Dr. John Manson

1838 - 1919  (81 years)

• Name	John Manson
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1838	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	story, medical
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	United Presbyterian
  Residence	1910	Lincoln, Placer, California, United States
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-251439
  Died	28 Feb 1919	Lincoln, Placer, California, United States
  Person ID	I251439	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Manson,   b. CALC 27 Mar 1809, , Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Mar 1885, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Margaret Knox,   b. 1811, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F239166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annabella Morton,   b. 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	8 May 1866	, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Dr. John Manson,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F48238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. John Manson, an aged California physician and an early day figure in mining camps along the Mother lode and ln Nevada, is dead here at the age of 80 years. He came to California in 1869 and settled at Grass Valley, where he practiced his profession. He removed to the Comstock lode during the boom days there and later came back to the Nevada county mining belt. Later he engaged in the raisin industry in Western Placer county, but some years ago resumed the practice of medicine here. He is survived by his widow and two sons, John Manson, Jr. of Lincoln and Dr. Morton Manson of Hayward. Sausalito News, Volume 35, Number 11, 15 March 1919 _______________________________ Death of Dr. John Manson Dr. John Manson, of Lincoln, Cali., formerly of this section, where many relatives live, died on Feb. 28, in his 81st year. He was born at Galt and moved to California in '69. He never returned here, but kept up his connection by correspondence and otherwise, being a regular subscriber to the Ayr paper. He was genial, original and progressive. As a pioneer in his profession, he did good work in his adopted home. His wife, who survives him, is a sister of Mrs. Martha Guthrie, her maiden name being Annabelle Morton. Messrs. John A. and Wm. Manson are cousins of deceased. Ayr News Mar 27 1919 pg 1 ____________________ THEY FLOCK TO TESTIFY Witnesses Hurry to the Relief of the Railroad in the Martin Case PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES Some Were Sent Passes With Not So Much as a Request to Attend The case of George N. Martin against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company held the attention of Judge Daingerfield and a jury all day yesterday. The witnesses were all for the railroad. There was Mr. Weston, the conductor who put the plaintiff off the train at Towles station on the 2nd of August last, and who is still in the employ of the railroad company. There was Mr. Towle, who owns the hotel at Towles station, and who is engaged in the lumber business there and ships a great deal of freight over the road. There was Mr. Shell, who is engaged in the malting business at Sacramento. He was a passenger on the train at time of the occurrence. He does a great deal of freighting over the road also. There was John Manson, a physician, who is engaged in the hospital department of the railroad at Towles. He is also engaged in the fruit business and does shipping. There were Mrs. Dr. Manson and R.N. Manson, a son of Dr. Manson. The son is engaged in fruit-drying at Lincoln station. Al of these happened to be at the station at Towles when the conductor put Martin off the train, all of them saw that Martin was lame and gave it as their opinions - all but the conductor and Shell - that he had stopped there for his health. They were unanimous on the point that there was no show of physical force on the part of the conductor in putting him off the train, but on the contrary that he assisted Martin across the tracks toward the railroad station. Then there was Mr. Roos of the passenger department of the railroad, a part of whose business it is to smooth the way between the company and its injured and disaffected patrons. He testified that he had offered Mr. Martin, when he came to him and explained what he had suffered at the hands of the conductor, $50 and a new ticket to his destination in Sioux City with Pullman sleeping-car accommodation if he (Martin) would call it square. Mr. Knight also of the passenger department, testified to unimportant matters. Conductor Weston told a plain enough story. He had asked Martin to write his name and the signature did not agree with that on the ticket. He allowed him to ride some time and got him to write it again, and still again, but the name was still unlike that on the ticket. Then he told Martin that he could not accept the ticket and unless he paid his fare he would have to leave the train. Martin, he said, called attention to the fact that he was a sick man and asked not to be put off at an out of the way station. He said if allowed to go on to Truckee he could secure identification, as he had done business with the Truckee Lumber Company. The conductor asked Martin if he would make any less resistance to being put off the train at Truckee than at any other point, and Martin insisted that he would object to being put off at any place short of his destination for which he bought his ticket. "I then insisted that he get off the train at Towles," said the witness. He stated that he had used no force, but assisted Martin across the track. The cross-examination of the other witnesses by Mr. Delmas developed points of interest. For instance, Mr. Towle, Proprietor of the hotel of Towles station and a lumber-dealer, testified that he had been supplied with a pass by J.A. Fillmore, with a request that he come to San Francisco as a witness in this case. He was engaged in the lumber business and had considerable business with the company as a freighter. "Does the company pay your expenses on this trip?" asked Mr. Delmas. "No sir, I pay my own expenses." Mr. Shell, engaged in the malting business at Sacramento, who was on the train and had to say that the conductor used no physical violence upon the lame man, made the same statement. He had come to the City on passes furnished him by the company four times on this case. He paid his own expenses all the time he said. He does a large freighting business with the company. Dr. John Manson, practicing physician for twenty-nine years, who has something to do with the railroad hospital, also fruit grower and shipper, came on passes to testify and with his wife has been in the city since the 2nd of March paying his own expenses. R.N. Manson, the doctor's son, received a telegram from Mr. Fillmore, saying: "This telegram, properly countersigned by the station agent, will be a warrant to all conductors to pass R.N. Manson to San Francisco, as witness in the Martin case." Mr. Manson is engaged in the fruit-drying business at Lincoln, but this telegram was sufficient to cause him to take the next train for this city. Arrived here he found the case postponed, and hastened back to his business. Again summoned, he responded. He is paying his own expenses like the others. The trial will be resumed this morning. (Photo attached - George N. Martin, Who Was Ejected From a Southern Pacific Train Because the Conductor Did Not Approve of His Handwriting) Manson, Dr - THEY FLOCK TO TESTIFY __________________ Pioneer Physician Dies Dr. John Manson, one of California's pioneer physicians, died in Lincoln, February 28, aged 80 years. Dr. Manson was born at Galt, Ontario. Canada and removed with his family to California In 1809, settling in Grass Valley, the leading quartz mining town of Nevada county. After practicing there a number of years he removed to Virginia City, Ntv., remaining there through the booming days of the Comstock lode. From there he removed back to Nevada county and became physician to the famous Derbec and Malakoft gravel mines, located at North Bloomfield. After a residence at the aforementioned mining camp covering a period of ten years, he became Interested in the raisin industry and other fruit farming in Placer county, near Lincoln. Soon tiring of this he removed to Lincoln, where he resumed the practice of his profession to too time of his demise. Dr. Manson leaves to survive him his widow and two sous, John Manson Jr., of Lincoln and Dr. Robert Morton Manson of Hayward. He resigned the position of County Health Officer prior to his death. Dr. Manson was a splendid, good man. Placer Herald, Volume LXVI, Number 33, 15 March 1919

  
  

• Sources

  [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 2 Page 13. [S58] Vit - ON, Oxford - Oxford County Marriage Register 1858-1869. Name: John M.d. Manson Birth Place: Galt Residence: Iona Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1839 Father Name: John Mother Name: Margaret Knox Spouse Name: Anna Bella Morton Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse Birth Year: abt 1845 Spouse Birth Place: North Dumfries Township Spouse Residence: North Dumfries Township Spouse Father Name: Robert Spouse Mother Name: Mary Snell Marriage Date: 8 May 1866

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1838 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 May 1866 - , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1910 - Lincoln, Placer, California, United States Died - 28 Feb 1919 - Lincoln, Placer, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth