Nashville Manier Branch

I've been able to sort of trace one whole family Branch of Manires who lived mostly in Nashville, Tennessee. I saw a posting about a Sarah Rucker who married a Manire. It got me curious. So I started hunting around. Luckily the Nashville Manires were very prominent people and most stayed there in the Nashville Area most of their lives.

The line starts with a John B. Manier. I thought mayhaps that he could have been a son of Daniel Jackson Manire and Ann Bullock Vandyke. I just can't really find any proof. I keep holding out that I will find the connection but it's hard to find much paperwork for 1700's.

So I have a John B. Manier. On February 8, 1825, he married Mary Jane Evans (nee. Wyche) in Granville County, North Carolina.

Mary Jane was born November 2, 1787 in Henry County, Virginia to Peter Wyche and Elizabeth Jenkins. She married Daniel Lewis Evans December 10, 1810 in Brunswick, Virginia. They had 5 children: George, Elizabeth Jenkins, Davis Lewis, Thomas Wyche, and William Henry Evans. Daniel died in 1821 (the same year William Henry was born). Four years later she marries John B. Manier.

A 73 year old Mary is listed on the 1860 Census for Nashville Ward 5, Davidson County, Tennessee. I believe she was listed with her Son's family. Mary died December 20, 1873 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee at age of 86 years old.

I only have one son for them, a James Wyche Manier. He was born March 19, 1826 either in Granville County, North Carolina or Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. James Wyche married Sarah Rucker in 1856. They had 4 children: (1) Mary P., (3) James Wyche Jr., (2) William Rucker, and (4) Fanny Manier.

(1) Mary P. Manier was born about 1857 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. She was listed with the family on the 1860 Census for Nashville Ward 4, Davidson County, Tennessee (age 3). She was listed with the family on the 1870 Census for Nashville Ward 4, Davidson County, Tennessee (age 13).

(2) William Rucker Manier was born November 13, 1861 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He married Mary Eliza Owsley November 1, 1883 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Mary Eliza was born December 25, 1864 in Kentucky to John Samuel Owsley and Susan Malinda Miller. They had 4 children: William Rucker Jr., John Owsley, Mary Malinda, Thomas Miller Manier.

(3) James Wyche Manier Jr. was born March 19, 1868 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He married Emmett Lee McWilliams sometime before 1891. They had 4 children: James Wyche III, Emmett, Sarah Rucker, and Nancy Manier.

 (4) Fanny Manier was born about 1869 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.  She was listed with the family on the 1870 Census for Nashville Ward 4, Davidson County, Tennessee (age 1).

I have more information on the families of William Rucker Manier (1861) and James Wyche Manier, Jr. (1868).  For more information on this branch of the family I have a family tree with a whole buncha information on Ancestry.com ....  Nashville Branch of Manier/Manire. There are a buncha documents and Pictures there.. :)