From Oneida County, New York Biographies
Wager, Daniel. Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography.
Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896.
Newton Mann was born in Attleboro, Mass., in 1770, and inherited all the noble attributes of mind and body which distinguished his scholarly ancestors. He early imbibed those underlying principles of manhood that characterize the respected citizen. His education was obtained in his native town where he remained till about 1806, when he came with Dr. Seth Capron and his family and the widow of Dr. J. Milton Mann and her children to Whitesboro, Oneida county, N. Y., for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of cotton goods, which Dr. Capron had closely studied in New England. With Dr. Capron, Benjamin S. Walcott, Theodore Sill (who married Eliza, daughter of Dr. J. Milton Mann, and they were the grandparents of Edward Comstock, of Rome, whose portrait appears in this volume), and Thomas R. Gold, he at once organized a stock company and erected on Sanquoit Creek, on the site of the present New York Mills, the first cotton factory in this State. Mr. Mann was the principal stockholder. The Oriskany Woolen Mill was subsequently incorporated with a capital of $100,000 by Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer, Jovis Platt, William G. Tracy, Thomas R. Gold, Theodore Sill, Mr. Mann, and De Witt Clinton. This company imported large numbers of merino sheep from Spain, many of them costing as high as $600 and $1000 each. These sheep were kept in the vicinity of the village, mainly on the opposite side of the Mohawk River, and one of their farms was called "Mount Merino." The company continued business several years and prospered until the peace of 1815 opened our markets to a flood of importations. Before the year 1825 Mr. Mann withdrew from both enterprises and moved his family to Mannsville, Jefferson County, a village named from his son Major Herbert B. Mann, who in partnership with Judge Daniel Wardwell erected a large cotton mill there, which was burned in 1827, when ready to begin operation. There Newton Mann resided the remainder of his life, dying April 11, 1860, at the age of ninety years.
Mr. Mann was an old line Whig of pronounced convictions, but never sought nor accepted public office. An uncompromising Abolitionist himself he was a warm personal friend of Gerrrit Smith, Alvin Stewart, and other noted anti-slavery advocates, and during the great abolition movement which swept over the country prior to the Rebellion he was a powerful and an active factor. For many years he was intimately acquainted with the "underground railroad;" his house in Mannsville became a noted "station" and he personally assisted in passing large numbers of slaves on to Canada. He was a devout Christian and a member of the Congregational church, and throughout life manifested a lively interest in all charitable and benevolent objects, to which he liberally contributed. Kind-hearted, enterprising, and sagacious he merited and retained the confidence, respect, and esteem of his fellowmen and bore the highest reputation for honesty, integrity, and moral uprightness. He was a good businessman, a shrewd investor, and an able financier, and realized handsome profits from his various investments.
Mr. Mann was a person of magnificent appearance, endowed with a large but graceful physique, and in stature represented almost perfect manhood. Well-developed, dignified, and of elegant and commanding physical proportions, he was a typical gentleman of the old school. The likeness of him reproduced in this volume was taken when he had reached the age of eighty-five. At his wedding in 1795 he wore a blue broadcloth coat with crimson velvet collar falling below the point of the shoulders, a drab waist-coat and knee breeches, silk hose, low shoes with buckles containing French paste stones, and hair braided in a cue and powdered. His bride was attired in a peach-blow satin dress trimmed with brocaded satin, blue satin petticoat, peachblow silk hose, white slippers, and lace. These were elegant but not unusual costumes for those early days, and indicate the high and dignified positions their wearers occupied in society. Mr. and Mrs. Mann’s married life of sixty-five years was an uninterrupted course of domestic peace and happiness. Their love and affection were simple, pure, and ardent, unmarred by the slightest infelicity, and graced by a constant and consistent devotion as beautiful as it was enduring. There were inseparable, especially during the latter years of their lives, and always found the highest enjoyment in each other’s society.
