Minerva married Finley Augustus "Finn" MANIFOLD on 08 Feb 1899 in Four Mile Grove, Geneva, Franklin County, Iowa, . Finley (son of Shepard MANIFOLD and Lydia SEARS) was born on 19 Apr 1869 in Bluntsville (Blountsville?), Blue River Township, Henry County, Indiana, ; died on 14 Mar 1937 in East of Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, ; was buried in Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lela Irene MANIFOLD was born on 07 Sep 1894 in Geneva Township, Franklin County, Iowa, ; died on 13 Feb 1984 in Iowa Falls, Hamilton County, Iowa, .
2. Delphia Marie MANIFOLD was born on 18 Jul 1901 in Ingham Township, Franklin County, Iowa, ; died on 09 Dec 1959 in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, .
3. Effie MANIFOLD was born in 1902 in Dows, Wright County, Iowa, ; died on 25 Feb 2001 in Santa Marta Hospital, Los Angeles, California, .
4. Verda MANIFOLD was born on 27 Jul 1902 in Ingham Township, Franklin County, Iowa, ; died on 21 Nov 1993 in North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, .
5. James MANIFOLD was born on 14 Sep 1903 in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Iowa, ; died on 24 May 1991 in Franklin General Hospital, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, .
6. Louis A. MANIFOLD was born on 05 Oct 1904 in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, ; died on 30 Jan 1989 in Franklin General Hospital, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, .
7. Rene MANIFOLD was born in 1908 in Dows, Wright County, Iowa, ; died on 25 May 1984 in Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, .
8. "Mike" Thomas Lester MANIFOLD was born on 17 Aug 1909 in Dows, Morgan Township, Franklin County, Iowa, ; died on 15 Oct 1988 in Veteran's Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, ; was buried in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, .
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10. Myrtle MANIFOLD was born in 1913 in Dows, Wright County, Iowa, ; died on 30 Jul 1993 in Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, .

Thornton married Elizabeth MANIFOLD. Elizabeth was born on 05 Jun 1838 in Stony Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana, ; died on 28 Mar 1881 in Geneva Township, Franklin County, Iowa, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]