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| | Beers: McMannis p. 1246 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | JOHN McMANNIS, one of the most prominent native-born agriculturists of Washington county, is a son of William McMannis, who in very early days had settled in what is now Canton township, this county, having come, when a young man, from eastern Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1787. |
 | | McMannis removed from Canton township many years ago, and took up his residence in Strabane township until 1830, in which year he came to Buffalo township and settled on a farm in Rural valley. |
 | | John McMannis, the eldest son of this honored pioneer, was born February 1, 1817, in Canton township, where his boyhood and youth were spent alternately in working on the farm and in attending the subscription schools of the locality. |
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