MANSON, Frank S.

MANSON

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/1/2021 at 00:58:39

Frank. S. Manson
born Sep 30, 1851, Wisc.

F. S. Manson, a dealer in grain, seeds and coal, in Holstein, Iowa, was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, September 30, 1851, a son of John and Christena (McMullen) Manson, natives of Nova Scotia and Scotch ancestry. The family came to Wisconsin in 1845, where the father died in 1888, aged sixty-eight years, and the mother now living at Shawano County, that State. The former was a millwright by trade and for many years was engaged in lumbering and operating sawmills. Mr. and Mrs. Manson were the parents of twelve children, five sons and seven daughters. One son, Alec, was a soldier in the late war. P. S. Manson, the subject, was reared and educated in his native State. In 1877 he located in Cherokee county, Iowa, where he improved a good farm south of Aurelia. He came to his present location in 1882. His grain elevator has a capacity of 10,000 bushels annually, and he handles about 400 carloads of grain. He deals in both hard and soft coal, and is one of the most progressive business men of Holstein. He is affiliated with the Republican Party and has served as Alderman of this city and member of the Town Council. He is a member of the Masonic order, a charter member of K. of P., Ingomar Lodge, No. 55, in which he served as a District Deputy. He married to May Pratt, and they have one son, Scott F.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.651