Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Manary, Richard 1821 - 1892 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 17, 2006, 6:47 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) RICHARD MANARY. Richard Manary died at Delphi, May 19, 1892. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 14, 1821, and at the time of his demise was aged seventy years, eleven months and five days. He was well known as one of the oldest pioneers, having, with his father, settled on the south bank of Deer creek in 1825. For sixty-seven years he was a resident of Delphi and before his death was one of three persons living who settled here in the year 1825. He was a soldier in the Mexican War, having enlisted under Gen. R. H. Milroy. Richard Manary was married in 1850 to Delilah Booth, who survived him. The addition to the town (now city) of Delphi, known as Manary's addition will perpetuate his name better than stone or marble. He was a peaceable citizen and an industrious man. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. J. A. Maxwell and was attended by a large number of old citizens. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/manary34nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb