Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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CHARLES DEWEY MANNING, Lamanda Park
 
Born in Province of Ontario, Canada, Oct. 24, 1847, parents moving to Rockton, 
Ill., when he was six months old. Educated in public schools; when sixteen 
enlisted in Ninth Illinois Cav. and served through the Civil War; then attended 
school two years; in the saddlery business for some time with his father; in 
1882 located at Rock Rapids, Ia., and continued in same line with a brother; 
Township Assessor, 1885-6, and Treasurer of Lyon Co., 1889-93. Settled near 
Lamanda Park in 1894 and engaged in fruit growing, in which he has been 
successful. Has served as Road Superintendent of First Supervisorial District 
for seven years and in 1906 was elected Supervisor; in that capacity represents 
the largest producer from the soil of any district in the county and larger in 
territory than any except the fifth. Married in 1871; two sons and a daughter.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.228