From the memoirs of Gen. Horace Capron, his nephew:
Newton Mann, the third son also emigrated to the state of New York, and settled in Whitesborough, Oneida County, where he "became largely engaged in manufactures; he was one of a company of gentlemen who with his brother-in-law, Dr. Seth Capron built the Oneida Cotton factory, as recorded in the sketch of the late Dr. Capron, and laid the foundation of that great interest in that State. It was commenced in 1809.
Newton Mann was the first and only one of the brothers that ever went into trade. In his style of aristocratic living he vied with his brother at Newport. He left one son, Bezaleel junior, and two daughters. Bezaleel married Miss Julia Doolittle; their only son was the famous surgeon John Mann. [This is incorrect; they had another son, Josiah, and a daughter.] Mehitable, the oldest daughter, married Judge Wardwell, who subsequently represented his district in the National Congress. The second daughter Abigail, married Dr. Kenny [sic] and settled in Rome. Newton Mann subsequently removed to Jefferson County, where he laid the foundation of the flourishing town of Mannsville, and erected extensive factories.
Wager, Daniel. Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography.
Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896.
Newton Mann was born in Attleboro, Mass., in 1770, and inherited all the noble attributes of mind and body which distinguished his scholarly ancestors. He early imbibed those underlying principles of manhood that characterize the respected citizen. His education was obtained in his native town where he remained till about 1806, when he came with Dr. Seth Capron and his family and the widow of Dr. J. Milton Mann and her children to Whitesboro, Oneida county, N. Y., for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of cotton goods, which Dr. Capron had closely studied in New England. With Dr. Capron, Benjamin S. Walcott, Theodore Sill (who married Eliza, daughter of Dr. J. Milton Mann, and they were the grandparents of Edward Comstock, of Rome, whose portrait appears in this volume), and Thomas R. Gold, he at once organized a stock company and erected on Sanquoit Creek, on the site of the present New York Mills, the first cotton factory in this State. Mr. Mann was the principal stockholder. The Oriskany Woolen Mill was subsequently incorporated with a capital of $100,000 by Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer, Jovis Platt, William G. Tracy, Thomas R. Gold, Theodore Sill, Mr. Mann, and De Witt Clinton. This company imported large numbers of merino sheep from Spain, many of them costing as high as $600 and $1000 each. These sheep were kept in the vicinity of the village, mainly on the opposite side of the Mohawk River, and one of their farms was called "Mount Merino." The company continued business several years and prospered until the peace of 1815 opened our markets to a flood of importations. Before the year 1825 Mr. Mann withdrew from both enterprises and moved his family to Mannsville, Jefferson County, a village named from his son Major Herbert B. Mann, who in partnership with Judge Daniel Wardwell erected a large cotton mill there, which was burned in 1827, when ready to begin operation. There Newton Mann resided the remainder of his life, dying April 11, 1860, at the age of ninety years.
Mr. Mann was an old line Whig of pronounced convictions, but never sought nor accepted public office. An uncompromising Abolitionist himself he was a warm personal friend of Gerrrit Smith, Alvin Stewart, and other noted anti-slavery advocates, and during the great abolition movement which swept over the country prior to the Rebellion he was a powerful and an active factor. For many years he was intimately acquainted with the "underground railroad;" his house in Mannsville became a noted "station" and he personally assisted in passing large numbers of slaves on to Canada. He was a devout Christian and a member of the Congregational church, and throughout life manifested a lively interest in all charitable and benevolent objects, to which he liberally contributed. Kind-hearted, enterprising, and sagacious he merited and retained the confidence, respect, and esteem of his fellowmen and bore the highest reputation for honesty, integrity, and moral uprightness. He was a good businessman, a shrewd investor, and an able financier, and realized handsome profits from his various investments.
