Jemima was born in 1788 in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Unknown Manning. Her ons Charles and John, living together in 1880[1], both reported their mother's birthplace as Pennsylvania.
In the 1850 census Jemima (age 60) was in Springcreek, Miami, Ohio, United States.[4] The household included Benjamin Russel 58, Jemima Russel 60. Benjamin was a farmer.
Karen Pinkerton believes the parents of Jemima Manning are probably John (b. 1742) Manning and Sarah Hall (or Elizabeth Harnett) early settlers of Miami county, Piqua. Jemima, one of 13 children, only 10 known. She had a son Silas Manning, born 1809 (Silas later migrated to Indiana). She had three children with her first husband William Stewart, and no children with her second husband Benjamin Russell.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SM-NJ7 : 14 January 2022), John Stewart in household of Carles Stewart, Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
↑ FH Library Film #0,550,177 US/CAN "Miami County, Ohio Marriage Records 1807 - 1821; 1823-1854" Recorded in Book B, entry #0263, page 80. Data: Text: "Pickaway, November 4, 1815. I certify after receivign licens I joined together as husband and wife on the 29 of October William Steward and Jemimah Manning in the marriage contract." -- Francis Johnson, J.P. (accessed before 11 August 2012)
↑ "United States Census, 1850", Citing family 211, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FamilySearch Record: MXQP-B87 (accessed 29 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6X73-FBT, Jemima Russel (60) in Springcreek, Miami, Ohio, United States.
↑ Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #79947601 (accessed 29 June 2022), Memorial page for Jemima Manning Stewart (1788-1854), citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA (plot: Section 077-008); Maintained by Preserving the Past (contributor 47480910).
Acknowledgments
Profile Manning-1485 was created through the import of Morrison Lineage.ged on Aug 11, 2012 by Lana Archibald.
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