Biography
Manship was born in Talbot County, Maryland. When his father died, the family moved to Baltimore, where Manship learned the trade of ornamental chair painting and opened his own shop. In 1836, he moved to Jackson, at the time a relatively new town with many public construction projects underway. In 1836, he married Adeline Daley. The couple had fifteen children, five of whom died in infancy.
For his large family, Manship built a Gothic Revival home in 1857. The house was built at 412 East Fortification Street, a location which, at that time, was on the very outskirts of Jackson. Other notable Manship projects included the Jackson City Theatre (1839) and the window reglazing and painting of the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion (1856–1858)
In 1862 Manship became the mayor of Jackson. He had to surrender his city to General Sherman during the Civil War, in May 1863 following the Battle of Jackson.
Charles Manship died in Jackson in 1895 and is buried there. His house has been restored and serves as a museum.
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President of Selectmen |
- Thomas H. Dickson 1834
- S.P. Baley 1835
- Thomas H. Dickson 1836
- S.P. Baley 1836
- John P. Oldham 1837–1838
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Mayors |
- John P. Oldham 1839
- H.R. McDonald 1840
- John P. Oldham 1840–1841
- James H. Boyd 1842–1843
- John P. Oldham 1844–1849
- James H. Boyd 1850
- J.P. Jones 1851
- William H. Taylor 1852–1853
- Richard Fletcher 1854
- William H. Taylor 1855–1857
- James H. Boyd 1858
- W.A. Purdom 1859
- Richard C. Kerr 1860–1861
- Charles Henry Manship 1862–1863
- D.N. Barrows 1864–1867
- Thomas H. Norton 1868
- Lt. Col. James Biddle 1868
- James P. Sesseons 1868–1869
- Rhesa Hatcher 1869
- Lt. Col. Joseph G. Crane 1869
- Captain F.A. Field 1869
- A. Way Kelly 1869
- E.W. Cabiniss 1869–1870
- Oliver Clifton 1870–1871
- Rhesa Hatcher 1871–1872
- Marion Smith 1872–1874
- John McGill 1874–1888
- William Henry 1888–1893
- L.F. Chiles 1893–1895
- Oliver Clifton 1895–1897
- Ramsey Wharton 1897–1899
- H.M. Taylor 1899
- W.W. Morrison 1899 (Mayor Pro Tem.)
- John W. Todd 1899–1901
- William Hemmingway 1901–1905
- Oliver Clifton 1905 (died before taking office)
- Ramsey Wharton 1905–1909
- A.C. Crowder 1909–1913
- S.J. Taylor 1913–1917
- Walter A. Scott 1917–1945
- Leland L. Speed 1945–1949
- Allen C. Thompson 1949–1969
- Russell C. Davis 1969–1977
- Dale Danks, Jr. 1977–1989
- J. Kane Ditto 1989–1997
- Harvey Johnson Jr. 1997–2005
- Frank Melton 2005–2009 (died in office)
- Leslie B. McLemore 2009 (interim mayor)
- Harvey Johnson Jr. 2009–2013
- Chokwe Lumumba 2013–2014 (died in office)
- Charles Tillman 2014
- Tony Yarber 2014–2017
- Chokwe Antar Lumumba 2014–present
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