M) Winifred Shields Mann
"...Grandfather Arthur Avington Mann was a Virginian, born in Louisa County in 1811. His father, Arthur Mann, was born in the same state, and died at the age of sixty-six. The Mann family is of English origin, the progenitor of the family in the United States having crossed the Atlantic and made settlement in Virginia about 1630; the family were represented in Jamestown when it was burned by the Indians in 1632.
"Arthur A. Mann removed to Clark County, IL, where he later married Winifred Shields, who was born in Putnam County, Ind., the daughter of William Shields, born in Tennessee, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a farmer in Clark County, and also in Buchanan County, Mo., whither he moved in 1846. After spending five years in Missouri, he migrated to Linn County, Ore., where he continued to farm until his death, in 1896, when in his ninety-seventh year. Arthur A. Mann was employed at farming in Illinois and Missouri. He made his first trip to California in 1849, crossing the plains with an emigrant train, to search for gold. He mined in Eldorado County for about two years, then returned East via Panama, to join him family, and a little later moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he farmed until May 10, 1860, when he again hearkened to the call of California, and with his wife and six children crossed the plains with a train of emigrants, he being elected captain of the train to pilot it safely to its destination. Once more in California, he settled one mile west of Dayton, where he died in 1862, when but fifty-one years of age. Mrs. Mann lived until August 29, 1914, when her death occurred at the age of ninety years. There were six children in their family: William, of Chico Vecino; James, who died in January, 1917; John, who died October 22, 1913; Joseph A., of Thermalito; Mary E., Mrs. Darge, who died October 22, 1878; and Cynthia Ann, Mrs. Garrison of Oakland."
"Her [Mary Elizabeth Mann's] father Arthur Arron, sometimes Aaron, Avington or Abington, Mann was the son of the Arthur Abington Mann of Virginia. Some say that the family came originally from the Isle of Mann, off the coast of Ireland, and went to England. Arthur and Winifred (Shields) Mann had six children - William, James, John, Joseph, Cynthia and Marty Elizabeth - born in Iowa. Source; History of Butte County 1918 by Mansfield.
"Arthur A. Mann first came to California around the Horn (1849) to locate a future home, then went to Iowa and brought his family overland (1860). En route, one of the oxen died. He was compelled in the emergency to substitute his wife's own "milk cow" at the yoke. This, according to his wife, Winnefred (Shields), almost broke her heart. In Chico, they were first at the John Crouch place. In the short time that Arthur Mann lived in the Chico area before his early death, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell. He died about one month after the George Darge family arrived. Soon the Manns and Darges intermarried. -------A rumor exists to the effect that Winnefred Shields may have been part Indian." Source: 1980 Supplement to Heart of the Family Tree by Lynn Balmer, p. 3.
[Note: Birth date above for Arthur Avington Mann does not match birth date at cemetery---1811 vs. 1818]
The following written by Linda M. Mann: "MANN FAMILY. Arthur A. Mann was the son of Arthur Mann and Nancy Banks Thompson. He was born on 22 October 1811 or 1818 in Louisa County, Virginia. On 17 July 1842 he married Winnefred Shields in Clark County, Illinois. She was born 16 September 1825/26 in Putnam County, Indiana and was the daughter of William Shields and Winnefred/Martha Curl Shields.---Arthur and Winnefred Mann had six children: William, James, John, Joseph Aaron, Mary Elizabeth and Cynthia Ann. All their children were born in Iowa except John who was born in Missouri.---In 1849 Arthur A. Mann left his family in Missouri and traveled overland to California to work in the El Dorado County gold mines for a year or more. He returned via Isthmus of Panama, moved his family to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and farmed until 1860. Then he took his family by wagon train to California, he was chosen captain of the train. On the plains, when one of the oxen died, he was compelled to substitute a milk cow belonging to his wife, Winnie. This, according to her almost broke her heart.---The arrived in Chico, California, on 15 September 1860. They lived for a time at the site of the John Crouch place, then settled a mile west of Durham. In the short time before his early death on 22 October 1862, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell, founder of Chico. Arthur was the eleventh burial in the Chico Cemetery.---The George Gotlieb Darge family arrived in the fall of 1862. Three of the Darge children married three of the Mann children. Their children were double cousins to each other."
According to Eva Alice Mann Tull, Arthur Mann died of a cancer on the lip. This information was taken from a compilation presented at the Mann family reunion in June 1976 by Fern Repetti.
"...Grandfather Arthur Avington Mann was a Virginian, born in Louisa County in 1811. His father, Arthur Mann, was born in the same state, and died at the age of sixty-six. The Mann family is of English origin, the progenitor of the family in the United States having crossed the Atlantic and made settlement in Virginia about 1630; the family were represented in Jamestown when it was burned by the Indians in 1632.
"Arthur A. Mann removed to Clark County, IL, where he later married Winifred Shields, who was born in Putnam County, Ind., the daughter of William Shields, born in Tennessee, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a farmer in Clark County, and also in Buchanan County, Mo., whither he moved in 1846. After spending five years in Missouri, he migrated to Linn County, Ore., where he continued to farm until his death, in 1896, when in his ninety-seventh year. Arthur A. Mann was employed at farming in Illinois and Missouri. He made his first trip to California in 1849, crossing the plains with an emigrant train, to search for gold. He mined in Eldorado County for about two years, then returned East via Panama, to join him family, and a little later moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he farmed until May 10, 1860, when he again hearkened to the call of California, and with his wife and six children crossed the plains with a train of emigrants, he being elected captain of the train to pilot it safely to its destination. Once more in California, he settled one mile west of Dayton, where he died in 1862, when but fifty-one years of age. Mrs. Mann lived until August 29, 1914, when her death occurred at the age of ninety years. There were six children in their family: William, of Chico Vecino; James, who died in January, 1917; John, who died October 22, 1913; Joseph A., of Thermalito; Mary E., Mrs. Darge, who died October 22, 1878; and Cynthia Ann, Mrs. Garrison of Oakland."