Mr. Mann was a person of magnificent appearance, endowed with a large but graceful physique, and in stature represented almost perfect manhood. Well-developed, dignified, and of elegant and commanding physical proportions, he was a typical gentleman of the old school. The likeness of him reproduced in this volume was taken when he had reached the age of eighty-five. At his wedding in 1795 he wore a blue broadcloth coat with crimson velvet collar falling below the point of the shoulders, a drab waist-coat and knee breeches, silk hose, low shoes with buckles containing French paste stones, and hair braided in a cue and powdered. His bride was attired in a peach-blow satin dress trimmed with brocaded satin, blue satin petticoat, peachblow silk hose, white slippers, and lace. These were elegant but not unusual costumes for those early days, and indicate the high and dignified positions their wearers occupied in society. Mr. and Mrs. Mann’s married life of sixty-five years was an uninterrupted course of domestic peace and happiness. Their love and affection were simple, pure, and ardent, unmarred by the slightest infelicity, and graced by a constant and consistent devotion as beautiful as it was enduring. There were inseparable, especially during the latter years of their lives, and always found the highest enjoyment in each other’s society.
From the memoirs of Gen. Horace Capron, his nephew:
Newton Mann, the third son also emigrated to the state of New York, and settled in Whitesborough, Oneida County, where he "became largely engaged in manufactures; he was one of a company of gentlemen who with his brother-in-law, Dr. Seth Capron built the Oneida Cotton factory, as recorded in the sketch of the late Dr. Capron, and laid the foundation of that great interest in that State. It was commenced in 1809.
Newton Mann was the first and only one of the brothers that ever went into trade. In his style of aristocratic living he vied with his brother at Newport. He left one son, Bezaleel junior, and two daughters. Bezaleel married Miss Julia Doolittle; their only son was the famous surgeon John Mann. [This is incorrect; they had another son, Josiah, and a daughter.] Mehitable, the oldest daughter, married Judge Wardwell, who subsequently represented his district in the National Congress. The second daughter Abigail, married Dr. Kenny [sic] and settled in Rome. Newton Mann subsequently removed to Jefferson County, where he laid the foundation of the flourishing town of Mannsville, and erected extensive factories.
From Oneida County, New York Biographies
Wager, Daniel. Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography.
Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896.
Newton Mann was born in Attleboro, Mass., in 1770, and inherited all the noble attributes of mind and body which distinguished his scholarly ancestors. He early imbibed those underlying principles of manhood that characterize the respected citizen. His education was obtained in his native town where he remained till about 1806, when he came with Dr. Seth Capron and his family and the widow of Dr. J. Milton Mann and her children to Whitesboro, Oneida county, N. Y., for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of cotton goods, which Dr. Capron had closely studied in New England. With Dr. Capron, Benjamin S. Walcott, Theodore Sill (who married Eliza, daughter of Dr. J. Milton Mann, and they were the grandparents of Edward Comstock, of Rome, whose portrait appears in this volume), and Thomas R. Gold, he at once organized a stock company and erected on Sanquoit Creek, on the site of the present New York Mills, the first cotton factory in this State. Mr. Mann was the principal stockholder. The Oriskany Woolen Mill was subsequently incorporated with a capital of $100,000 by Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer, Jovis Platt, William G. Tracy, Thomas R. Gold, Theodore Sill, Mr. Mann, and De Witt Clinton. This company imported large numbers of merino sheep from Spain, many of them costing as high as $600 and $1000 each. These sheep were kept in the vicinity of the village, mainly on the opposite side of the Mohawk River, and one of their farms was called "Mount Merino." The company continued business several years and prospered until the peace of 1815 opened our markets to a flood of importations. Before the year 1825 Mr. Mann withdrew from both enterprises and moved his family to Mannsville, Jefferson County, a village named from his son Major Herbert B. Mann, who in partnership with Judge Daniel Wardwell erected a large cotton mill there, which was burned in 1827, when ready to begin operation. There Newton Mann resided the remainder of his life, dying April 11, 1860, at the age of ninety years.
