The Mansker family can be traced back to German immigrant, Ludwig (Maintzger) Minsker, who landed in America in 1749. The Minsker/Mansker family is well documented on the Internet at The Mansker Chronicles
David Thomas Mansker was born in 1847 in Johnson Co. Arkansas. At age 17 he was enlisted into the Confederate Cavalry and served in Jacman's regiment under Gen. Jo Shelby. He participated in the campaign that became known as "the Missouri Raid". He survived some of the fiercest fighting of the war. After the war, he became a minister of the gospel. In 1870, he married Martha Jane Stewart.
Martha Jane Stewart Mansker was born in 1846.
Martha Jane Stewart Mansker 1846-1921
Mariah Frances Overbey Stewart seated on the right.
The others are her sister, Eliza Helen Overbey Clinton, and her niece, Tisha Clinton
Pearl Mansker Sanford, daughter of D.T. Mansker and Martha Jane Stewart Mansker
Bud Mansker and wife, Edith. He was the son of D.T. and Martha Mansker
