Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning was born at Albany NY, daughter of William John and Margaret Livingston (Crofts) Fryer, and a descendant of Robert Livingston the first lord of Livingston manor. She was educated at the Albany Female Academy and private schools. In November 1884, she was married to Daniel Manning, who in the following March was appointed secretary of treasury under President Cleveland. At Washington Mrs Manning held a powerful position in social affairs, and though she returned to Albany after her husband's death in December 1887 kept up her Washington connections. She was Regent of the Mohawk Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and in February 1900 was a member of its Continental hall committee. For many years she was vice president of the Association of Women of America for the presentation of the statue of Washington to France; was delegate to represent the society in 1900 and with Mrs John P Jones of Nevada unveiled the statue before a distinguished assembly at Place de'Jena Paris, July 3rd . She was a US commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1900. In 1900 Pres. Loubet decorated her with the cross of the Legion of Honor. Besides serving as President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution for two successive terms, she has been a member of the Colonial Dames of America and of the Society of the Holland Dames. In 1903 she was elected by the national commissioners a member at large of the board of lady managers connected with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and in December she was elected president of the board to succeed Mrs Blair resigned.
Source - The National cyclopedia of American biography ... v.1-, Volume 12
By George Derby, James Terry White
Source - The National cyclopedia of American biography ... v.1-, Volume 12
By George Derby, James Terry White
Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning was born at Albany NY, daughter of William John and Margaret Livingston (Crofts) Fryer, and a descendant of Robert Livingston the first lord of Livingston manor. She was educated at the Albany Female Academy and private schools. In November 1884, she was married to Daniel Manning, who in the following March was appointed secretary of treasury under President Cleveland. At Washington Mrs Manning held a powerful position in social affairs, and though she returned to Albany after her husband's death in December 1887 kept up her Washington connections. She was Regent of the Mohawk Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and in February 1900 was a member of its Continental hall committee. For many years she was vice president of the Association of Women of America for the presentation of the statue of Washington to France; was delegate to represent the society in 1900 and with Mrs John P Jones of Nevada unveiled the statue before a distinguished assembly at Place de'Jena Paris, July 3rd . She was a US commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1900. In 1900 Pres. Loubet decorated her with the cross of the Legion of Honor. Besides serving as President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution for two successive terms, she has been a member of the Colonial Dames of America and of the Society of the Holland Dames. In 1903 she was elected by the national commissioners a member at large of the board of lady managers connected with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and in December she was elected president of the board to succeed Mrs Blair resigned.
Source - The National cyclopedia of American biography ... v.1-, Volume 12
By George Derby, James Terry White
Source - The National cyclopedia of American biography ... v.1-, Volume 12
By George Derby, James Terry White
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