Among the younger physicians of Meigs county, none stands higher in public esteem than Dr. Manning S. Daniels, of Pomeroy, who has met with distinctive success in the practice of his profession. He was born at Pomeroy in 1899 and is a son of George P. and Belle (Skinner) Daniels, also natives of this city. The father is engaged in the insurance business, in which he enjoys a large measure of success, and he is a republican in his political views. He and his wife are the parents of five children: Manning S., born in 1899 ; Roger, in 1905 ; Mary Elizabeth, in 1909 ; Ruth, in 1911; and Hugh, in 1914.

Manning S. Daniels attended the public schools, graduating from the Pomeroy high school in 1917, and then secured his pre-medical education in Denison College, from which he was graduated in 1921. He next matriculated in the medical school of Western Reserve University, and was graduated in 1925 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, after which he served his interneship in St. Vincent's Charity Hospital, in Cleveland. In 1925 he entered upon the practice of his profession in Pomeroy and is gaining a large following here, owing to the outstanding success which he is having in the treatment of human ailments.

Dr. Daniels is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Sigma Chi fraternity of Denison College, the Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity of Western Reserve University, the Meigs County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church. During the World war he attended the Reserve Officers' Camp at Denison College, and while at Western Reserve attended the Officers' Camp at Carlisle, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant. He is closely devoted to his profession, of which he is a constant student, and is held in high regard among his professional brethren, while throughout the community he commands the respect of all who known him.

(History of Southeastern Ohio and the Muskingum Valley 1788-1928, by Thomas William Lewis, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928)