Obituary - David O Manley
David MANLEY was born at Preston, Lancashire, England, November 9, 1831; died
after an illness of nine days at the home of his son, John MANLEY, in Newberry,
Friday, December 8, 1905, at 5:15 o’clock, p.m., aged seventy-four years, one
month and one day.
At the age of seventeen he came from England with his parents direct to Martin County, Ind., and resided there continuously, excepting two years spent in Kansas, until nineteen years ago when he removed to Carmi, Ill., which continued to be his home during the remainder of his life.
He was converted at a Methodist watch meeting on New Year’s eve, 1850, and was licensed to preach by the church at Scotland in 1866 and the following year was ordained and continued active in the ministry of the Baptist church till the time of his death.
After he passed the age of seventy he preached seventy funerals and married twenty-four couples, the last act of his ministerial career being the performance of the ceremony at the marriage of his granddaughter, Miss Julie E. MANLEY to Claude GREGG, having come from his home expressly for that purpose, and remained to make a visit and was seized with his illness.
He was united in marriage in 1854 to Elizabeth DILLON, and to this union eight children were born, of whom five sons and two daughters survive. His wife died nine years ago and on April 8, 1898, he was again united in marriage, this time to Theodosia HOPKINS who survives him.
He served nearly a year in the 161ST INDIANA VOLUNTEERS during the Civil war and was a member of the G. A. R. post at Carmi and was also a member of the Masonic Lodge at Dover Hill while that lodge was in existence.
The remains were accompanied by his wife, children, Rev. W. P. WALLACE and Levi HARRIS to Carmi where the funeral services were conducted by Revs. HOLLMAN, SMITH, DAVIS and WALLACE, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock and the remains ere laid to rest in the Maple Ridge Cemetery at that place.
He was respected and honored by all who knew him and was the means of accomplishing much good throughout a long life.