Mr. Mann was an old line Whig of pronounced convictions, but never sought nor accepted public office. An uncompromising Abolitionist himself he was a warm personal friend of Gerrrit Smith, Alvin Stewart, and other noted anti-slavery advocates, and during the great abolition movement which swept over the country prior to the Rebellion he was a powerful and an active factor. For many years he was intimately acquainted with the "underground railroad;" his house in Mannsville became a noted "station" and he personally assisted in passing large numbers of slaves on to Canada. He was a devout Christian and a member of the Congregational church, and throughout life manifested a lively interest in all charitable and benevolent objects, to which he liberally contributed. Kind-hearted, enterprising, and sagacious he merited and retained the confidence, respect, and esteem of his fellowmen and bore the highest reputation for honesty, integrity, and moral uprightness. He was a good businessman, a shrewd investor, and an able financier, and realized handsome profits from his various investments.
Mr. Mann was a person of magnificent appearance, endowed with a large but graceful physique, and in stature represented almost perfect manhood. Well-developed, dignified, and of elegant and commanding physical proportions, he was a typical gentleman of the old school. The likeness of him reproduced in this volume was taken when he had reached the age of eighty-five. At his wedding in 1795 he wore a blue broadcloth coat with crimson velvet collar falling below the point of the shoulders, a drab waist-coat and knee breeches, silk hose, low shoes with buckles containing French paste stones, and hair braided in a cue and powdered. His bride was attired in a peach-blow satin dress trimmed with brocaded satin, blue satin petticoat, peachblow silk hose, white slippers, and lace. These were elegant but not unusual costumes for those early days, and indicate the high and dignified positions their wearers occupied in society. Mr. and Mrs. Mann’s married life of sixty-five years was an uninterrupted course of domestic peace and happiness. Their love and affection were simple, pure, and ardent, unmarred by the slightest infelicity, and graced by a constant and consistent devotion as beautiful as it was enduring. There were inseparable, especially during the latter years of their lives, and always found the highest enjoyment in each other’s society.
From the memoirs of Gen. Horace Capron, his nephew:
Newton Mann, the third son also emigrated to the state of New York, and settled in Whitesborough, Oneida County, where he "became largely engaged in manufactures; he was one of a company of gentlemen who with his brother-in-law, Dr. Seth Capron built the Oneida Cotton factory, as recorded in the sketch of the late Dr. Capron, and laid the foundation of that great interest in that State. It was commenced in 1809.
Newton Mann was the first and only one of the brothers that ever went into trade. In his style of aristocratic living he vied with his brother at Newport. He left one son, Bezaleel junior, and two daughters. Bezaleel married Miss Julia Doolittle; their only son was the famous surgeon John Mann. [This is incorrect; they had another son, Josiah, and a daughter.] Mehitable, the oldest daughter, married Judge Wardwell, who subsequently represented his district in the National Congress. The second daughter Abigail, married Dr. Kenny [sic] and settled in Rome. Newton Mann subsequently removed to Jefferson County, where he laid the foundation of the flourishing town of Mannsville, and erected extensive factories.
Wager, Daniel. Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography.
Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896.
Newton Mann was born in Attleboro, Mass., in 1770, and inherited all the noble attributes of mind and body which distinguished his scholarly ancestors. He early imbibed those underlying principles of manhood that characterize the respected citizen. His education was obtained in his native town where he remained till about 1806, when he came with Dr. Seth Capron and his family and the widow of Dr. J. Milton Mann and her children to Whitesboro, Oneida county, N. Y., for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of cotton goods, which Dr. Capron had closely studied in New England. With Dr. Capron, Benjamin S. Walcott, Theodore Sill (who married Eliza, daughter of Dr. J. Milton Mann, and they were the grandparents of Edward Comstock, of Rome, whose portrait appears in this volume), and Thomas R. Gold, he at once organized a stock company and erected on Sanquoit Creek, on the site of the present New York Mills, the first cotton factory in this State. Mr. Mann was the principal stockholder. The Oriskany Woolen Mill was subsequently incorporated with a capital of $100,000 by Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer, Jovis Platt, William G. Tracy, Thomas R. Gold, Theodore Sill, Mr. Mann, and De Witt Clinton. This company imported large numbers of merino sheep from Spain, many of them costing as high as $600 and $1000 each. These sheep were kept in the vicinity of the village, mainly on the opposite side of the Mohawk River, and one of their farms was called "Mount Merino." The company continued business several years and prospered until the peace of 1815 opened our markets to a flood of importations. Before the year 1825 Mr. Mann withdrew from both enterprises and moved his family to Mannsville, Jefferson County, a village named from his son Major Herbert B. Mann, who in partnership with Judge Daniel Wardwell erected a large cotton mill there, which was burned in 1827, when ready to begin operation. There Newton Mann resided the remainder of his life, dying April 11, 1860, at the age of ninety years.
