Frederick Haughton Manning

From History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol.4, 1921:

Manning, Frederick Haughton, president Alabama School for deaf and blind, was born Feb. 11, 1859, at Mintonsville, NC; son of William Henry and Rebeka (Trotman) Manning, the former a native of Edenton, NC, who was educated at the Edenton male academy, studied law, removed to Alabama locating in Troy where he practiced his profession, later becoming county judge, returning to North Carolina in 1847, becoming a planter in Gates County, served as member of the North Carolina house of representatives in 1862, conducted a military training class during the War of Secession with the rank of Captain, member of state senate, and a Baptist; grandson of Joseph Manning, who moved from Princess Anne County, VA, to Edenton, NC, and of Rev. Quinton Hollowell Trotman. Mr. Manning received his early education in the rural schools of Gates County, NC, and attended Sunbury Academy, Sunbury, NC, for one year. In 1881, he entered the preparatory department of Wake Forest College, NC, graduating in 1887 with the degree of MA, serving during his senior year as college librarian and editor of the college magazine, “The Wake Forest Student.” He began his professional career in 1887 as assistant principal, Vine Hill male academy, NC, becoming principal during the same year. In 1888, he was appointed a teacher in the blind department of the Colorado school for the deaf and blind. He removed to Alabam in 1895 upon his appointment as resident superintendent of the Alabama school for the deaf and blind, and became president in 1913 upon the death of Dr. J.H. Johnson. He is a Democrat, Baptist, and a Mason.

Married: (1) Dec. 25, 1889, at Colorado Springs, CO, to Mrs. Anne (Cummings) Wing, who died in January 1913, daughter of Col. George and Anne (Haynes) Cummings, of Bangor ME and a direct descendant of the Scottish chieftain, “The Black Comyn”; (2) Sept. 2, 1914, to Ida, daughter of Rufus Morgan Henderson, a prominent business man of Talladega. Mrs. Manning died Feb. 7, 1919.

Children: by his first wife: (1) Thomas Cummings, student Marion Military Institute and University of Alabama, served in France during the World War as second lieutenant, headquarters company, 32nd brigade heavy artillery, and was twice cited for promotion.

Residence: Talladega.