The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
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NE Rlepea. ard D-escsndauts 81 ula - the
Fourth Reservation Followed ME Exnmple.

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ne RIepea. ana Descendants 81 mia - tss
Fourth Generation believed ME Exampie.
"I read in TIE Sur not long age" said a steu-
bon county man, ian item from . Western pa
per mentioning with some show Of boastfulness
a family In the town where the paper 10 pub
Lshed that has a record Of six Opponents 10 its
credit thus far, with two daughters left who
may increase the score. That record 10 fair. bus
is behind that of . family that I know about. It
may be that this family. which began clipping In
5teuben county . good many years nro and has
been keeping It up in other counties and States
ever since. has been longer in the race than the
Western clipping family brought forward with
30 much braR, but that doesn't rule IL out.
This family Is the Manning family. There
have been eight Opponents in IT; and wouldn't
DO surprised IL 1 should hear. when 1 get
back homo, that the record has been put up to
nine. for I had It straight from headqu arters,
only . week ago, that things were shaping that
way. George Manning started the record of the
family In the clipping line. He was an early
settler up In old Steuben. and worked for Gen.
Wheeler, one Of the big guns, Of the pioneer
days. Manning fell In love with the GEN
erals daughter, and she rociprocatcd.
When her aristocratic father found 1t out
he discharged the presumptuous hired
man. The hired man owned q good horse. and
IL was nOB uubh y RuOu many nOuF1 hIteT MAN
ming had quit the Generals service that the
General found that Manning had ridden his
horse rapidly toward the west, with tho daughter
Of the house Of whoeler riding on the horse be-
hind him. Gen. Wheeler chased the clippers
through the wilderness all the way to Olean
Point, learning on the way that they had paused
long enough at Genesee settlement to DO mar
ried. At Olcan Point the General gave up tho
chase, for the eloping pair had gone on down the
AllanhAnv in m Hnnnn
Manning settled with his bride in the wilder
neas Of Warren county. Pa, and took up large
war Of 1912, and after the war grew immensely
rich from, his pine lumber. Ho had daughters.
Bio sawyer named Curtin, who fell in love. with
the Oldest daughter, Ella. She returned tho
love Of tho young y, yoodsman; Curtin had the
he clipped with the girl. This was in 1919,
with and married a young doctor, whose prac-
tiee was barely sufficient to pay for his own liy.
, YEARS M SEo. e. ne % aae %o rHM Ssii : G @iiil tSnr IL Fl W WSs
gheng Valley. One Of his daughters. Alice Man.
forbade hor to marry him. She followed her
s sfSped PS %itR h. yf lS1sf. f HS1la N 70 sn prJ RfN% ny *.
p%crience, whom his second daughter became en-
eSSiso e Dr. r y SullIv %an eo mns Mss not sa h tse f masah.
This must have been u disappointment to the
daughter. for she broke OF the match herself,
brother OF hor former lover without giving her
father q chance to say whether he would accept
tho young man as q eon.in-law or not
Jason. At the age Of 90 Jason fell in love with
Betty 5s,Ss, Grf ,csn the pretty H., da 9sIana, Of for one ,,s Of his
when he learned Of this attachment and thought
he would break 1t off by sending the boy away
to Philadelphia to school. The boy went without
father wasn't SO much surprised. though. when
s had Joined In doS 5HsG SI,; on the X, TsS Sov Col Sa; MN .spDins
that that, tn. the S couple . Just S as he SsoI had ,s done
on tho way. he sent after them. over:
t hSaleq back dn'% When az G Gs1trlMsS Manning a1 aied pFGGs sson
succeeded to the management Of his largo bust
ness. A son and q dapghterw were born to Jason
who was II. Malcolm MeCrea. the girls father.
sais ' q Sas Mi / afa TsiH sis's and snsS% ots p shs ss;
George, for his grandfather. Col. Manning, hay.
parent before him, simply sottled All dispute in
the matter by running away with Stella McCrea
and marrying her. TIL very next year his sister
Of a husband. George. Mccormick. and
eloped with him. He has since made something
Of q mark as a lawyer and politician IN western
with Stella McCrea, and son Of Jason, who
eloped with Betty GRACE. recently had his
S~n HfscG ssalIa M sfaaSwsa M sx ms w aGrSe siopsd
tion to this match that the girls parents had
mother. Burns's sister. by tho way. eioped with
Seth Small Of Pittsburg only n year ago. but I
don't count her in this record Of the Manning
Doc Manning families. distant relatives OF old
Col; Manning. both OF which have an elopement
to their credit"