Brief Life History of David
When David Mann was born in 1816, in Kentucky, United States, his father, John Bluford Mann, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Cox, was 19. He married Dicy Mann about 1840, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Decatur Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 3 January 1865, in Dallas Township, DeKalb, Missouri, United States, at the age of 49.
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- David Mann, "United States Census, 1850"
- Davis Mann in entry for Thomas Mann, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"
- David Mann, "United States Census, 1860"
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1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
English and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno, found in Old English as Mann or Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing the element man ‘man’, such as Hermann .
English: habitational name from the Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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