Valley Center Index, April 15, 1915
Obituary
W. H. Manary was born at Delphi, Ind., March 16, 1842, and died at Valley Center, Kansas, April 5, 1915. His early life was spent on the farm where a pure character grew from his parental training. His early environment bent and moulded his kind, pliable mentation into a strong christian character, fitting his for a long life of usefulness in the trials of life's drama. His mother was a kind, indulgent, religious character by whom his life was blended and directed.
His boyhood desire was that he might become a minister of the Gospel. He carried his bible with him, and frequently exhorted to his younger brothers while they went about performing the delegated duties of the farm. He identified himself with the church when a boy. When President Lincoln called for volunteers in 1861 he was attending Battle Ground Collegiate Institute at Tippecanoe, Ind., now Dupaw University. He, with many of his companions, gallantly gave their services to his country. He served 3 years in Co. A, 48th Reg't, Indiana Volunteers, and was wounded at Stone River. He was honorably discharged, but soon was commissioned under Gen. Hancock, but was never called to the front again.
Subsequent to his entering civil life he engaged in farming and teaching, but his boyhood impulses and desires did not repose. More mature thoughts seemed to evolve into a working, paramount and imperative activity to enter the ministry. In 1875 he visited in Iowa among friends and became so earnestly engrossed in the work of the church that he never returned.
In 1877 he married Miss Margaret C. Williams of Cedar county, Iowa, who was his faithful and true companion throughout his long service to his church and Master. While preaching, he pursued his studies until he completed the required course and was ordained and Elder in the Methodist Protestant church.
After serving several churches in Kansas he was chosen president of the Kansas Conference, which office he filled for three terms. His controlling ambition was that he might contribute toward raising humanity to a higher plane of christian living.
He was a devoted, kind father, a true, worthy companion; a home lover, a kind, thoughtful brother. He is survived by his wife, who lives in Valley Center, where the family located in 1903, and three children--Mrs. Edith J. Fitch and Mrs. Mae R. Van Arsdale of Wichita. and Joseph Floyd Manary of Ingalls, Ks. his only son. Two brothers also survive him,--Dr. H. C. Manary of Joplin, Mo., and F. M. Manary of Whittier, Calif.
A loving father, a faithful and true companion, a thoughtful and kind brother, has passed from among us to his reward. Let us emulate and cherish his long life, free from stains and clouds.
"Well done good and faithful servant."
H. C. Manary
The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, and were conducted by Rev. J. S. Strickler, M. P., of Rose Hill, assisted by Rev. J. W. Anderson of Wichita and the pastors of the M. E. and Baptist churches.
The Masonic order conducted the service at the home and the Odd Fellows had charge at the grave, the body was laid to rest beneath a bank of beautiful flowers in Maple Grove cemetery at Wichita.
Obituary
W. H. Manary was born at Delphi, Ind., March 16, 1842, and died at Valley Center, Kansas, April 5, 1915. His early life was spent on the farm where a pure character grew from his parental training. His early environment bent and moulded his kind, pliable mentation into a strong christian character, fitting his for a long life of usefulness in the trials of life's drama. His mother was a kind, indulgent, religious character by whom his life was blended and directed.
His boyhood desire was that he might become a minister of the Gospel. He carried his bible with him, and frequently exhorted to his younger brothers while they went about performing the delegated duties of the farm. He identified himself with the church when a boy. When President Lincoln called for volunteers in 1861 he was attending Battle Ground Collegiate Institute at Tippecanoe, Ind., now Dupaw University. He, with many of his companions, gallantly gave their services to his country. He served 3 years in Co. A, 48th Reg't, Indiana Volunteers, and was wounded at Stone River. He was honorably discharged, but soon was commissioned under Gen. Hancock, but was never called to the front again.
Subsequent to his entering civil life he engaged in farming and teaching, but his boyhood impulses and desires did not repose. More mature thoughts seemed to evolve into a working, paramount and imperative activity to enter the ministry. In 1875 he visited in Iowa among friends and became so earnestly engrossed in the work of the church that he never returned.
In 1877 he married Miss Margaret C. Williams of Cedar county, Iowa, who was his faithful and true companion throughout his long service to his church and Master. While preaching, he pursued his studies until he completed the required course and was ordained and Elder in the Methodist Protestant church.
After serving several churches in Kansas he was chosen president of the Kansas Conference, which office he filled for three terms. His controlling ambition was that he might contribute toward raising humanity to a higher plane of christian living.
He was a devoted, kind father, a true, worthy companion; a home lover, a kind, thoughtful brother. He is survived by his wife, who lives in Valley Center, where the family located in 1903, and three children--Mrs. Edith J. Fitch and Mrs. Mae R. Van Arsdale of Wichita. and Joseph Floyd Manary of Ingalls, Ks. his only son. Two brothers also survive him,--Dr. H. C. Manary of Joplin, Mo., and F. M. Manary of Whittier, Calif.
A loving father, a faithful and true companion, a thoughtful and kind brother, has passed from among us to his reward. Let us emulate and cherish his long life, free from stains and clouds.
"Well done good and faithful servant."
H. C. Manary
The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, and were conducted by Rev. J. S. Strickler, M. P., of Rose Hill, assisted by Rev. J. W. Anderson of Wichita and the pastors of the M. E. and Baptist churches.
The Masonic order conducted the service at the home and the Odd Fellows had charge at the grave, the body was laid to rest beneath a bank of beautiful flowers in Maple Grove cemetery at Wichita.