Mr. Mann was an old line Whig of pronounced convictions, but never sought nor accepted public office. An uncompromising Abolitionist himself he was a warm personal friend of Gerrrit Smith, Alvin Stewart, and other noted anti-slavery advocates, and during the great abolition movement which swept over the country prior to the Rebellion he was a powerful and an active factor. For many years he was intimately acquainted with the "underground railroad;" his house in Mannsville became a noted "station" and he personally assisted in passing large numbers of slaves on to Canada. He was a devout Christian and a member of the Congregational church, and throughout life manifested a lively interest in all charitable and benevolent objects, to which he liberally contributed. Kind-hearted, enterprising, and sagacious he merited and retained the confidence, respect, and esteem of his fellowmen and bore the highest reputation for honesty, integrity, and moral uprightness. He was a good businessman, a shrewd investor, and an able financier, and realized handsome profits from his various investments.
Mr. Mann was a person of magnificent appearance, endowed with a large but graceful physique, and in stature represented almost perfect manhood. Well-developed, dignified, and of elegant and commanding physical proportions, he was a typical gentleman of the old school. The likeness of him reproduced in this volume was taken when he had reached the age of eighty-five. At his wedding in 1795 he wore a blue broadcloth coat with crimson velvet collar falling below the point of the shoulders, a drab waist-coat and knee breeches, silk hose, low shoes with buckles containing French paste stones, and hair braided in a cue and powdered. His bride was attired in a peach-blow satin dress trimmed with brocaded satin, blue satin petticoat, peachblow silk hose, white slippers, and lace. These were elegant but not unusual costumes for those early days, and indicate the high and dignified positions their wearers occupied in society. Mr. and Mrs. Mann’s married life of sixty-five years was an uninterrupted course of domestic peace and happiness. Their love and affection were simple, pure, and ardent, unmarred by the slightest infelicity, and graced by a constant and consistent devotion as beautiful as it was enduring. There were inseparable, especially during the latter years of their lives, and always found the highest enjoyment in each other’s society.
From the memoirs of Gen. Horace Capron, his nephew:
Newton Mann, the third son also emigrated to the state of New York, and settled in Whitesborough, Oneida County, where he "became largely engaged in manufactures; he was one of a company of gentlemen who with his brother-in-law, Dr. Seth Capron built the Oneida Cotton factory, as recorded in the sketch of the late Dr. Capron, and laid the foundation of that great interest in that State. It was commenced in 1809.
Newton Mann was the first and only one of the brothers that ever went into trade. In his style of aristocratic living he vied with his brother at Newport. He left one son, Bezaleel junior, and two daughters. Bezaleel married Miss Julia Doolittle; their only son was the famous surgeon John Mann. [This is incorrect; they had another son, Josiah, and a daughter.] Mehitable, the oldest daughter, married Judge Wardwell, who subsequently represented his district in the National Congress. The second daughter Abigail, married Dr. Kenny [sic] and settled in Rome. Newton Mann subsequently removed to Jefferson County, where he laid the foundation of the flourishing town of Mannsville, and erected extensive factories.
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