Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Mann, James S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown M-Z


JAMES S. MANN retired, P.O. Doylestown, was born in 
Doylestown township, May 19, 1819, and is a son of John and 
Martha (Greir) Mann, of Scotch and Irish descent.  His 
great-grandfather Mann came from Scotland and settled in 
this county, and his great-grandfather Greir from Ireland.  
They were strong Presbyterians, and were among the early 
settlers of Bucks county.  His grandfather, John Mann, was 
born July 23, 1842, married December 31, 1765, and died 
November 7, 1819.  He served as captain in the revolutionary 
war, and was in the battle of Germantown.  He was a farmer 
by occupation.  Our subject's father was a carpenter during 
his early life.  At one time, during a great epidemic, he 
was kept busy making rough boxes to lay away the dead.  His 
latter days were spent on a farm where he died.  He owned a 
large tract of land.  He had six children by his first wife: 
 Mary, Eliza, Benjamin, John, Martha, and James, all 
deceased.  He had eight children by the second marriage, 
three of whom are still living:  Susan Stuckert, Louisa 
James, and James S.  The ones deceased are John G., Jane S., 
wife of Captain Magill; Margaret C., wife of James S. Pool; 
William M., a physician at Hartsville for many years; and 
Charles H.  Our subject remained on the old homestead until 
he was 50 years old, when he moved to Doylestown and erected 
the building at the corner of State and Main streets.  He 
followed the bakery and confectionary business nine years, 
sold out in 1885, and retired.  Mr. Mann owns a nice farm of 
133 acres just outside of the borough.  He was married 
January 28, 1841, to Hannah H. Stuckert, by whom he had five 
children, only one of whom is living, Charles H., a 
physician at Norristown.  He was married the second time in 
1870 to Mary Hahl, by whom he has one child, Harry G.   Mr. 
and Mrs. Mann are members of the church, he of the 
Presbyterian and she of the Lutheran.  Mr. Mann has been 
director of the poor one term.  When the late war broke out 
he raised a cavalry company, but infantry being more needed 
at that time, he was requested to change his company to 
infantry, and refused.  When the call to save the state came 
he immediately raised another company, marched to Harrisburg 
and was regularly mustered in, but was too late for 
immediate service, as the battle of Gettysburg had been 
fought the day before.  He remained there with his company 
for some time, when they were honorable discharged.  His 
brother Benjamin served in the war of 1812, under Captain 
Magill.  Mr. Mann has been a director of the Agricultural 
society for twenty years.