The Autobiography of Warren H. Manning
The Autobiography of Warren H. Manning (Copied from the original manuscript by Warren H. Manning) Table of Contents CHAPTER I. Family Background. (Prior to 1860) CHAPTER II. Childhood. (November 7, 1860 - Sept. 24, 1866) CHAPTER III. Schooldays. (Sept. 24, 1866 - June 30, 1879) CHAPTER IV. Apprenticeship. (July 1, 1879 - January, 1888) CHAPTER V. Olmsted Office Employment. (Jan. 1888 - Dec. 1895) CHAPTER VI. Early Professional Practice. (Jan. 1, 1896 - June, 1901) CHAPTER VII. The Work of J. Woodward Manning and Warren H. Manning. (June 15, 1901 - December, 1904) CHAPTER VIII. Growth of Practice at Boston. (Jan. 1, 1905 - Oct. 1915) CHAPTER IX. Billerica. (Oct. 1915 - Sept. 1923) CHAPTER X. Cambridge Expansion. (Sept. 1923 - Dec. 1928) CHAPTER XI. Cambridge. (Jan. 1, 1929 - Nov. 30, 1934) CHAPTER XII. The Past two years, the present, and the future. CHAPTER I FAMILY BACKGROUND (Before 1860) Howarth’s History of Downe, Kent, England, states that the Mannings were ―The most distinguished of the earlier families of Downe.‖ They came from Simon de Manning, ―the first of the English Barons to go with King Richard I (1189–1199) to the Holy Wars in the Second Crusade, when he was knighted.‖ (Manning genealogy) My father, Jacob Warren Manning, born 1826, died 1894, was of the eighth generation from William Manning of England, who settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1634. Father’s parents were Solomon, born 1799, died 1862, and Mary Fletcher Manning, born 1800, died 1878. They were descended from Fletcher, Warren, Andrews, Woodward, Beard, Sprague, and other families. Mary Fletcher was of the seventh generation from Robert Fletcher, who was in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1630.
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