Richard Mann

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Mann was born in 1818, in Green, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Mann III, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Bryant, was 23. He married Elizabeth Betsy Lowe in 1839, in Green, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Dallas Township, DeKalb, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died on 26 September 1862, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 44.

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Family Time Line

Richard Mann
1818–1862
Elizabeth Betsy Lowe
1823–1850
Marriage: 1839
Moses Mann
1840–1912
Mary Mann
1843–1918
John Richard Mann
1844–1935
Millie Mann
1845–1930
Mary Elizabeth Mann
1847–1925
Asa Mann
1849–

Sources (7)

  • Richard Mann in household of David Mann, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Tennessee. Miscellaneous Records, Military Records, Government Pensions | Ashtabula. Religious Histories
  • Richard Mann in entry for Moses Mann, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

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World Events (8)

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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