From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 774. City of La Crosse JAMES MANCHESTER, Superintendent of the La Crosse Water Works, has been in his present position since the spring of 1878. He is a native of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., born in 1828; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and has resided in La Crossse since May of that year. He followed contracting and building from that time till 1857; has but one child - Nellie. Mrs. Manchester's maiden name was Sarah J. Hollaway; residence, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]