According to her obituary published in the Morning Olympian, Tuesday, May 3, 1898, she had been a widow for about five years, since the death of her second husband. She left two children, Mr. Ed. Stevens of Olympia and Mrs. John F. Gowey, wife of the American consul at Yokohama, Japan.
Age At Last Birthday: 85
Name Of Father: James
Name Of Mother: Brown
Thurston County Death Register, 1891-1907
Olive's first husband was Dearborn Stevens. They had two children, Edwin A. Stevens and Georgiana Gowey Chase. Her second husband was Albert A. Manning. She applied for a widow's pension on July 23, 1890.
Home in 1880: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
O.B. Manning 65
Edwin A. Stevens 40
Angela Stevens 33
Baby Stevens 1m
Georgiana Stevens 28
Olive B. Manning was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State. The other women were Mary O. Brown, Ann Bigelow, Sarah E. Chapman, Mehitabel H. Elder, Jane Wylie, J. B. Allen, C. A. Sands, Phoebe Moore, Mary A. Barnes, Mary Jane Baldwin, Susan Dofflemyer, Clara M. Littlejohn, Jane Pattison, Margaret Ruddell, and A. R. Elliot.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
The New Northwest
October 27, 1871
Age At Last Birthday: 85
Name Of Father: James
Name Of Mother: Brown
Thurston County Death Register, 1891-1907
Olive's first husband was Dearborn Stevens. They had two children, Edwin A. Stevens and Georgiana Gowey Chase. Her second husband was Albert A. Manning. She applied for a widow's pension on July 23, 1890.
Home in 1880: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
O.B. Manning 65
Edwin A. Stevens 40
Angela Stevens 33
Baby Stevens 1m
Georgiana Stevens 28
Olive B. Manning was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State. The other women were Mary O. Brown, Ann Bigelow, Sarah E. Chapman, Mehitabel H. Elder, Jane Wylie, J. B. Allen, C. A. Sands, Phoebe Moore, Mary A. Barnes, Mary Jane Baldwin, Susan Dofflemyer, Clara M. Littlejohn, Jane Pattison, Margaret Ruddell, and A. R. Elliot.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
The New Northwest
October 27, 1871
According to her obituary published in the Morning Olympian, Tuesday, May 3, 1898, she had been a widow for about five years, since the death of her second husband. She left two children, Mr. Ed. Stevens of Olympia and Mrs. John F. Gowey, wife of the American consul at Yokohama, Japan.
Age At Last Birthday: 85
Name Of Father: James
Name Of Mother: Brown
Thurston County Death Register, 1891-1907
Olive's first husband was Dearborn Stevens. They had two children, Edwin A. Stevens and Georgiana Gowey Chase. Her second husband was Albert A. Manning. She applied for a widow's pension on July 23, 1890.
Home in 1880: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
O.B. Manning 65
Edwin A. Stevens 40
Angela Stevens 33
Baby Stevens 1m
Georgiana Stevens 28
Olive B. Manning was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State. The other women were Mary O. Brown, Ann Bigelow, Sarah E. Chapman, Mehitabel H. Elder, Jane Wylie, J. B. Allen, C. A. Sands, Phoebe Moore, Mary A. Barnes, Mary Jane Baldwin, Susan Dofflemyer, Clara M. Littlejohn, Jane Pattison, Margaret Ruddell, and A. R. Elliot.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
The New Northwest
October 27, 1871
Age At Last Birthday: 85
Name Of Father: James
Name Of Mother: Brown
Thurston County Death Register, 1891-1907
Olive's first husband was Dearborn Stevens. They had two children, Edwin A. Stevens and Georgiana Gowey Chase. Her second husband was Albert A. Manning. She applied for a widow's pension on July 23, 1890.
Home in 1880: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
O.B. Manning 65
Edwin A. Stevens 40
Angela Stevens 33
Baby Stevens 1m
Georgiana Stevens 28
Olive B. Manning was one of the sixteen women "who were willing to put their names in the public sphere in favor of women’s rights"(Shanna Stevenson, Historian) in the early days of the suffrage movement in Washington State. The other women were Mary O. Brown, Ann Bigelow, Sarah E. Chapman, Mehitabel H. Elder, Jane Wylie, J. B. Allen, C. A. Sands, Phoebe Moore, Mary A. Barnes, Mary Jane Baldwin, Susan Dofflemyer, Clara M. Littlejohn, Jane Pattison, Margaret Ruddell, and A. R. Elliot.
Historic newspaper article read:
A Woman’s Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10:00 a.m. The friend of Woman’s Suffrage from all parts of Washington and Oregon are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations. The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
The New Northwest
October 27, 1871
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OLIVE STEVENS
MANNING
AGED 85 YEARS
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