N. T. Manley

MANLEY, INSLEY, JACKSON, TANNER, CAHART, POWERS, HOWENSTEIN, STROUT

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Date: 7/29/2002 at 20:32:20

The mercantile business of N. T. Manley & 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. Manley was one of the earliest merchants of Parkersburg; the business which he established is the oldest in town.
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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 Northampton 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 that time. The town then contained eleven buildings and about thirty inhabitants.
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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 first marriage – Ella E., wife of Dr. M. I. Powers; C. I., and Edward I.
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C. I. Manley, who is engaged with his father in business, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, in 1850. He was engaged for many years in the store with his father before the present partnership was formed. His wife, Mary E. Howenstein, was a native of Ohio. They have had two children – Insley H., (deceased), and Jennie E.
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Edward I. Manley was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, in 1855. He carried on the homestead farm, on section 19, for eight years, but is now engaged in the store. He married Miss M. D. Strout, daughter of Benjamin Strout. Mrs. Manley is a native of Massachusetts. They have one child – Howard I.
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Mr. N. T. Manley has two children by his second marriage – W. E. and Lewis H.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 432