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• Fanny McManigle (1887-1887)
• Sophia Lavilla McManigle (1888-1958)
• Harvey Herbert McManigle (1890-1970)
• +  Florence Viola Farrell (1890-1983)
• Vivian Marie McManigle (1910-1982)
• Carmen Evangeline McManigle (1912-1989)
• Evelyn Lucille McManigle (1915-2012)
• Carl Franklin McManigle (1918-1974)
• Wayne Irvin McManigle (1924-1973)
• +  Mary Ellen Baughman (1928-2017)
• Mary Jane McManigle (1926-2006)
• +  Victor George Cyone (1926-2009)
• Franklin Emmet McManigle, son born in 1892
• Katherine C. "Katy" McManigle, daughter born in 1894
• Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" McManigle, daughter born in 1895
• Irene May "Rena or Lena" McManigle, daughter born in 1898
• Robert Hudson McManigle, son born in 1899
• Luella Ethel McManigle, daughter born in 1901
• Benjamin Ellsworth McManigle, son born in 1903
• Lillian Almeda McManigle, daughter born in 1905
• Theodore "Ted" Thomas McManigle, son born in 1907

Solomon Ellsworth McManigle, Jr. was born 6 Jun 1861, in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. He was one of ten children of Solomon Ellsworth McManigle (1830-1912) and Mary Jane Mason (1840-1915).

The year before Solomon's birth began a difficult time for America. Between December 20, 1860, and February 1, 1861, seven states secede from the United States of America. After the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for troops in April four more states seceded.
January 29 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
February 23 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland. March 4 - President Abraham Lincoln takes office, succeeding James Buchanan.
March 21 - Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, gives the infamous Cornerstone Speech in Savannah, Georgia, in which he declares that slavery is the natural condition of blacks and the foundation of the Confederacy.
April 20 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
June 15 - After a revolution and civil war Benito Juarez is formally elected President of Mexico; he temporarily stops the paying foreign debt. (This will trigger another war.)
October 24 - HMS Warrior, the world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled armored battleship, is completed and commissioned.

In his prime Solomon McManigle sported a large handle-bar mustache. He wore his hair short, parting it down the middle, but not slicked down as was the custom of some. This showed off his prominent round ears. His eyes were a piercing blue and he had a way of making you feel uncomfortable if you found him looking at you for too long a time. He was of a moderate build, but fit for whatever work he might set his hand.

Solomon E. McManigle, Laborer, of Sandy Township, age 25, and Martha M. Swartz, of Jefferson County, age 22, were married June 6, 1886, in Dubois, Pennsylvania. Together they had a dozen children. Their first child, a daughter named Fanny McManigle, didn't survive her first year. Ten of the remaining eleven children survived their father.

In 1900, Solomon and Martha had moved to Bloom Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. They were living there with seven of their twelve children. The principal occupation of the people of Bloom Township was agriculture. The population, according to the census of 1910, was 451. Since none of the McManigle's were much interested in agriculture it must have been some other endeavor that drew Solomon and his family to the area. Whatever it was, it didn't last, and 1910 found Solomon's substantial family living in Benezette, Elk County, Pennsylvania. This is some of Central Pennsylvania's most rugged and beautiful country.

In the 1910 US Federal Census for Pennsylvania, Elk, Benezette County, (page 32) is the record of the Solmon (sic.) McManigle family. Whoever, transcribed this into the on-line database mangled his name into Sohnon McManigh (sic.). But, it's clear once you know what you're looking at that this is the record of the McManigle family. Solomon is listed as the head of household, a white male, and 48 years of age, married for 24 years. He gives his occupation as a laborer at a lumber mill.

Solomon's wife is listed as Martha McManigle, white female, 45 years of age, having had twelve children with eleven surviving. The children listed in the household are: Harve (sic.), 20 year old single son; Emmit, 18 year old single son; Katie, 16 year old single daughter; Maggie, 15 year old single daughter; Lena, 12 year old single daughter; Hudson, 11 year old son; Luella, 9 year old daughter; Elsworth, 7 year old son; Lillian, 5 year old daughter; and Theodore, 3 year old son. George, age 20, and Calvin, age 18, Walburn are also living in the household. They were nephews of Solomon and Martha and were also working as laborers at a lumber mill.

Everyone in the household (parents, children, and nephews) was born in Pennsylvania. Both Harve (Harvey Herbert McManigle) and Emmit (Franklin Emmet McManigle) are listed as laborers at a lumber mill. Hudson, Luella, Elsworth, and Lillian had all attended school sometime since September 1, 1909.

The two first-born daughters are not listed in the household. Fannie did not survive infancy. Sophie moved to Dubois, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, had a long life, and died April 8, 1958, at the age of sixty-nine years of age.

In 1920 we find Solomon and his family in Pinecreek, Jefferson, Pennsylvania. They lived here the rest of their lives. He died at his home in Brookville on Wednesday, August 8, 1934. Death resulted from a paralytic stroke, Mr. McManigal suffered five months prior to his death.

According to Solomon's obituary, "Children who survive are Sophie and Rena of DuBois, Katie and Lillian of CA, Luella of Mayport, Emmett of Medix Run and Harvey, Hudson, Ellsworth and Theodore of Brookville. Two sisters, Mary Jane and Nancy who reside in NY state and two brothers, James of Hazen and Franklin of Buffalo, NY also survived him."