Levi Howell Manning served as Mayor of Tucson, Arizona from 1905 to 1907.
10 Facts About Levi Manning
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Levi H Manning was born second in a family of four brothers and four sisters in Halifax County, North Carolina to Vannoy Hartrog Manning, a US Representative from Mississippi and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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Levi Manning was chief of the Mineral Department in the office of US Surveyor during the latter half of Grover Cleveland's first administration.
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Levi Manning developed several mines in Sonora, Mexico, and founded the Owl Club of Tucson and developed real estate in Tucson.
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In 1900 Manning became president and general manager of a general mercantile firm in Tucson, renamed the L H Manning Co.
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Levi Manning developed agricultural districts in the Santa Cruz valley.
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In 1904 Levi Manning homesteaded 160 acres in the Rincon Mountains to the east of Tucson, building a cabin that still exists today.
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In 1906 Levi Manning was instrumental in bringing an electric trolley system to Tucson that replaced horse and mule drawn vehicles.
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On May 28,1898, Levi Manning married Gussie Lovell O'Connell, who had been born in San Jose, California.
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Levi Manning died August 1,1935, in Beverly Hills, California, and is buried Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson.