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ROBERT MANNON, farmer, P. O. Red Oak. The parents of Robert Mannon were William and Mary, who emigrated from Kentucky to Adams County, Ohio, about the year 1800. They settled about three miles north of West Union, on the waters of Lick Fork; in what was then comparatively an unbroken forest. He there bought about one hundred acres of land, on which he built a log-cabin and began to hew down the forest which surrounded him. He remained on the farm which he settled until death. He was the father of ten children, four of whom are still living, viz.: John, Andrew J., Mary A. and Robert. During the war of 1812, he was one of the valiant defenders of the flag of our glorious Union. Robert, the subject of this sketch, was born in September, 1815, in Adams County, Ohio, and was reared to manhood on a farm. He received but a limited education, and was married in September, 1841, to Eliza McPherson, who was born in April, 1822. To them have been born five children, viz.: Mollie, William, Wilson, Lizzie (married Frank McCreight), and James M. (married Mollie Kincaid, deceased). In 1866, he moved to the farm, on which he at present resides. He has served as Township Trustee; is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 225 acres of land.