FRANCIS NORTON MANN, son of Hon Francis Norton Mann (B A Union 1825), mayor of Troy, N Y, from 1847 to 1849, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Mary Jane (Hooker) Mann, was born August 2, 1849, in Troy. He was prepared for college at the Troy Academy and the Mount Harrington Preparatory School in Westchester County.
After graduation from college [Yale College, Class of 1870] he took the course in the Albany Law School, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1873. He was at once admitted to practice in his native city, also engaged in the real estate business, and soon became active in the Republican party. He was a member of the Troy Common Council from 1873 to 1877, and in 1879 was elected to the New York State Assembly. In November, 1873, he was appointed quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on the staff of Major-General Carr, and was later promoted to the office of judge advocate, with the rank of colonel, and served until 1880. The following three years he was on the staff of Governor Alonzo B Cornell as colonel and aide-de-camp In 1888 he was the Republican candidate for mayor, and although in the final count his opponent was credited with a small plurality, the decision led to a bitter controversy. From 1889 to 1893 he was postmaster of Troy. Since 1905 he had been active in improving municipal conditions as commissioner in the Department of Public Safety.
He was director of the Troy Savings Bank and Security Trust Co, treasurer of the Pioneer Building Association, vice-president and director of the Troy City Railroad, and president of the branch of the New York State Bankers' Association From 1904 to 1907 he was president of the Yale Alumni Association of Northeastern New York.
He was vestryman of St John's Episcopal Church, delegate to the Diocesan and General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a governor of the Marshall Infirmary, trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum, trustee of the Troy Academy and the Emma Willard School.
Mr Mann died of paralysis at his home in Troy, November 28, 1912, at the age of 63 years.
He married, January 9, 1878, Jessie Melville, daughter of Thaddeus W Patchin of Buffalo, N Y , and later of Washington, D C, and had six daughters, who, with Mrs Mann, survive him. One daughter is a member of the Junior class in Wellesley College, and another daughter married William E Clow, Jr (B A Yale 1907). A brother ( CE Renss Polyt Inst 1872) was mayor of Troy in 1905. A sister married Hamilton Fish, Jr (B A Columbia 1869).
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Children:
Mary Janet Mann 1879-1974 [m. Draper]
Jessie Melville Mann Aug 1880 - ? [never married]
Emily Hooker Mann Mar 1882 - [m. Gillette, div.by 1940]
Isabelle Patchin Mann 1887-1939 [m. Clow]
Elizabeth Marshall Mann 1888-1988 [m. Knapp, then Herrick]
Caroline Patchin Mann 1890-1987 [m. Evelyn DuPont Irving]
After graduation from college [Yale College, Class of 1870] he took the course in the Albany Law School, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1873. He was at once admitted to practice in his native city, also engaged in the real estate business, and soon became active in the Republican party. He was a member of the Troy Common Council from 1873 to 1877, and in 1879 was elected to the New York State Assembly. In November, 1873, he was appointed quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on the staff of Major-General Carr, and was later promoted to the office of judge advocate, with the rank of colonel, and served until 1880. The following three years he was on the staff of Governor Alonzo B Cornell as colonel and aide-de-camp In 1888 he was the Republican candidate for mayor, and although in the final count his opponent was credited with a small plurality, the decision led to a bitter controversy. From 1889 to 1893 he was postmaster of Troy. Since 1905 he had been active in improving municipal conditions as commissioner in the Department of Public Safety.
He was director of the Troy Savings Bank and Security Trust Co, treasurer of the Pioneer Building Association, vice-president and director of the Troy City Railroad, and president of the branch of the New York State Bankers' Association From 1904 to 1907 he was president of the Yale Alumni Association of Northeastern New York.
He was vestryman of St John's Episcopal Church, delegate to the Diocesan and General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a governor of the Marshall Infirmary, trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum, trustee of the Troy Academy and the Emma Willard School.
Mr Mann died of paralysis at his home in Troy, November 28, 1912, at the age of 63 years.
He married, January 9, 1878, Jessie Melville, daughter of Thaddeus W Patchin of Buffalo, N Y , and later of Washington, D C, and had six daughters, who, with Mrs Mann, survive him. One daughter is a member of the Junior class in Wellesley College, and another daughter married William E Clow, Jr (B A Yale 1907). A brother ( CE Renss Polyt Inst 1872) was mayor of Troy in 1905. A sister married Hamilton Fish, Jr (B A Columbia 1869).
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Children:
Mary Janet Mann 1879-1974 [m. Draper]
Jessie Melville Mann Aug 1880 - ? [never married]
Emily Hooker Mann Mar 1882 - [m. Gillette, div.by 1940]
Isabelle Patchin Mann 1887-1939 [m. Clow]
Elizabeth Marshall Mann 1888-1988 [m. Knapp, then Herrick]
Caroline Patchin Mann 1890-1987 [m. Evelyn DuPont Irving]
FRANCIS NORTON MANN, son of Hon Francis Norton Mann (B A Union 1825), mayor of Troy, N Y, from 1847 to 1849, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Mary Jane (Hooker) Mann, was born August 2, 1849, in Troy. He was prepared for college at the Troy Academy and the Mount Harrington Preparatory School in Westchester County.
