keosauqua, he laid out the town in 1836, not only
long before the admission of the state into the Union but also before the
organization of Iowa as a territory. From that time forward until his demise in
1901 he was closely associated with the substantial development of the district
in which he lived. Like her husband, Mrs. Manning was from Pennsylvania, being a
native of Washington county.

Liberal educational opportunities were awarded Calvin Manning, who supplemented
a public-school course by study in the schools of New England and the Iowa State
University at Iowa City, from which he was graduated with the law class of 1872.
Entering upon the practice of law, he soon gained recognition through the
ability which he displayed in the careful analysis of his cases and his ready
mastery of the intricacies of the law. He was also connected with the Iowa
National Bank as its president for fifteen years. For four years he was city
attorney of Ottumwa, and he has also been active along political lines,
representing the second ward as a member of the city council for four years. He
was elected on the republican ticket, for since age conferred upon him the right
of franchise he has been a stalwart advocate of republican principles and one of
the recognized leaders of his party in his section of the state. In 1884 he was
a delegate to the republican national convention in Chicago and in 1896 a
delegate to the national convention of his party in St. Louis, aiding the first
time in nominating James G. Blaine and on the second occasion in nominating
William McKinley. He was appointed United States commissioner to the Paris
exposition in 1900 by President McKinley and proved an able representative of
the government at that time. He has further been active in public connections as
president and secretary of the Wapello County Agricultural Society and as one of
the charter members of the Wapello Club of Ottumwa and is interested in all
those movements and projects which feature as elements in the county's
upbuilding and development.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1877, Mr. Manning was united in marriage to Miss Juliet K.
Blake, a daughter of Charles F. Blake, one of the pioneer residents of Wapello
county, actively identified with the early settlement and development of
Ottumwa. He was a member of the wholesale drug house of Blake, Bruce & Company
and was, president of the Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa for many years. Mr. and
Mrs. Manning have two children living, a daughter, Mary Blake, the wife of
George F. Trotter, of Pueblo, Colorado; and a son, Edwin C. Manning, who now
resides in Albia, Iowa. Two daughters, Maud and Louise, died in infancy. Mr. and
Mrs. Manning attend the Congregational church and are prominently known in the
social circles of the city, while upon many events which have shaped the history
of Wapello county Calvin Manning has left the impress of his individuality and
ability.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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