Son of Isaac Manning and Eliza Philes Mead
On 14 April 1911 the Salt Lake Tribune printed the following death notice:
FORMER BODY SERVANT OF MORMON PROPHET DEAD
Isaac Manning, a negro, who was at one time a servant of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, died yesterday in St. Marks hospital, of general debility, at the age of 96 years. After Joseph Smith was killed, Manning, and his sister, Mrs. James, who died about five years ago, entered the service of Brigham Young and remained in his employ during his lifetime.
Manning never married and had, so far as known, no relatives in Utah.
Funeral services will be held in the Third ward meeting house at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and interment will be in the City cemetery. (Salt Lake Tribune, 14 April 1911, pg. 14, Utah Digital Newspapers)
NOTE: Isaac was possibly married three times. [1] Lucinda (?) Manning, born about 1817, died about 1846. (See, AA-Booth Family Tree, ancestry.com.) [2] Caroline (?) Manning, born about 1817, married 1838, (See Iowa Census 1856), and [3] Rachel Ann Bryan Manning, born about 1840, died 1891 (See, 1880 US Census, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan).
The Deseret News obituary states the following:
Isaac Lewis Manning, the colored clerk and servant of the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, May 31, 1815. He was a trusted servant of the Prophet, and with his sister Jane lived for many years in the household Joseph Smith. When the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were martyred in Carthage Jail, Mr. Manning was a member of the party that accompanied the bodies to Nauvoo a help to dig the graves in which the Prophet and the patriarch were buried. When the Mormons were driven out of Illinois he did not come to Utah as did his sister in 1847, but settled in Missouri were he resided until 18 years ago (1893)…. on account of his prominence in the early history of the Church he was treated with a great deal of deference by all the Church officials and was respected and revered by all who knew him for his kind disposition and generous nature. He and his sister for years had special seats reserved for them in the tabernacle in the front in the center of the building. Jane made cushions for the seats, and the old couple and their friends have exclusive rights to the seats. Mr. Manning lived in the days of slavery, but was never in bondage. This fact always gave him great pleasure, and he claimed to be a regular New England Yankee.
Isaac Manning said he knew Brother Joseph was a man of God, and he would have laid down his life for the Prophet if he could've done so. He hoped to live so that he could meet the Prophet and be with him on the other side. Isaac Manning's wife died in 1891, in Ohio. He lived with his sister, Jane until her death. (Deseret News, April 17, 1911)
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As stated in his obituary he did not come to Utah in 1847 but settled in Missouri where he resided until 1893. It appears that while still in the Missouri area and prior to coming to the Salt Lake Valley Isaac Manning associated with and was accepted as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) as his name appears on their early membership records. Rebaptism was usually not required. According to the 1850 US Census he also resided in Muscatine,Iowa (about 80 miles north of Nauvoo, Illinois). There were many LDS members in Iowa in the 1850s and 1860s, who were later joined by others returning from Utah who, after the 1860 "reorganization", became RLDS followers. Two and three thousand joined the RLDS Church in the early 1860s to 1875. See, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler. See also, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Pottawattamie Co., IA, Iowa Gen Web Project at iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-RLDS.htm.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was established in 1860 in Illinois as a "reorganization" of Joseph Smith's original church.
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NOTE: On the Utah State and perhaps cemetery records Isaac is incorrectly listed as "Isaac Mauning". This is no doubt a transcription error. He is buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery as per his death certificate and Utah burial records. In genealogical research, all aspects, even misspelling should be considered. Once the evidence has been collected the outcome often becomes apparent. Errors in spelling are common on birth and death certificates and other city, county, and state records.
According to new.familysearch.com (LDS Church) an endowment by proxy was performed for Elijah on 5 May 2006 in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple.
Sources of Information:
LDS Name Index 1830-1845: Page 166; Author: Lyman D. Platt, Title: Nauvoo, 1839-1846. 1:8, 121, ancestry.com.
1850 US Census: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 365B; Image: 596.ancestry.com.
1900 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1684; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241684. ancestry.com.
1910 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1606; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375619. ancestry.com.
Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler, from Early Reorganization Minutes (RLDS Church), 1872-1905, Book C/ Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book F, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ)
SISTER JANE: #10507905
SISTER SARAH: #254459551
On 14 April 1911 the Salt Lake Tribune printed the following death notice:
FORMER BODY SERVANT OF MORMON PROPHET DEAD
Isaac Manning, a negro, who was at one time a servant of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, died yesterday in St. Marks hospital, of general debility, at the age of 96 years. After Joseph Smith was killed, Manning, and his sister, Mrs. James, who died about five years ago, entered the service of Brigham Young and remained in his employ during his lifetime.
Manning never married and had, so far as known, no relatives in Utah.
Funeral services will be held in the Third ward meeting house at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and interment will be in the City cemetery. (Salt Lake Tribune, 14 April 1911, pg. 14, Utah Digital Newspapers)
NOTE: Isaac was possibly married three times. [1] Lucinda (?) Manning, born about 1817, died about 1846. (See, AA-Booth Family Tree, ancestry.com.) [2] Caroline (?) Manning, born about 1817, married 1838, (See Iowa Census 1856), and [3] Rachel Ann Bryan Manning, born about 1840, died 1891 (See, 1880 US Census, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan).
The Deseret News obituary states the following:
Isaac Lewis Manning, the colored clerk and servant of the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, May 31, 1815. He was a trusted servant of the Prophet, and with his sister Jane lived for many years in the household Joseph Smith. When the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were martyred in Carthage Jail, Mr. Manning was a member of the party that accompanied the bodies to Nauvoo a help to dig the graves in which the Prophet and the patriarch were buried. When the Mormons were driven out of Illinois he did not come to Utah as did his sister in 1847, but settled in Missouri were he resided until 18 years ago (1893)…. on account of his prominence in the early history of the Church he was treated with a great deal of deference by all the Church officials and was respected and revered by all who knew him for his kind disposition and generous nature. He and his sister for years had special seats reserved for them in the tabernacle in the front in the center of the building. Jane made cushions for the seats, and the old couple and their friends have exclusive rights to the seats. Mr. Manning lived in the days of slavery, but was never in bondage. This fact always gave him great pleasure, and he claimed to be a regular New England Yankee.
Isaac Manning said he knew Brother Joseph was a man of God, and he would have laid down his life for the Prophet if he could've done so. He hoped to live so that he could meet the Prophet and be with him on the other side. Isaac Manning's wife died in 1891, in Ohio. He lived with his sister, Jane until her death. (Deseret News, April 17, 1911)
* * * * * *
As stated in his obituary he did not come to Utah in 1847 but settled in Missouri where he resided until 1893. It appears that while still in the Missouri area and prior to coming to the Salt Lake Valley Isaac Manning associated with and was accepted as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) as his name appears on their early membership records. Rebaptism was usually not required. According to the 1850 US Census he also resided in Muscatine,Iowa (about 80 miles north of Nauvoo, Illinois). There were many LDS members in Iowa in the 1850s and 1860s, who were later joined by others returning from Utah who, after the 1860 "reorganization", became RLDS followers. Two and three thousand joined the RLDS Church in the early 1860s to 1875. See, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler. See also, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Pottawattamie Co., IA, Iowa Gen Web Project at iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-RLDS.htm.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was established in 1860 in Illinois as a "reorganization" of Joseph Smith's original church.
* * * * * *
NOTE: On the Utah State and perhaps cemetery records Isaac is incorrectly listed as "Isaac Mauning". This is no doubt a transcription error. He is buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery as per his death certificate and Utah burial records. In genealogical research, all aspects, even misspelling should be considered. Once the evidence has been collected the outcome often becomes apparent. Errors in spelling are common on birth and death certificates and other city, county, and state records.
According to new.familysearch.com (LDS Church) an endowment by proxy was performed for Elijah on 5 May 2006 in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple.
Sources of Information:
LDS Name Index 1830-1845: Page 166; Author: Lyman D. Platt, Title: Nauvoo, 1839-1846. 1:8, 121, ancestry.com.
1850 US Census: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 365B; Image: 596.ancestry.com.
1900 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1684; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241684. ancestry.com.
1910 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1606; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375619. ancestry.com.
Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler, from Early Reorganization Minutes (RLDS Church), 1872-1905, Book C/ Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book F, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ)
SISTER JANE: #10507905
SISTER SARAH: #254459551
Son of Isaac Manning and Eliza Philes Mead
On 14 April 1911 the Salt Lake Tribune printed the following death notice:
FORMER BODY SERVANT OF MORMON PROPHET DEAD
Isaac Manning, a negro, who was at one time a servant of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, died yesterday in St. Marks hospital, of general debility, at the age of 96 years. After Joseph Smith was killed, Manning, and his sister, Mrs. James, who died about five years ago, entered the service of Brigham Young and remained in his employ during his lifetime.
Manning never married and had, so far as known, no relatives in Utah.
Funeral services will be held in the Third ward meeting house at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and interment will be in the City cemetery. (Salt Lake Tribune, 14 April 1911, pg. 14, Utah Digital Newspapers)
NOTE: Isaac was possibly married three times. [1] Lucinda (?) Manning, born about 1817, died about 1846. (See, AA-Booth Family Tree, ancestry.com.) [2] Caroline (?) Manning, born about 1817, married 1838, (See Iowa Census 1856), and [3] Rachel Ann Bryan Manning, born about 1840, died 1891 (See, 1880 US Census, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan).
The Deseret News obituary states the following:
Isaac Lewis Manning, the colored clerk and servant of the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, May 31, 1815. He was a trusted servant of the Prophet, and with his sister Jane lived for many years in the household Joseph Smith. When the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were martyred in Carthage Jail, Mr. Manning was a member of the party that accompanied the bodies to Nauvoo a help to dig the graves in which the Prophet and the patriarch were buried. When the Mormons were driven out of Illinois he did not come to Utah as did his sister in 1847, but settled in Missouri were he resided until 18 years ago (1893)…. on account of his prominence in the early history of the Church he was treated with a great deal of deference by all the Church officials and was respected and revered by all who knew him for his kind disposition and generous nature. He and his sister for years had special seats reserved for them in the tabernacle in the front in the center of the building. Jane made cushions for the seats, and the old couple and their friends have exclusive rights to the seats. Mr. Manning lived in the days of slavery, but was never in bondage. This fact always gave him great pleasure, and he claimed to be a regular New England Yankee.
Isaac Manning said he knew Brother Joseph was a man of God, and he would have laid down his life for the Prophet if he could've done so. He hoped to live so that he could meet the Prophet and be with him on the other side. Isaac Manning's wife died in 1891, in Ohio. He lived with his sister, Jane until her death. (Deseret News, April 17, 1911)
* * * * * *
As stated in his obituary he did not come to Utah in 1847 but settled in Missouri where he resided until 1893. It appears that while still in the Missouri area and prior to coming to the Salt Lake Valley Isaac Manning associated with and was accepted as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) as his name appears on their early membership records. Rebaptism was usually not required. According to the 1850 US Census he also resided in Muscatine,Iowa (about 80 miles north of Nauvoo, Illinois). There were many LDS members in Iowa in the 1850s and 1860s, who were later joined by others returning from Utah who, after the 1860 "reorganization", became RLDS followers. Two and three thousand joined the RLDS Church in the early 1860s to 1875. See, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler. See also, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Pottawattamie Co., IA, Iowa Gen Web Project at iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-RLDS.htm.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was established in 1860 in Illinois as a "reorganization" of Joseph Smith's original church.
* * * * * *
NOTE: On the Utah State and perhaps cemetery records Isaac is incorrectly listed as "Isaac Mauning". This is no doubt a transcription error. He is buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery as per his death certificate and Utah burial records. In genealogical research, all aspects, even misspelling should be considered. Once the evidence has been collected the outcome often becomes apparent. Errors in spelling are common on birth and death certificates and other city, county, and state records.
According to new.familysearch.com (LDS Church) an endowment by proxy was performed for Elijah on 5 May 2006 in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple.
Sources of Information:
LDS Name Index 1830-1845: Page 166; Author: Lyman D. Platt, Title: Nauvoo, 1839-1846. 1:8, 121, ancestry.com.
1850 US Census: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 365B; Image: 596.ancestry.com.
1900 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1684; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241684. ancestry.com.
1910 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1606; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375619. ancestry.com.
Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler, from Early Reorganization Minutes (RLDS Church), 1872-1905, Book C/ Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book F, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ)
SISTER JANE: #10507905
SISTER SARAH: #254459551
On 14 April 1911 the Salt Lake Tribune printed the following death notice:
FORMER BODY SERVANT OF MORMON PROPHET DEAD
Isaac Manning, a negro, who was at one time a servant of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, died yesterday in St. Marks hospital, of general debility, at the age of 96 years. After Joseph Smith was killed, Manning, and his sister, Mrs. James, who died about five years ago, entered the service of Brigham Young and remained in his employ during his lifetime.
Manning never married and had, so far as known, no relatives in Utah.
Funeral services will be held in the Third ward meeting house at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and interment will be in the City cemetery. (Salt Lake Tribune, 14 April 1911, pg. 14, Utah Digital Newspapers)
NOTE: Isaac was possibly married three times. [1] Lucinda (?) Manning, born about 1817, died about 1846. (See, AA-Booth Family Tree, ancestry.com.) [2] Caroline (?) Manning, born about 1817, married 1838, (See Iowa Census 1856), and [3] Rachel Ann Bryan Manning, born about 1840, died 1891 (See, 1880 US Census, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan).
The Deseret News obituary states the following:
Isaac Lewis Manning, the colored clerk and servant of the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, May 31, 1815. He was a trusted servant of the Prophet, and with his sister Jane lived for many years in the household Joseph Smith. When the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were martyred in Carthage Jail, Mr. Manning was a member of the party that accompanied the bodies to Nauvoo a help to dig the graves in which the Prophet and the patriarch were buried. When the Mormons were driven out of Illinois he did not come to Utah as did his sister in 1847, but settled in Missouri were he resided until 18 years ago (1893)…. on account of his prominence in the early history of the Church he was treated with a great deal of deference by all the Church officials and was respected and revered by all who knew him for his kind disposition and generous nature. He and his sister for years had special seats reserved for them in the tabernacle in the front in the center of the building. Jane made cushions for the seats, and the old couple and their friends have exclusive rights to the seats. Mr. Manning lived in the days of slavery, but was never in bondage. This fact always gave him great pleasure, and he claimed to be a regular New England Yankee.
Isaac Manning said he knew Brother Joseph was a man of God, and he would have laid down his life for the Prophet if he could've done so. He hoped to live so that he could meet the Prophet and be with him on the other side. Isaac Manning's wife died in 1891, in Ohio. He lived with his sister, Jane until her death. (Deseret News, April 17, 1911)
* * * * * *
As stated in his obituary he did not come to Utah in 1847 but settled in Missouri where he resided until 1893. It appears that while still in the Missouri area and prior to coming to the Salt Lake Valley Isaac Manning associated with and was accepted as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) as his name appears on their early membership records. Rebaptism was usually not required. According to the 1850 US Census he also resided in Muscatine,Iowa (about 80 miles north of Nauvoo, Illinois). There were many LDS members in Iowa in the 1850s and 1860s, who were later joined by others returning from Utah who, after the 1860 "reorganization", became RLDS followers. Two and three thousand joined the RLDS Church in the early 1860s to 1875. See, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler. See also, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Pottawattamie Co., IA, Iowa Gen Web Project at iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-RLDS.htm.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was established in 1860 in Illinois as a "reorganization" of Joseph Smith's original church.
* * * * * *
NOTE: On the Utah State and perhaps cemetery records Isaac is incorrectly listed as "Isaac Mauning". This is no doubt a transcription error. He is buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery as per his death certificate and Utah burial records. In genealogical research, all aspects, even misspelling should be considered. Once the evidence has been collected the outcome often becomes apparent. Errors in spelling are common on birth and death certificates and other city, county, and state records.
According to new.familysearch.com (LDS Church) an endowment by proxy was performed for Elijah on 5 May 2006 in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple.
Sources of Information:
LDS Name Index 1830-1845: Page 166; Author: Lyman D. Platt, Title: Nauvoo, 1839-1846. 1:8, 121, ancestry.com.
1850 US Census: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 365B; Image: 596.ancestry.com.
1900 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1684; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241684. ancestry.com.
1910 US Census: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1606; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375619. ancestry.com.
Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 Volumes, Provo, UT: Infobases, 1996, Harvey B. Black; compiler, from Early Reorganization Minutes (RLDS Church), 1872-1905, Book C/ Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book F, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ)
SISTER JANE: #10507905
SISTER SARAH: #254459551
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