Family Group Sheet
NameSamuel Sanford Manley
Birth20 Sep 1857 (?), Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
Death3 Sep 1927, Mt. Carbon, Fayette Co., West Virginia
BurialEads Cemetery, Montgomery Heights, Fayette Co., WV
Marriageabt 1888, Ohio
SpouseElizabeth “Lizzie” Hitchens
Birth3 Jul 1872, Meigs Co., Ohio
Death6 Jun 1957
BurialEads Cemetery, Montgomery Heights, Fayette Co., WV
Children
Birth16 Jan 1910, Mt. Carbon, Fayette Co., West Virginia
Death30 Mar 1983, Fayette Co., West Virginia
SpouseReba F. Petry , 5C3R
Notes for Samuel Sanford Manley
His death certificate records Samuel Manley, age 67 years 11 months 13 days, born 20 Sep 1859 in Portsmouth, Ohio, died 3 Sep 1927 in Mt. Carbon, Fayette Co., West Virginia, merchant, married, husband of Lizzie Hitchens, father Wm Manley, mother’s maiden name Miss Barton, both born in Ohio, cause of death lobar pneumonia, informant Albert Manley, Mt. Carbon, W.Va., burial in Guthrie Cemetery, Mt. Carbon, W.Va.
The reported age and birth date are off by at least 2 years, possibly 3. He was recorded as age 3 in the 1860 census with a younger sister America age 1, and as age 12 in the 1870 census (America was listed as age 10 in that one), both records in Brush Creek, Scioto Co., Ohio, with parents William and Julia A. Manly.
The reported age and birth date are off by at least 2 years, possibly 3. He was recorded as age 3 in the 1860 census with a younger sister America age 1, and as age 12 in the 1870 census (America was listed as age 10 in that one), both records in Brush Creek, Scioto Co., Ohio, with parents William and Julia A. Manly.
Census Notes for Samuel Sanford & Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Family)
1900 census of Meigs Co., Ohio, Salisbury township, enumerated 6 Aug, lists on p. 21A as family #441/459:
Manly, Sam, 41, b. Sep 1858, Ohio Ohio Ohio, blacksmith; Lizzie, wife, 23, b. 27, b. July 1872, Ohio Wales Wales; Benjamin, son, 9, b. Mar 1891, Ohio Ohio Ohio; Minnie, dau, 7, b. Dec 1892, Ohio Ohio Ohio; Albert, son, 5, b. May 1895, W.Va Ohio Ohio; Dana, son, 9/12, b. Apr 1899, W.Va Ohio Ohio; Bertha, dau, 18, b. Mar 1882, Ohio Ohio Ohio; Luda, son, 15, b. June 1884, Ohio Ohio Ohio.
1910 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, Mt. Carbon precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 10A as family #171:
Manly, Sam, 51, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, coal miner, 2nd marriage, married 22 years; Lizzie, wife, 36, b. Ohio Wales Wales, first marriage, married 22 years, mother of 10 children, 7 living; Ben, son, 19, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Minnie, dau, 17, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Albert, son, 15, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Dana, dau, 11, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Carrie, dau, 4, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Eugene, son, 2, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Robert, son, 2/12, b. WVa Ohio Ohio.
The daughter Dana should be a son.
1920 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, Mt. Carbon precinct, enumerated 2 Jan, lists on p. 2A as family #26:
Manley, Sam, 61, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, blacksmith own shop; Lizzie, wife, 48, b. Ohio Wahles Wahles; Dana, son, 20, b. WVa Ohio Ohio, laborer at coal mine; Robert, son, 9 11/12, b. WVa Ohio Ohio. Jay, Byron, son-in-law, 26, married, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, miner at coal mine; Minnie, dau, 27, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Lucille, granddau, 0/12, b. WVa Ohio Ohio.
1930 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 20B as family #91/96:
Manley, Elizabeth, 58, widowed, b. Ohio Wales Wales, manager of grocery store; Robert, son, 20, single, b. WVa Ohio Ohio, truck driver for construction co.
Manly, Sam, 41, b. Sep 1858, Ohio Ohio Ohio, blacksmith; Lizzie, wife, 23, b. 27, b. July 1872, Ohio Wales Wales; Benjamin, son, 9, b. Mar 1891, Ohio Ohio Ohio; Minnie, dau, 7, b. Dec 1892, Ohio Ohio Ohio; Albert, son, 5, b. May 1895, W.Va Ohio Ohio; Dana, son, 9/12, b. Apr 1899, W.Va Ohio Ohio; Bertha, dau, 18, b. Mar 1882, Ohio Ohio Ohio; Luda, son, 15, b. June 1884, Ohio Ohio Ohio.
1910 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, Mt. Carbon precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 10A as family #171:
Manly, Sam, 51, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, coal miner, 2nd marriage, married 22 years; Lizzie, wife, 36, b. Ohio Wales Wales, first marriage, married 22 years, mother of 10 children, 7 living; Ben, son, 19, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Minnie, dau, 17, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Albert, son, 15, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Dana, dau, 11, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Carrie, dau, 4, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Eugene, son, 2, b. WVa Ohio Ohio; Robert, son, 2/12, b. WVa Ohio Ohio.
The daughter Dana should be a son.
1920 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, Mt. Carbon precinct, enumerated 2 Jan, lists on p. 2A as family #26:
Manley, Sam, 61, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, blacksmith own shop; Lizzie, wife, 48, b. Ohio Wahles Wahles; Dana, son, 20, b. WVa Ohio Ohio, laborer at coal mine; Robert, son, 9 11/12, b. WVa Ohio Ohio. Jay, Byron, son-in-law, 26, married, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, miner at coal mine; Minnie, dau, 27, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Lucille, granddau, 0/12, b. WVa Ohio Ohio.
1930 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 20B as family #91/96:
Manley, Elizabeth, 58, widowed, b. Ohio Wales Wales, manager of grocery store; Robert, son, 20, single, b. WVa Ohio Ohio, truck driver for construction co.
