Talk:Amos R. Manning
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Amos R. Manning (1810[1] - September 13, 1880[2]) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1874 to 1880.
References
- ^ Nieman, Donald G. (1994-01-01). Black Southerners and the Law, 1865-1900. Taylor & Francis. pp. 17, 19. ISBN 9780815314493 – via Google Books.
- ^ "AN ALABAMA JUSTICE'S DEATH.; THE SURGICAL OPERATION WHICH JUDGE AMOS R. MANNING UNDERWENT". New York Times. New York Times. September 19, 1880. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
Biography
[edit]Amos Reeder Manning was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. At a young age, he moved to Alabama.
Having been admitted to the bar after study in Huntsville,[1] he practiced law in Marengo county and surrounding counties. He was elected as a State senator to the General Assembly. In 1851 and 1852, he moved to Mobile. In 1872, he was elected to the legislature as a representative. He was later elected by the people to the office of Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Personal life
[edit]He was married and had two daughters. One had married a Civil War veteran Colonel Dunn of Alabama.[2] The other daughter, Anna L. Manning, married a businessman David Hunt. He was an engineer, traveler, businessman and landowner who was relatively wealthy. They married in Mobile, Alabama on April 7, 1880, only 5 months before Amos Manning's death. Manning had 7 grandchildren, 3 having died before reaching adulthoold. Lewis died at 11 on November 4, 1893; David when he was four years old, Stilwell was 1 year old.[3]
In the last few years of his life, he suffered disease. Hiss personal physician Dr Wyeth diagnosed him of having kidney disease and stone in the bladder. In the last few days of his life, Manning went through a successful surgery to remove the mass, but did not recover. An autopsy revealed of euramic posoning. His body was sent back to Perth Amboy, New Jersey for burial.
References
- ^ "AN ALABAMA JUSTICE'S DEATH.; THE SURGICAL OPERATION WHICH JUDGE AMOS R. MANNING UNDERWENT". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "AN ALABAMA JUSTICE'S DEATH.; THE SURGICAL OPERATION WHICH JUDGE AMOS R. MANNING UNDERWENT". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ Carbon County (Pa.) (1894-01-01). Portrait and Biographical Record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States. Chapman Publishing Company. p. 17 – via Google Books.
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