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• Esther Ann McManigle (1858-1898)
• William James McManigle (1859-1935)
• Soloman Ellsworth McManigle, Jr. (1861-1934)
• +  Martha Malinda Swartz (1864-1932)
• 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)
• Frank Emmet McManigle (1892-1943)
• Katherine C. McManigle (1893-1959)
• Irene May McManigle (1897-1961)
• Margaret Elizabeth McManigle (1898-1930)
• Robert Hudson McManigle (1899-1952)
• Louella Ethyl McManigle (1901-1977)
• Benjamin Ellsworth McManigle (1903-1955)
• Lucille Lillian McManigle (born 1905)
• Theodore Thomas McManigle (1907-1957)
• Herbert McManigle (born 1913)
• Walter McManigle (1874-1887)
• Mary Jane McManigle (1867-1946)
• Nancy Elizabeth McManigle (1868-1937)
• David Franklin McManigle (1869-1938)
• John McManigle (born 1872)
• Sarah Matilda Sadie McManigle (1875-1919)

Solomon Ellsworth McManigle was the last son and the tenth child born to James and Susanna (Baecker) McManigle. Solomon was born February 13, 1830, in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

In the year 1830, the year Solomon was born, Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina debated the question of states' rights vs. federal authority with Daniel Webster of Massachusetts in the United States Congress. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, requiring that all American Indians leave the existing states of the Union. Greece is liberated from the Ottoman forces as the final result of the Greek War of Independence and later in the year grants citizenship to Jews. And most importantly, the first lawn mower was invented by Edwin Budding England and patented in 1830, designed primarily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and expensive gardens.

Nine years later, the first school-house was built in Eldred Township in 1839. John Burns built the first sawmill about 1849 in the county, and Fullerton & Truman started the first store. The first hotel was kept near Sigel in 1847, by A. Shall. The first lumber was taken out in 1847 and the first coal discovered by James Summerville.

Solomon and Mary Jane Mason were probably married in 1855 or 1856 as, according to the 1860 US Federal Census, their first child, Esther, was born in 1856. They were living in Knox Township. In the 1860 US Federal Census for Pennsylvania > Jefferson > Knox > on page 2 is a record for the family of Solomon McManigal, age 30, a laborer. In the same household it lists Jane McManigal, age 23; Esther McManigal, age 4; and James McManigal, age 1.

Solomon and Mary Jane had ten children. They were: Esther Ann McManigle (1858), William James McManigle (1859), Solomon Ellsworth McManigle (1861), Walter McManigle (1864), Mary Jane McManigle (1867), Nancy Elizabeth McManigle (1868), David Franklin McManigle (1869), John McManigle (1872), Sarah Matilda Sadie McManigle (1875), and John J. McManigle (1876). William James McManigle was listed as James McManigle in the 1880 US Federal Census. The 1880 US Federal Census indicated that all the males over fifteen were laborers with their father and all the girls over twelve were doing house work with their mother.

Solomon Ellsworth McManigle was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in 1861, at the age of thirty-one. Solomon served with Company B, 105th Pennsylvania Volunteers throughout the War. At the end of the War he was mustered out and went home. Thirty-nine of the two hundred and seven men enrolled in this company were killed during the War. Many others were wounded. Company B was joined with other units several times in order to keep up its fighting strength. These men fought until the end of the war and returned home with honor.

Affordable automobiles didn't come into being until about 1914. And even then the term affordable is questionable. In 1914 a factory worker could buy one of Fords Model A's for about four months wages. Who could afford that? Even later in the thirties and forties people couldn't afford to drive their automobiles long distances, vehicles were unreliable, and in bad weather they were undependable. So they had to live close to where they worked. Since Solomon was a laborer, he had to live close by to where the work was.

In 1870 the Solomon McManigle family was living in Brookville, no doubt close to where he worked. Therefore, in the 1870 US Federal Census they appear in Brookville. In 1880 Solomon had found work in Washington Township and so that's where the family lived. In 1900, they moved to Penn and in 1910 to Warsaw and that's where the US Federal Census found them. All these towns are within Jefferson or Clearfield Counties which are adjacent to each other.

Solomon worked his whole life to support his wife and children. He was a loving husband and father, a patriot, and a good citizen. God called him home to his eternal reward on March 4, 1912, and his mortal body was buried in the cemetery at the church he attended most of his adult life.

Obituary, Mar 1912. Aged Warsaw Township Citizen is Called to His Reward. Solomon McManigle died at his home in Hazen, this county, on Monday of last week, after an illness of five weeks, aged 85 years. Deceased was born in Ireland, and came to this country with his parents when but three months of age. He was reared and lived his entire life since then in Pennsylvania. He was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in 1861, and seeing five years of service before leaving the army. He has resided at Hazen for the past seven years and was well and favorably known in that section. He is survived by his wife and the following children: James, of Port Barnett, Solomon, of Dents Run; Sadie, of Hazen; John, of DuBois; Frank, of Buffalo; Mary, of Franklinville, N.Y.; and Nancy, of Clearfield. One grandson, at home, also survives. Interment was made at the Butler graveyard. The deceased was a loving husband and father, and a good citizen.

The certificate of death of Solomon McManigal, County of Jefferson, Township , registration district number 565, Primary registration district number 2780, file number 22863, registered number 6. Soloman was a male, white, married, date of birth unknown, 82 years of age, occupation laborer. His birthplace was Perry. The name of the father was written in as unknown and then above it was written James McManigle. Notice the different spelling of the surname. Birthplace of father was initally written as unknown and then above was written Penna. Maiden name of mother was given as unknown and then to the right was written Jane Mason. Her place of birth was written down as unknown and then to the right was written Penna. The information is said to have been given by James Murphy of Hagen, PA.

The date of death is given as March 4th 1912. The doctor certified that he had attended the deceased from Jan 23rd, 1912, until March 4th, 1912, and that he last saw him alive March 3, 1912, and that death occurred, on the date stated at five a.m. The cause of death was given as chronic interstitial nephritis of two years duration and death was contributed to by myocarditis also of two years duration. The doctor's name was Samuel R. Huff of Hagen, PA. Solomon was then buried in Butler Cemetery on 3/6/12. The undertaker was Rufus Recty of Brookville.