Charles Henry Manship

Charles Henry Manship (July 31, 1812 – June 21, 1895) was a mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, during the American Civil War.

[1] When his father died in 1826, 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.

The house was built at 412 East Fortification Street, a location which, at that time, was on the very outskirts of Jackson.

[2] He had to surrender his city to General Sherman during the Civil War, in May 1863 following the Battle of Jackson.