MANNERS. George - M.D. - Putnam

Dr. George Manners, New Richmond, was born January 29, 1816, in Mercer county, Kentucky, and is the son of James and Lettice (Hight) Manners, both natives of Kentucky. His parents emigrated to Monroe county, Indiana, then to Putnam county, and finally to Montgomery county, in Clark township. She died February 3, 1870, in her seventy-third year, and he died March 19, 1871, in his seventy-eighth year. Both were members of the Methodist church. He was a whig and strong republican, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. In the family were eight children, four boys and four girls, four of whom now live in Montgomery county and one in Colorado, and three are dead. George, the subject of this sketch, was raised on the farm and attended the common school till eighteen years of age. He then attended Wabash College in its incipient days, when Pres. Baldwin presided. He also spent five months at Asbury University when the present Bishop Simpson was president. He worked his way by teaching and manual labor. When twenty-two years old he began reading medicine, and when twenty-seven engaged actively in his profession. In 1843 Dr. Manners located at New Richmond and established an extensive practice. In the term of 1845-6 he attended Louisville Medical College, and in 1846-7 Ohio Medical College. He holds a diploma from Louisville. In his profession Dr. Manners has been successful, and equally so in his financial affairs. He started with naught but a sinewy arm, active brain and will, and with this capital he has made his fortune. He owns 665 acres of land, and is acknowledged to be the wealthiest man in Coal Creek township. Dr. Manners was a whig and later a thorough republican. He has identified himself with the termperance cause from the old Washingtonian society to the present. Dr. Manners was married June 21, 1846, to Barbara G. White, daughter of Charles and Mary (Leah) White, who embarked from Maryland to Ohio, then to Fountain county, Indiana, in 1828, and in 1830 moved to Montgomery County, Clark township, and finally to Madison township, and there died, he September 2, 1855, in his seventy-seventh year, and she November 22, 1869, in her eighty-first year. They were Methodists. Mrs. Dr. Manners was born September 7, 1823, in Ohio. Both she and the doctor belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. They have no children. Becoming old they are enjoying the fruits of their labors.