Ira L. was the fourth child of William Manross and Sally Copeland. He born on May 31, 1826, in Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Like his father, William, and most of the Manross family in the heavily forested regions of Pennsylvania, he was a lumberman and farmer.
In 1847 Ira L. married Mary Magdalene Tubbs in Tionesta, Venango County, where both families were living. They had six children: Sarah 1848, William George 1849, John W. 1851, Henry M. 1854, Dolphus 1856, and Matilda 1860.
Ira L. and Mary were living in Tionesta, Forest County, PA at the time of the 1850 US Census. The census shows Ira L. and Mary along with two children, Sarah and William, who were named for Ira’s parents William and Sally. Sally was a common nickname for Sarah. In 1851 they sold Mary’s inheritance, property from her father, for $45.00. This was land along the Allegheny River, north of Tionesta.
The family then moved to Oil Creek Township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Ira L. was shown as a lumberman at the time. All six children are listed in the 1860 US Census. The Census showed Ira’s assets to be $400 in land, and $200 in money. Mary died shortly after the 1860 Census and was buried in the Tubbs family cemetery on her brother’s farm.
Ira L. was left with very small children when Mary died and needed a partner to help with the children. Susan Prather became a widow in 1861 and had young children of her own who needed a father. Soon Ira L. and Susan Prather were married. Susan, born in 1811, was fifteen years older than her new husband Ira L. Manross. In the mid 1860’s the newly constituted family moved to LeBoeuf Township, Erie County, PA and lived there for the next fifteen years. An area of LeBoeuf Township came to be known as Manrosstown due to the number of Manross families which had moved to the same area. Several of the Manross families had benefited from the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania and had sold their land to wildcatters and speculators.
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Possible Parents:
George Glenn Tubbs
Birth 4 SEP 1789 • Bethel, Fayette, Iowa
Death 8 SEP 1873 • Tionesta, Venango, Pennsylvania
Mary Chambers
Birth ABT 1785 • Pennsylvania
Death 26 NOV 1865 • Allegheny, Venango, Pennsylvania
Ira L. was the fourth child of William Manross and Sally Copeland. He born on May 31, 1826, in Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Like his father, William, and most of the Manross family in the heavily forested regions of Pennsylvania, he was a lumberman and farmer.
In 1847 Ira L. married Mary Magdalene Tubbs in Tionesta, Venango County, where both families were living. They had six children: Sarah 1848, William George 1849, John W. 1851, Henry M. 1854, Dolphus 1856, and Matilda 1860.
Ira L. and Mary were living in Tionesta, Forest County, PA at the time of the 1850 US Census. The census shows Ira L. and Mary along with two children, Sarah and William, who were named for Ira’s parents William and Sally. Sally was a common nickname for Sarah. In 1851 they sold Mary’s inheritance, property from her father, for $45.00. This was land along the Allegheny River, north of Tionesta.
The family then moved to Oil Creek Township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Ira L. was shown as a lumberman at the time. All six children are listed in the 1860 US Census. The Census showed Ira’s assets to be $400 in land, and $200 in money. Mary died shortly after the 1860 Census and was buried in the Tubbs family cemetery on her brother’s farm.
Ira L. was left with very small children when Mary died and needed a partner to help with the children. Susan Prather became a widow in 1861 and had young children of her own who needed a father. Soon Ira L. and Susan Prather were married. Susan, born in 1811, was fifteen years older than her new husband Ira L. Manross. In the mid 1860’s the newly constituted family moved to LeBoeuf Township, Erie County, PA and lived there for the next fifteen years. An area of LeBoeuf Township came to be known as Manrosstown due to the number of Manross families which had moved to the same area. Several of the Manross families had benefited from the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania and had sold their land to wildcatters and speculators.
http://www.manrossfamilyhistory.com/ira-l.-manross.html
Copyright © John Larry Manross
Possible Parents:
George Glenn Tubbs
Birth 4 SEP 1789 • Bethel, Fayette, Iowa
Death 8 SEP 1873 • Tionesta, Venango, Pennsylvania
Mary Chambers
Birth ABT 1785 • Pennsylvania
Death 26 NOV 1865 • Allegheny, Venango, Pennsylvania
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