Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Hon. Edgar P. MANN

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889.  
Published by Goodspeed Pgs. 830-831

Hon. Edgar P. Mann, attorney-at-law and mayor of Greenfield, Mo., became
a resident of the town in August, 1883, and one year later formed a 
partnership with Mason Talbutt.  Mr. Mann is a native of Warren County, 
Mo., born in 1858, and is the son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Moore) Mann, 
and the grandson of Thomas Mann, who was a native of North Carolina, and
a farmer by occupation.  He came to Lincoln County, Mo., when a young man,
and there died in 1872 at the age of seventy-two years.  Josiah Mann was
born in Lincoln County, Mo., in 1823, and was of English descent.  He 
was married in Warren County, Mo., and immediately afterward located there.
He was a farmer by occupation, and was assessor of Warren County two terms.
He now resides in LaFayette County, Mo., where he has lived since 1872. 
His wife, Elizabeth Moore, was born in Virginia in 1831, is of Scotch-Irish
descent, and is yet living.  They were the parents of eight children.  
Hon. Edgar P. Mann was the fifth child in order of birth, and was reared 
and grew to manhood on a farm, making his home with his parents until 
eighteen years of age.  He received his rudimentary education in the 
public schools, and his collegiate education at Warrensburg State Normal.
At the age of nineteen he entered the teacher's profession, and followed 
this for four terms in LaFayette County, Mo.  During his teaching he became
a disciple of Blackstone, his preceptor being Hon. John S. Blackwell, of 
Lexington, Mo.  December 21, 1881, he was admitted to the bar at the last
mentioned place, and commenced his practice there.  In 1883 he came to 
Greenfield, Mo., and was elected mayor of that city in 1888.  He is a 
Democrat, politically, and has been a delegate to several State conventions,
all since 1884.  His first presidential vote was for Hancock in 1880.  
June 2, 1887, Mr. Mann married Miss Mary E. Clark, who was born in Missouri,
and who is the daughter of S. S. Clark.  One child, Frank, has been born to
this union.  Mr. Mann is a member of the A. O. U. W., is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the promising young men 
of Southwest Missouri.  Mrs. Mann is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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