Valley Center Index, April 15, 1915
Obituary
W. H. Manary was born at Delphi, Ind., March 16, 1842, and died at Valley Center, Kansas, April 5, 1915. His early life was spent on the farm where a pure character grew from his parental training. His early environment bent and moulded his kind, pliable mentation into a strong christian character, fitting his for a long life of usefulness in the trials of life's drama. His mother was a kind, indulgent, religious character by whom his life was blended and directed.
His boyhood desire was that he might become a minister of the Gospel. He carried his bible with him, and frequently exhorted to his younger brothers while they went about performing the delegated duties of the farm. He identified himself with the church when a boy. When President Lincoln called for volunteers in 1861 he was attending Battle Ground Collegiate Institute at Tippecanoe, Ind., now Dupaw University. He, with many of his companions, gallantly gave their services to his country. He served 3 years in Co. A, 48th Reg't, Indiana Volunteers, and was wounded at Stone River. He was honorably discharged, but soon was commissioned under Gen. Hancock, but was never called to the front again.
Subsequent to his entering civil life he engaged in farming and teaching, but his boyhood impulses and desires did not repose. More mature thoughts seemed to evolve into a working, paramount and imperative activity to enter the ministry. In 1875 he visited in Iowa among friends and became so earnestly engrossed in the work of the church that he never returned.
In 1877 he married Miss Margaret C. Williams of Cedar county, Iowa, who was his faithful and true companion throughout his long service to his church and Master. While preaching, he pursued his studies until he completed the required course and was ordained and Elder in the Methodist Protestant church.
After serving several churches in Kansas he was chosen president of the Kansas Conference, which office he filled for three terms. His controlling ambition was that he might contribute toward raising humanity to a higher plane of christian living.
He was a devoted, kind father, a true, worthy companion; a home lover, a kind, thoughtful brother. He is survived by his wife, who lives in Valley Center, where the family located in 1903, and three children--Mrs. Edith J. Fitch and Mrs. Mae R. Van Arsdale of Wichita. and Joseph Floyd Manary of Ingalls, Ks. his only son. Two brothers also survive him,--Dr. H. C. Manary of Joplin, Mo., and F. M. Manary of Whittier, Calif.
A loving father, a faithful and true companion, a thoughtful and kind brother, has passed from among us to his reward. Let us emulate and cherish his long life, free from stains and clouds.
"Well done good and faithful servant."
H. C. Manary
The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, and were conducted by Rev. J. S. Strickler, M. P., of Rose Hill, assisted by Rev. J. W. Anderson of Wichita and the pastors of the M. E. and Baptist churches.
The Masonic order conducted the service at the home and the Odd Fellows had charge at the grave, the body was laid to rest beneath a bank of beautiful flowers in Maple Grove cemetery at Wichita.
Obituary
W. H. Manary was born at Delphi, Ind., March 16, 1842, and died at Valley Center, Kansas, April 5, 1915. His early life was spent on the farm where a pure character grew from his parental training. His early environment bent and moulded his kind, pliable mentation into a strong christian character, fitting his for a long life of usefulness in the trials of life's drama. His mother was a kind, indulgent, religious character by whom his life was blended and directed.
His boyhood desire was that he might become a minister of the Gospel. He carried his bible with him, and frequently exhorted to his younger brothers while they went about performing the delegated duties of the farm. He identified himself with the church when a boy. When President Lincoln called for volunteers in 1861 he was attending Battle Ground Collegiate Institute at Tippecanoe, Ind., now Dupaw University. He, with many of his companions, gallantly gave their services to his country. He served 3 years in Co. A, 48th Reg't, Indiana Volunteers, and was wounded at Stone River. He was honorably discharged, but soon was commissioned under Gen. Hancock, but was never called to the front again.
Subsequent to his entering civil life he engaged in farming and teaching, but his boyhood impulses and desires did not repose. More mature thoughts seemed to evolve into a working, paramount and imperative activity to enter the ministry. In 1875 he visited in Iowa among friends and became so earnestly engrossed in the work of the church that he never returned.
In 1877 he married Miss Margaret C. Williams of Cedar county, Iowa, who was his faithful and true companion throughout his long service to his church and Master. While preaching, he pursued his studies until he completed the required course and was ordained and Elder in the Methodist Protestant church.
After serving several churches in Kansas he was chosen president of the Kansas Conference, which office he filled for three terms. His controlling ambition was that he might contribute toward raising humanity to a higher plane of christian living.
He was a devoted, kind father, a true, worthy companion; a home lover, a kind, thoughtful brother. He is survived by his wife, who lives in Valley Center, where the family located in 1903, and three children--Mrs. Edith J. Fitch and Mrs. Mae R. Van Arsdale of Wichita. and Joseph Floyd Manary of Ingalls, Ks. his only son. Two brothers also survive him,--Dr. H. C. Manary of Joplin, Mo., and F. M. Manary of Whittier, Calif.
A loving father, a faithful and true companion, a thoughtful and kind brother, has passed from among us to his reward. Let us emulate and cherish his long life, free from stains and clouds.
"Well done good and faithful servant."
H. C. Manary
The funeral services were held in the M.E. church, and were conducted by Rev. J. S. Strickler, M. P., of Rose Hill, assisted by Rev. J. W. Anderson of Wichita and the pastors of the M. E. and Baptist churches.
The Masonic order conducted the service at the home and the Odd Fellows had charge at the grave, the body was laid to rest beneath a bank of beautiful flowers in Maple Grove cemetery at Wichita.
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