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Surnames: CHRISTY, MANIS
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, June 27, 1929,Volume
LIII, Number 34, Page 12, Column 1, “DEATH’S HARVEST—MANERS. ” [Transcribed February 24,
2004 from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene
County Public Library.]
Sarah Jane (CHRISTY) MANERS{MANIS}, wife of the Rev. James A. MANERS, was born in Monroe
County, January 19, 1846; departed this life at the home of her son, Calvin MANERS, in
Newark, June 18, 1929, aged eighty-three years, four months and twenty-nine days. She was
united in marriage to James A. MANERS, August 27, 1864. To this union were born eight
children, six boys and two girls. Three boys, Calvin, of Newark; Charles E., of
Zanesville; Harvey E. of Bloomfield, survive, the other children having preceded her in
death a number of years ago.
Mrs. MANERS was a devout Christian wife and mother, having spent her life for the cause of
the Master serving in the capacity of a minister’s wife until the union was severed by
death twenty-six years ago. It was a pleasure to her to assume the duties of the farm and
the care of the family while her husband was away from home preaching the gospel. Mrs.
MANERS was a mother who served her children first and her prayers were always that they
would be good, Christian children.
She was afflicted for many years in her earlier life, but still put her faith and trust in
God. The family altar was prominent in the home, and in her husband’s absence, she
gathered the children about the place of prayer and asked that the Heavenly Father would
grant that while they were a broken family here that they would be an unbroken family
heaven.
Besides the three sons, she leaves to mourn her departure thirteen grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren and other relatives and a host of friends, but we are sue that their
loss is her gain. So we trust her to the gracious will of Him who doth all. She was a
member of the Church of God at Matamoras, and lived a faithful Christian life until the
end.
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We wish to take this opportunity of thanking the people of Newark, Rev. J. N. A. DOWNEY
and Rev. Paul HAYWOOD and Mr. Hedrick and the girls of the flora company, also KIDD &
RADCLIFF, as well as all others who assisted at the funeral of our beloved mother Sarah
Jane MANERS.
THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
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NOTES—RLJ: (1) CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1994, G.C.H.S., Richland
Township, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Page 180, Columns 1 & 2: MANIS, Rev. James, s/o James
& Mary Jane, 18 Nov 1846—10 Nov 1903; MANIS, Sarah J., w/o Rev. James, d/o John &
Nancy CHRISTY, 19 Jan 1846—1929; MANIS, John T., s/o James & Sarah, 1873—1915; MANIS,
Calvin , s/o James & Sarah, 1870—1938;