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(November 20, 1909 – December 10, 1973)<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMTN-ZV9 Vincent Edward Manning] on FamilySearch (free account required)</ref>
  
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'''Vincent E. Manning''', an [[Indiana]] [[fan]], was a member of the [[Decker Dillies]]. He [[published]] ''[[Pluto]]'' with his brother, [[Marvis Manning]], and was a member of [[Chicon]], the 1940 [[Worldcon]], and [[Denvention]] the following year.
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'''Vincent Edward Manning''', an [[Indiana]] [[fan]], was a member of the [[Decker Dillies]]. He [[published]] ''[[Pluto]]'' with his brother,<ref>[[Fannish]] sources and two newspaper articles (see [[Decker Dillies]]) refer to Marvis and Vincent as brothers. In fact, [https://fancyclopedia.org/File:Manning_Cousins_of_Decker,_Indiana.jpg they were first cousins].</ref> [[Marvis Manning]], and attended [[Chicon]], the 1940 [[Worldcon]], and [[Denvention]] the following year.
  
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Like all the Dillies, Vincent had [[gafiated]] by the end of [[World War II]]. However, he turns up again on the membership rolls of [[Chicon II]] in 1952.  
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Vincent’s other avocation was as a radio ham. The Mannings had a farm together. Like all the Dillies, Vincent had [[gafiated]] by the end of [[World War II]]. In the war, Vincent served in the signal corps in Hawaii and the South Pacific.  
  
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Vincent’s other avocation was as a radio ham. The two brothers also had a farm. In the war, Vincent served in the signal corps in the Pacific.
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[[Fannish]] sources and a 1941 newspaper article (see [[Decker Dillies]]) refer to Marvis and Vincent as brothers. There is no evidence in the public records that Marvis had a relative named Vincent, however. There are a number of Vincent Mannings in the census records in the first half of the 20th century, but none connected to Marvis' immediate family.  The one photo available of Vincent taken in 1941 indicates he was probably in his 20s.
 
  
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Latest revision as of 09:58, 6 February 2024

(November 20, 1909 – December 10, 1973)[1]

Vincent Edward Manning, an Indiana fan, was a member of the Decker Dillies. He published Pluto with his brother,[2] Marvis Manning, and attended Chicon, the 1940 Worldcon, and Denvention the following year.

Vincent’s other avocation was as a radio ham. The Mannings had a farm together. Like all the Dillies, Vincent had gafiated by the end of World War II. In the war, Vincent served in the signal corps in Hawaii and the South Pacific.

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  1. ↑ Vincent Edward Manning on FamilySearch (free account required)
  2. ↑ Fannish sources and two newspaper articles (see Decker Dillies) refer to Marvis and Vincent as brothers. In fact, they were first cousins.


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