Brief Life History of John Alexander
When John Alexander Mann was born on 25 December 1804, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, his father, William Mann, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Caldwell, was 29. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Mary Ann Duncan. He lived in Scott, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and DeKalb District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 19 January 1889, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fort Blackmore, Scott, Virginia, United States.
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- John A Mann, "United States Census, 1850"
- John A, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- John A Mann, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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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