John Haywood Manly was born on March 6, 1821, in Oak Mount, Chatham County, North Carolina, the son of Governor Charles Manly and Charity Hare Haywood Manly, and grandson of Captain Basil Manly, who served during the American Revolution. He married his distant cousin, Sarah Carolina Henry, in Wake County, North Carolina on November 27, 1844. They had at least seven children, three in North Carolina and four in Texas. The two youngest survived them.
John served as Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery (Cook's Regiment) from April 1862 until the end of the war, and was an active participant in the Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863.
After the war, John practiced law in Houston. He helped organize the first Texas State Fair (in 1870), the Houston Ship Channel Company, the Houston Bar Association, and the Houston Cemetery Company, now Glenwood Cemetery, which was chartered by the State Legislature in May 1871.
John Manly died on December 22, 1874 in New York City, following a visit to relatives in North Carolina. A month later, his only adult son, William Haywood Manly, accidentally drowned near Lynchburg, Texas. In January 1876, John's wife purchased the lot in Glenwood, and John was finally interred in the cemetery that he had founded.
Credit for the John and Sarah Manly bios:
"Grave Marking Committee, Albert Sidney Johnston Camp 67 SCV, 2013."
John served as Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery (Cook's Regiment) from April 1862 until the end of the war, and was an active participant in the Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863.
After the war, John practiced law in Houston. He helped organize the first Texas State Fair (in 1870), the Houston Ship Channel Company, the Houston Bar Association, and the Houston Cemetery Company, now Glenwood Cemetery, which was chartered by the State Legislature in May 1871.
John Manly died on December 22, 1874 in New York City, following a visit to relatives in North Carolina. A month later, his only adult son, William Haywood Manly, accidentally drowned near Lynchburg, Texas. In January 1876, John's wife purchased the lot in Glenwood, and John was finally interred in the cemetery that he had founded.
Credit for the John and Sarah Manly bios:
"Grave Marking Committee, Albert Sidney Johnston Camp 67 SCV, 2013."
John Haywood Manly was born on March 6, 1821, in Oak Mount, Chatham County, North Carolina, the son of Governor Charles Manly and Charity Hare Haywood Manly, and grandson of Captain Basil Manly, who served during the American Revolution. He married his distant cousin, Sarah Carolina Henry, in Wake County, North Carolina on November 27, 1844. They had at least seven children, three in North Carolina and four in Texas. The two youngest survived them.
John served as Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery (Cook's Regiment) from April 1862 until the end of the war, and was an active participant in the Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863.
After the war, John practiced law in Houston. He helped organize the first Texas State Fair (in 1870), the Houston Ship Channel Company, the Houston Bar Association, and the Houston Cemetery Company, now Glenwood Cemetery, which was chartered by the State Legislature in May 1871.
John Manly died on December 22, 1874 in New York City, following a visit to relatives in North Carolina. A month later, his only adult son, William Haywood Manly, accidentally drowned near Lynchburg, Texas. In January 1876, John's wife purchased the lot in Glenwood, and John was finally interred in the cemetery that he had founded.
Credit for the John and Sarah Manly bios:
"Grave Marking Committee, Albert Sidney Johnston Camp 67 SCV, 2013."
John served as Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery (Cook's Regiment) from April 1862 until the end of the war, and was an active participant in the Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863.
After the war, John practiced law in Houston. He helped organize the first Texas State Fair (in 1870), the Houston Ship Channel Company, the Houston Bar Association, and the Houston Cemetery Company, now Glenwood Cemetery, which was chartered by the State Legislature in May 1871.
John Manly died on December 22, 1874 in New York City, following a visit to relatives in North Carolina. A month later, his only adult son, William Haywood Manly, accidentally drowned near Lynchburg, Texas. In January 1876, John's wife purchased the lot in Glenwood, and John was finally interred in the cemetery that he had founded.
Credit for the John and Sarah Manly bios:
"Grave Marking Committee, Albert Sidney Johnston Camp 67 SCV, 2013."
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