Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Mann and Unknown




Husband William Mann 1 2 3

           Born: 18 Oct 1802 - Johnstown, Fulton Co, NY 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jun 1855 - near Lewistown, Mifflin Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: William Mann (1779-1860) 2 3
         Mother: Rachel Gillette (1782-1847) 2 3


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Ann Hutchison (      -      ) 1

• Note: This may be the same person as : William Mann.




Wife Unknown

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Children
1 F Beulah Mann 1

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           Died: while young
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General Notes: Husband - William Mann


He was from an old Massachusetts family that settled in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, between Lewistown and Reedsville. There he established a factory for the manufacture of axes that became famous as the William Mann, Jr. & Company, later the James H. Mann Company.

He was the pioneer of the family in the axe business in Pennsylvania, and with his brother Harvey started a factory in Bellefonte in 1825, and later at the Boiling Springs, two miles from Bellefonte.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 431.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 620.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 92.


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