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Edward T Manton

20 Sep 1820 – 20 Aug 1893

Birth	20 Sep 1820
Death	20 Aug 1893
Cemetery	Manton Cemetery La Grange , Fayette County , Texas , USA
Added by	SGAustin on 23 Dec 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53793764

Bio

Edward T. Manton, soldier and writer of an eyewitness account of the Dawson massacre, was born at Johnston, Rhode Island. In 1833 he came to Texas with his father Henry and sister Ann Eliza. They settled in central Fayette County. His father died in 1840 on a return trip to Rhode Island. In March 1842, when Mexican general Rafael Vásquez attacked San Antonio, Manton joined Rabb's company of Fayette County volunteers and, with them, pursued the retreating Mexican army toward the border. For this service he received a 640-acre bounty grant of land. In September of the same year, Gen. Adrián Woll again led a Mexican army against San Antonio, and Manton joined Capt. Nicholas Dawson's Fayette County volunteers to help repel the invasion. When Dawson's command was massacred at Salado Creek on September 18, Manton was one of the fifteen prisoners taken to Perote Prison in Mexico. At the intercession of Gen. Waddy Thompson, he was released on March 23, 1844, and returned to his plantation near La Grange, where he wrote an eye-witness account of the Dawson massacre. In Fayette County he expanded his holdings by acquiring the John Castleman home at Castleman Springs. He renamed the spring Manton Spring and resided near that location until his death on August 20, 1893.

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Family

Parents

• Henry Manton 1793–1840 FaG
• Ann Eliza Jenckes Manton 1797–1825 FaG

Spouse

• Sarah A Rabb Manton 1826–1873
• Mary Electa Dickson Scott Manton 1838–1931 FaG

Siblings

• John Jenckes Manton 1822–1828 FaG
• Henry Manton Jr 1825–1826 FaG
• Ann Eliza Manton 1825–1841 FaG

Children

• Annie Manton Richards 1846–1912
• Mary Evelyn Manton 1849–1869
• John Henry Manton 1851–1893
• Katherine Bell "Katie" Manton Gault 1854–1924
• Edward Jencks Manton 1855–1869
• Andrew Rabb Manton 1860–1921
• Lucy Tate Manton Manton 1863–1900
• Thomas Lee Manton 1865–1869
• Maggie Manton 1866–1867
• Hallie Nash Manton Reynolds 1876–1971
• Henry Dickson Manton 1879–1962

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