Married Eliza Treby.
Children: Eliza (1789-1790); Eliza (m. Theodore Still); Eloisa Catherine (m. John B. Rumney); Sarah J. (m. Thomas D. Burrall), and Mary E., who never married and lived in Rome, Italy, where she died around 1866. The only son, John B., died in Rome at the residence of his sister Eliza in the winter of 1848-1849.
[The above information is from Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, Volumes 1-5, Oneida Historical Society at Utica, The Society, 1881, Oneida County, NY, p. 122-23.]
From the memoirs of his nephew, Gen. Horace Mann:
He was called to Hudson, New York, where he settled in 1800, and died there in 1809; he was a wise scholar and skillful physician; a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian, few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor combined, than Dr. John Milton Mann.
Alas, just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value, just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down; he was drowned in crossing the Hudson River in a stormy night to visit a patient; he died in the urgent performance of his duty.
He left one son and four daughters; the son died young, the daughters married men of rank and position in the state, and through life were esteemed as amongst the noblest women of the period.
From a contemporary obituary:
Doctor Mann was born in Attleboro, Massachussetts; he was educated at Brown's University in Providence, Rhode Island; and came to reside in Hudson, A. D. 1800. This city is indebted to him for the introduction of vaccine inoculation, though here as elsewhere, the philanthropic enterprise was obliged to contend against prejudice and misrepresentation. The Common Council of Hudson, of which body he was a member, voted that they would attend his funeral and wear crepe on the left arm thirty days on account of their respect for his character and their regret for his loss.
Here are laid the remains of one whom society respected and his kindred loved. He was a wise scholar, a skilful physician, a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian. Deeply is he bewailed. Few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor, than Doctor Mann.
Alas! just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value — just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down. But let not infidel grief regard his mind as having been cultivated or his knowledge accumulated in vain; for Mann was enabled to enter the future life with enlarged capacities of enjoyment, with more worthy views of his own nature and destiny, with a clearer apprehension of his Maker's will, and with added incitement to constant obedience. We will not mourn, then, as they who have no hope.
Children: Eliza (1789-1790); Eliza (m. Theodore Still); Eloisa Catherine (m. John B. Rumney); Sarah J. (m. Thomas D. Burrall), and Mary E., who never married and lived in Rome, Italy, where she died around 1866. The only son, John B., died in Rome at the residence of his sister Eliza in the winter of 1848-1849.
[The above information is from Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, Volumes 1-5, Oneida Historical Society at Utica, The Society, 1881, Oneida County, NY, p. 122-23.]
From the memoirs of his nephew, Gen. Horace Mann:
He was called to Hudson, New York, where he settled in 1800, and died there in 1809; he was a wise scholar and skillful physician; a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian, few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor combined, than Dr. John Milton Mann.
Alas, just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value, just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down; he was drowned in crossing the Hudson River in a stormy night to visit a patient; he died in the urgent performance of his duty.
He left one son and four daughters; the son died young, the daughters married men of rank and position in the state, and through life were esteemed as amongst the noblest women of the period.
From a contemporary obituary:
Doctor Mann was born in Attleboro, Massachussetts; he was educated at Brown's University in Providence, Rhode Island; and came to reside in Hudson, A. D. 1800. This city is indebted to him for the introduction of vaccine inoculation, though here as elsewhere, the philanthropic enterprise was obliged to contend against prejudice and misrepresentation. The Common Council of Hudson, of which body he was a member, voted that they would attend his funeral and wear crepe on the left arm thirty days on account of their respect for his character and their regret for his loss.
Here are laid the remains of one whom society respected and his kindred loved. He was a wise scholar, a skilful physician, a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian. Deeply is he bewailed. Few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor, than Doctor Mann.
Alas! just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value — just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down. But let not infidel grief regard his mind as having been cultivated or his knowledge accumulated in vain; for Mann was enabled to enter the future life with enlarged capacities of enjoyment, with more worthy views of his own nature and destiny, with a clearer apprehension of his Maker's will, and with added incitement to constant obedience. We will not mourn, then, as they who have no hope.
Married Eliza Treby.
Children: Eliza (1789-1790); Eliza (m. Theodore Still); Eloisa Catherine (m. John B. Rumney); Sarah J. (m. Thomas D. Burrall), and Mary E., who never married and lived in Rome, Italy, where she died around 1866. The only son, John B., died in Rome at the residence of his sister Eliza in the winter of 1848-1849.
[The above information is from Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, Volumes 1-5, Oneida Historical Society at Utica, The Society, 1881, Oneida County, NY, p. 122-23.]
From the memoirs of his nephew, Gen. Horace Mann:
He was called to Hudson, New York, where he settled in 1800, and died there in 1809; he was a wise scholar and skillful physician; a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian, few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor combined, than Dr. John Milton Mann.
Alas, just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value, just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down; he was drowned in crossing the Hudson River in a stormy night to visit a patient; he died in the urgent performance of his duty.
He left one son and four daughters; the son died young, the daughters married men of rank and position in the state, and through life were esteemed as amongst the noblest women of the period.
From a contemporary obituary:
Doctor Mann was born in Attleboro, Massachussetts; he was educated at Brown's University in Providence, Rhode Island; and came to reside in Hudson, A. D. 1800. This city is indebted to him for the introduction of vaccine inoculation, though here as elsewhere, the philanthropic enterprise was obliged to contend against prejudice and misrepresentation. The Common Council of Hudson, of which body he was a member, voted that they would attend his funeral and wear crepe on the left arm thirty days on account of their respect for his character and their regret for his loss.
Here are laid the remains of one whom society respected and his kindred loved. He was a wise scholar, a skilful physician, a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian. Deeply is he bewailed. Few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor, than Doctor Mann.
Alas! just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value — just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down. But let not infidel grief regard his mind as having been cultivated or his knowledge accumulated in vain; for Mann was enabled to enter the future life with enlarged capacities of enjoyment, with more worthy views of his own nature and destiny, with a clearer apprehension of his Maker's will, and with added incitement to constant obedience. We will not mourn, then, as they who have no hope.
Children: Eliza (1789-1790); Eliza (m. Theodore Still); Eloisa Catherine (m. John B. Rumney); Sarah J. (m. Thomas D. Burrall), and Mary E., who never married and lived in Rome, Italy, where she died around 1866. The only son, John B., died in Rome at the residence of his sister Eliza in the winter of 1848-1849.
[The above information is from Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, Volumes 1-5, Oneida Historical Society at Utica, The Society, 1881, Oneida County, NY, p. 122-23.]
From the memoirs of his nephew, Gen. Horace Mann:
He was called to Hudson, New York, where he settled in 1800, and died there in 1809; he was a wise scholar and skillful physician; a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian, few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor combined, than Dr. John Milton Mann.
Alas, just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value, just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down; he was drowned in crossing the Hudson River in a stormy night to visit a patient; he died in the urgent performance of his duty.
He left one son and four daughters; the son died young, the daughters married men of rank and position in the state, and through life were esteemed as amongst the noblest women of the period.
From a contemporary obituary:
Doctor Mann was born in Attleboro, Massachussetts; he was educated at Brown's University in Providence, Rhode Island; and came to reside in Hudson, A. D. 1800. This city is indebted to him for the introduction of vaccine inoculation, though here as elsewhere, the philanthropic enterprise was obliged to contend against prejudice and misrepresentation. The Common Council of Hudson, of which body he was a member, voted that they would attend his funeral and wear crepe on the left arm thirty days on account of their respect for his character and their regret for his loss.
Here are laid the remains of one whom society respected and his kindred loved. He was a wise scholar, a skilful physician, a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian. Deeply is he bewailed. Few men of his time possessed a mind more happily turned to the acquisition of science, or exhibited more perspicuously patience and vigor, than Doctor Mann.
Alas! just as his faculties had become mature, and society had learned their value — just when in the prime of bodily and mental manhood, with his honors thickening upon him, death struck him down. But let not infidel grief regard his mind as having been cultivated or his knowledge accumulated in vain; for Mann was enabled to enter the future life with enlarged capacities of enjoyment, with more worthy views of his own nature and destiny, with a clearer apprehension of his Maker's will, and with added incitement to constant obedience. We will not mourn, then, as they who have no hope.
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"In memory of John Milton Mann, M. D., who was drowned crossing the Hudson from this city to Athens, August 24, A. D. 1809, aged 43 years. This monument is erected as a token of their love by his bereaved wife and children."
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