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Manly, Charles – Mann, William Benson

Manly, Charles

governor, was born in Chatham county, N. C. He was treasurer of the State university; for a long time reading clerk of the state house of representatives; and was governor of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851. He died May 1, 1871, in kaleigh, N. C.

Manly, John Matthews

author, was born in 1865, in Alabama. He is the author of Pre-Shakesperean Drama.

Manly, Matthias Evans

lawyer, jurist, was born April 13, 1800, in Chatham county, N. C. He was a member of the North Carolina state house of commons in 1834-35; was elected in 1840 a judge of the superior court, and filled that office till 1860, when he was chosen a justice of the supreme court. He died July 16, 1881, in New Berne, N. C.

Mann, Abijah

legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1793, in Fairfield, N. Y. He was elected to the New York legislature in 1827, serving by re-elections until 1830. He was a representative in congress from 1833 to 1837; and was again elected to the legislature. He died Sept. 6, 1868, in Auburn, N. Y.

Mann, Cyrus

clergyman, author, was born April 3, 1785, in Oxford, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman of Westminster, Mass., in 1815-41; and the author of Epitome of the Evidences of Christianity; and History of the Temperance Reformation. He died Feb. 9, 1859, in Stoughton, Mass.

Mann, George Sumner

merchant, author, was born Nov. 25, 1834, in New Salem, Mass. He is a member of various societies, and of the council of the New England Historic Genealogical society.

He held many positions of trust as a official public in Boston, Mass., and was a justice of the peace of that city.

He is the author of the Mann Memorial, a valuable acquisition to genealogical history of the United States.

Mann, James

congressman, was born in Gorham, Maine. He served in both branches of the Maine legislature; was paymaster of volunteers during the war; and was elected to the fortieth congress as a democrat, taking his seat on the restoration of the state. He died in September, 1868, in New Orleans, La.

Mann, Job

lawyer, congressman, was born March 31, 1795, in Bethel township, Pa. In 1835 he was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, where he served one term. In 1842 he was appointed state treasurer, which office he held for three terms; and in 1847 was again elected to congress, where he served until 1851, declining a re-election.

Mann, Matthew D

physician, surgeon, author, was born July 12, 1845, in Milton, N. Y. In 1880 he was called to the chair of obstetrics and gynecology in the medical department of the university of Buffalo. He is the author of a Manual of Prescription Writing, and is a frequent contributor to medical periodicals. His principal literary work was the editing of The American System or Gynecology.

Mann, Nettie S

poet. She has contributed both prose and verse to current literature, and several of her poems have been given a place in standard collections.

Mann, Samuel E

educator, poet, was born April 10, 1853, in Lawrence, Mass. For many years he taught natural science, mathematics and drawing in the high school of Middletown, Conn. He is the author of a volume entitled Florida Verse.

Mann, William Benson

lawyer, was born Oct. 27, 1816, in Burlington county, N. J. He was assistant district attorney of Philadelphia, and then became district attorney.