Charles Mansons fathers name?!?!?

Question

What is Charles Mansons fathers name?

Charles Milles Manson

b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 12 Nov. 1934

(BORN TO)

Colonel Scott

b. Pike Co., Ky., ... 1910,

d. Ashland, Ky., 30 Dec. 1954

Kathleen Maddox

b. Morehead, Ky., 11 Nov. 1918,

d. Spokane, Wash., 3 Jan. 1973

What was his fathers name??? I know his last name is Scott but what is his first name?

Colonel Scott's parents names are:

Walker Henderson Scott

b. Pike Co., Ky., 13 May 1883

d. Ashland, Ky., 15 March 1974

Gladys Ella Cline

b. Pike Co., Ky., ... 1886

d. Ashland, Ky., 6 Feb. 1924

Anyone that helps will be greatley apreciated!

THANKS!

Answer 1

He is on the KY Death index as "Colonel".

http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/d...

Ashland is in Boyd County. You either didn't know that or didn't know it would help. I looked it up for you. I'm a nice guy.

I went to the LDS 1880,

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...

I searched for people on the US Census with first name "Colonel" and birth date 1870, (+/-) 10 years. That date range would eliminate men who really had reached that rank in the military. There were a couple of 20-year old colonels in the Civil War, but few or none in 1880. I found 200+ men named "Colonel" aged 0 - 20. The site returns 200 at a time. I didn't look at the next 200. You could. This proves that "Colonel" is rare but not unknown as a first name.

Just to be sure, I looked them up in 1920:

Walter Scott 36  

Gladys Scott 33  

Darlene Scott 14  

Hazel M Scott 13  

Ethel M Scott 11  

Colonel M Scott 9  

Year: 1920; Census Place: Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky; Roll: T625_560; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 659.

Answer 2

Sullivan v NY Times puts people like Charlie Manson in a different category than ordinary people. Because of his notorious fame and well-biographied life, details of his genealogy are legitimately republished, even on this board.

The answer to your question is that his father's legal name was indeed Colonel Scott. It wasn't a military rank or honorarium. In the wake of the Spanish-American War and WWI, it became common for children to be named after military ranks. There are many men who went through the last century named Colonel, Major and Sargent (think Sargent Shriver). It was a naming fad.

Answer 3

http://www.wargs.com/other/manson.html

I won't post here what might be living persons.. this is his stated ancestry, however I am not clear on what documentation has been used.