Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1900 — ELOPEMENT A FAMILY TRAIT. [ARTICLE]

ELOPEMENT A FAMILY TRAIT.

Descendants of Col. George Manning Have Followed His Example. It is the latest dlctuin of science that acquired traits* Are not inherited. In the case of the Manning family, the disposition of the first member of whom there is any record must have been transmitted and the disposition has led to eight, if not nine, elopements. George Manning was hired by Gen. Wheeler, of Steuben New York, many years ago to cut timber. He fell in love with Wheeler’s daughter and she loved him, but her aristocratic father would not have it. They eloped and were married, going into Warren County, Pennsylvania, then a wilderness. Here Manning became very rich and was a colonel in the war of 1812. One of his daughters loved and was loved by one -of his workmen named Sawyer. Manning would not consent, so they eloped. Three years later another daughter eloped and was married to a young doctor, Sullivan, who became rich* and famous. Dr. Sullivan’s daughter eloped with and was married to a young man who was objectionable to her father., Another daughter fell in love with a young man and this time, to prevent an elopement, the father gave his consent. Then the girl eloped with another lover. Col. Manning, the first eloper, had a sob, also named Jason. The young man fell In love with the daughter of one of his father’s teamsters, which made Col. Manning fnrlous. Jason eloped with and married the girl. To Jason was born a son and a daughter. The son loved a young woman and when his father opposed him he eloped with and married her. Jason’s daughter loved a young lawyer, George McCormick. but her father would not allow her to receive him. So she eloped with him, and they were married. Now Jason’s son, who eloped, has a daughter, who recently eloped with George Bunts, her mother’s cousin. The person who gives all this information says another elopement is imminent.—Washington Post.