This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Manes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2941.1 Message Board Post: I don't find any info on Silas Manes/Elmanus at the genealogy section of the Joplin Public Library. However, there are: Ben A., Claude, Ralph, and Ruth Manes buried in Oronogo Cemetery. There are several Maness surnames around. No Elmanus apparently.