After graduation from college [Yale College, Class of 1870] he took the course in the Albany Law School, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1873. He was at once admitted to practice in his native city, also engaged in the real estate business, and soon became active in the Republican party. He was a member of the Troy Common Council from 1873 to 1877, and in 1879 was elected to the New York State Assembly. In November, 1873, he was appointed quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on the staff of Major-General Carr, and was later promoted to the office of judge advocate, with the rank of colonel, and served until 1880. The following three years he was on the staff of Governor Alonzo B Cornell as colonel and aide-de-camp In 1888 he was the Republican candidate for mayor, and although in the final count his opponent was credited with a small plurality, the decision led to a bitter controversy. From 1889 to 1893 he was postmaster of Troy. Since 1905 he had been active in improving municipal conditions as commissioner in the Department of Public Safety.
He was director of the Troy Savings Bank and Security Trust Co, treasurer of the Pioneer Building Association, vice-president and director of the Troy City Railroad, and president of the branch of the New York State Bankers' Association From 1904 to 1907 he was president of the Yale Alumni Association of Northeastern New York.
He was vestryman of St John's Episcopal Church, delegate to the Diocesan and General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a governor of the Marshall Infirmary, trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum, trustee of the Troy Academy and the Emma Willard School.
Mr Mann died of paralysis at his home in Troy, November 28, 1912, at the age of 63 years.
He married, January 9, 1878, Jessie Melville, daughter of Thaddeus W Patchin of Buffalo, N Y , and later of Washington, D C, and had six daughters, who, with Mrs Mann, survive him. One daughter is a member of the Junior class in Wellesley College, and another daughter married William E Clow, Jr (B A Yale 1907). A brother ( CE Renss Polyt Inst 1872) was mayor of Troy in 1905. A sister married Hamilton Fish, Jr (B A Columbia 1869).
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Children:
Mary Janet Mann 1879-1974 [m. Draper]
Jessie Melville Mann Aug 1880 - ? [never married]
Emily Hooker Mann Mar 1882 - [m. Gillette, div.by 1940]
Isabelle Patchin Mann 1887-1939 [m. Clow]
Elizabeth Marshall Mann 1888-1988 [m. Knapp, then Herrick]
Caroline Patchin Mann 1890-1987 [m. Evelyn DuPont Irving]
After graduation from college [Yale College, Class of 1870] he took the course in the Albany Law School, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1873. He was at once admitted to practice in his native city, also engaged in the real estate business, and soon became active in the Republican party. He was a member of the Troy Common Council from 1873 to 1877, and in 1879 was elected to the New York State Assembly. In November, 1873, he was appointed quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on the staff of Major-General Carr, and was later promoted to the office of judge advocate, with the rank of colonel, and served until 1880. The following three years he was on the staff of Governor Alonzo B Cornell as colonel and aide-de-camp In 1888 he was the Republican candidate for mayor, and although in the final count his opponent was credited with a small plurality, the decision led to a bitter controversy. From 1889 to 1893 he was postmaster of Troy. Since 1905 he had been active in improving municipal conditions as commissioner in the Department of Public Safety.
He was director of the Troy Savings Bank and Security Trust Co, treasurer of the Pioneer Building Association, vice-president and director of the Troy City Railroad, and president of the branch of the New York State Bankers' Association From 1904 to 1907 he was president of the Yale Alumni Association of Northeastern New York.
He was vestryman of St John's Episcopal Church, delegate to the Diocesan and General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a governor of the Marshall Infirmary, trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum, trustee of the Troy Academy and the Emma Willard School.
Mr Mann died of paralysis at his home in Troy, November 28, 1912, at the age of 63 years.
He married, January 9, 1878, Jessie Melville, daughter of Thaddeus W Patchin of Buffalo, N Y , and later of Washington, D C, and had six daughters, who, with Mrs Mann, survive him. One daughter is a member of the Junior class in Wellesley College, and another daughter married William E Clow, Jr (B A Yale 1907). A brother ( CE Renss Polyt Inst 1872) was mayor of Troy in 1905. A sister married Hamilton Fish, Jr (B A Columbia 1869).
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Children:
Mary Janet Mann 1879-1974 [m. Draper]
Jessie Melville Mann Aug 1880 - ? [never married]
Emily Hooker Mann Mar 1882 - [m. Gillette, div.by 1940]
Isabelle Patchin Mann 1887-1939 [m. Clow]
Elizabeth Marshall Mann 1888-1988 [m. Knapp, then Herrick]
Caroline Patchin Mann 1890-1987 [m. Evelyn DuPont Irving]
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