Mann, James R – Mansfield, John Brainard
Mann, James R
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1856, in Bloomington, Ill. He was elected alderman from the thirty-second ward to the Chicago city council, and reelected in 1894; in the city council for three years; and was chairman of the judiciary committee.
In 1894 he was the temporary chairman of the republican state convention, and in 1895 was the chairman of the Cook county republican convention. In 1892 he was appointed a master chancery of the superior court Cook county, which position he signed in 1896. In 1895 he was elected by the South Park commissioners of Chicago as general attorney for the park board. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. in of re-
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, Joel K
congressman, was born in 1780, in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1831 to 1835. He died Sept. 4, 1857, in Montgomery county, Pa.
Mann, Mrs. Mary Tyler
(PEA- BODY), author, was born Nov. 16, 1806, in Cambridgeport, Mass. She was the author of Flower People; Christianity in the Kitchen; Culture in Infancy; Life of Horace Mann; and Juanita, a Romance of Real Life in Cuba. She died Feb. 11, 1887, in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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.
Mann, William Julius
clergyman, author, was born May 29, 1819, in Germany. He is a lutheran clergyman of Philadelphia, and the author of Life and Times of Henry Muhlenberg. He died in
Manning, Daniel
statesman, was born Aug. 16, 1831, in Albany, N. Y. In 1881 he became vice-president, and in 1882 president, of the National Commercial bank of Albany, N. Y. He was a park commissioner in the city of Albany from 1873 to 1884; and in 1885 he was appointed secretary of the treasury of the United States. He died Dec. 24, 1887, in Albany, N. Y.
Manning, Jacob Merrill
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 31, 1824, in Greenwood, N. Y. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, pastor of the Old South church in 1857-82; and the author of Helps to a Life of Prayer; Half Truths and the Truth; Not of Man, but of God; and Sermons. He died Nov. 29, 1882, in Portland, Maine.
Manning, James
clergyman, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1738, in Elizabeth, N. J. He was one of the founders of Brown university; and when that institution was removed to Providence he became first president. In 1785-86 he was a delegate to the continental congress from Rhode Island. He died July 29, 1791, in Providence, R. I.
Manning, James H
journalist, was born Sept. 22, 1854, in Albany, N. Y. In 1863 he took entire charge of the Albany Argus, in New York; and in 1888 became president of the Argus company.
Manning, John
lawyer, legislator, was born July 30, 1830, in Edenton, N. C.
In 1861 he was a member of the secession convention; and opposed the secession movement in his state; but being compelled to take sides, he volunteered in the confederate service. In 1870-71 he served with distinction as a member of congress. In 1875 he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of North Carolina. In 1881 he was a member of the general assembly; and during 1881-83 was a member of the commission to codify the statute laws of North Carolina. Since 1881 he has been professor of law in the university of North Carolina; and the law department under his able management has become the largest school south of Virginia.
Manning, John A
manufacturer, was born Aug. 8, 1838, in Troy, N. Y. He was the first to make a satisfactory paper for flour sacks, and he is also the largest manufacturer of rope manila paper in the world.
Manning, John Lawrence
governor, was born Jan. 29, 1816, in Hickory Hill, S. C. He was governor of that state from 1852 to 1854.
Manning, Randolph
jurist, state senator, was born May 19, 1804, in Plainfield, N. J. In 1832 he removed to Michigan, where he settled at Pontiac; and was chosen state senator in 1837, and from 1838 till 1840 held the office of secretary of state. At the organization of the supreme court of the state in 1858 he was chosen an associate justice, and held the office until his death. He died Aug. 31, 1864, in Pontiac, Mich.
Manning, Richard
soldier, legislator, congressman, governor, was born May 1, 1789, in Sumter district, S. C. He was frequently in the upper and lower houses of the South Carolina state legislature; and was governor of South Carolina for two years from 1824. He was a representative in congress from 1834 to 1836. He died May 1, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Manning, Robert
pomologist, was born July 19, 1784, in Salem, Mass. In 1823 he established a pomological garden in Salem, which at the time of his dean was unrivaled in the assortment of fruits that were then cultivated, and contained nearly one thousand varieties of pears, besides several hundred more of apples, peaches, plums, and cherries. He died Oct. 10, 1842, in Salem, Mass.
Manning, Thomas Courtland
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1831, in Edenton, N. C. He was elected a lieutenant in a Louisiana confederate regiment, and in 1863 was appointed adjutant-general of the state, with the rank of brigadier-general. In 1864 he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana. He died Oct. 11, 1887, in New York city.
Manning, Van H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 26, 1839, in North Carolina. He was elected a representative from Mississippi to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat.
Mannville, Mrs. Helen Adelia
(WOOD), was born in 1839, in New York.
She is a poet of La Crosse, Wis., and the author of Heart Echoes, a volume of verse.
Manogue, Patrick
bishop, was born in 1831, in Ireland. He is a prominent Roman catholic bishop of Virginia City, Nev.
Manross, Newton Spaulding
mining engineer, was born June 20, 1825, in Bristol, Conn. He visited mines and metallurgical establishments in Europe; and in 1853 he was sent with an exploring expedition to South America, and spent several months in examining the gold region of the Yuruari between Orinoco and Amazon rivers. He died Sept. 7, 1862, in Sharpsburg, Md.
Mansfield, Edward Deering
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Aug. 17, 1801, in New Haven, Conn. He was a lawyer and journalist of Cincinnati, and the author of Utility of Mathematics; Treatise on Constitutional Law; Political Grammar of the United States; Legal Rights, etc., of Married Women; Life of General Scott; History of the Mexican War; American Education; Memoirs of D. Drake; Popular Life of General Grant; and Personal Memories. He died Oct. 27, 1880, in Morrow, Ohio.
Mansfield, Jared
educator, author, was born May 23, 1759, in New Haven, Conn. He was a mathematician, professor at West Point in 1812-28, and published Essays: Mathematical and Physical. He died Feb. 3, 1830, in New Haven, Conn.
Mansfield, John Alexander
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 20, 1854, near Bloomfield, Ohio. He entered into the practice of law in Steubenville, Ohio.
In 1887 he was elected probate judge of his county, and received the re-election in 1890. In 1892 he resigned his office to take up the duties of common pleas judge, which position he still holds.
Mansfield, John Brainard
author, was born March 6, 1826, in Andover, Vt. He published with Austin J. Cooledge, the first volume of a History of the New England States, embracing Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. In 1866 he published in Washington, D. C., The American Loyalist, in which were printed biographies and speeches of members of the thirty-ninth congress. He died Oct. 29, 1886, in Effingham, Kan.