"Her [Mary Elizabeth Mann's] father Arthur Arron, sometimes Aaron, Avington or Abington, Mann was the son of the Arthur Abington Mann of Virginia. Some say that the family came originally from the Isle of Mann, off the coast of Ireland, and went to England. Arthur and Winifred (Shields) Mann had six children - William, James, John, Joseph, Cynthia and Marty Elizabeth - born in Iowa. Source; History of Butte County 1918 by Mansfield.
"Arthur A. Mann first came to California around the Horn (1849) to locate a future home, then went to Iowa and brought his family overland (1860). En route, one of the oxen died. He was compelled in the emergency to substitute his wife's own "milk cow" at the yoke. This, according to his wife, Winnefred (Shields), almost broke her heart. In Chico, they were first at the John Crouch place. In the short time that Arthur Mann lived in the Chico area before his early death, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell. He died about one month after the George Darge family arrived. Soon the Manns and Darges intermarried. -------A rumor exists to the effect that Winnefred Shields may have been part Indian." Source: 1980 Supplement to Heart of the Family Tree by Lynn Balmer, p. 3.
[Note: Birth date above for Arthur Avington Mann does not match birth date at cemetery---1811 vs. 1818]
The following written by Linda M. Mann: "MANN FAMILY. Arthur A. Mann was the son of Arthur Mann and Nancy Banks Thompson. He was born on 22 October 1811 or 1818 in Louisa County, Virginia. On 17 July 1842 he married Winnefred Shields in Clark County, Illinois. She was born 16 September 1825/26 in Putnam County, Indiana and was the daughter of William Shields and Winnefred/Martha Curl Shields.---Arthur and Winnefred Mann had six children: William, James, John, Joseph Aaron, Mary Elizabeth and Cynthia Ann. All their children were born in Iowa except John who was born in Missouri.---In 1849 Arthur A. Mann left his family in Missouri and traveled overland to California to work in the El Dorado County gold mines for a year or more. He returned via Isthmus of Panama, moved his family to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and farmed until 1860. Then he took his family by wagon train to California, he was chosen captain of the train. On the plains, when one of the oxen died, he was compelled to substitute a milk cow belonging to his wife, Winnie. This, according to her almost broke her heart.---The arrived in Chico, California, on 15 September 1860. They lived for a time at the site of the John Crouch place, then settled a mile west of Durham. In the short time before his early death on 22 October 1862, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell, founder of Chico. Arthur was the eleventh burial in the Chico Cemetery.---The George Gotlieb Darge family arrived in the fall of 1862. Three of the Darge children married three of the Mann children. Their children were double cousins to each other."
According to Eva Alice Mann Tull, Arthur Mann died of a cancer on the lip. This information was taken from a compilation presented at the Mann family reunion in June 1976 by Fern Repetti.
M) Winifred Shields Mann
"...Grandfather Arthur Avington Mann was a Virginian, born in Louisa County in 1811. His father, Arthur Mann, was born in the same state, and died at the age of sixty-six. The Mann family is of English origin, the progenitor of the family in the United States having crossed the Atlantic and made settlement in Virginia about 1630; the family were represented in Jamestown when it was burned by the Indians in 1632.
"Arthur A. Mann removed to Clark County, IL, where he later married Winifred Shields, who was born in Putnam County, Ind., the daughter of William Shields, born in Tennessee, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a farmer in Clark County, and also in Buchanan County, Mo., whither he moved in 1846. After spending five years in Missouri, he migrated to Linn County, Ore., where he continued to farm until his death, in 1896, when in his ninety-seventh year. Arthur A. Mann was employed at farming in Illinois and Missouri. He made his first trip to California in 1849, crossing the plains with an emigrant train, to search for gold. He mined in Eldorado County for about two years, then returned East via Panama, to join him family, and a little later moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he farmed until May 10, 1860, when he again hearkened to the call of California, and with his wife and six children crossed the plains with a train of emigrants, he being elected captain of the train to pilot it safely to its destination. Once more in California, he settled one mile west of Dayton, where he died in 1862, when but fifty-one years of age. Mrs. Mann lived until August 29, 1914, when her death occurred at the age of ninety years. There were six children in their family: William, of Chico Vecino; James, who died in January, 1917; John, who died October 22, 1913; Joseph A., of Thermalito; Mary E., Mrs. Darge, who died October 22, 1878; and Cynthia Ann, Mrs. Garrison of Oakland."
"Her [Mary Elizabeth Mann's] father Arthur Arron, sometimes Aaron, Avington or Abington, Mann was the son of the Arthur Abington Mann of Virginia. Some say that the family came originally from the Isle of Mann, off the coast of Ireland, and went to England. Arthur and Winifred (Shields) Mann had six children - William, James, John, Joseph, Cynthia and Marty Elizabeth - born in Iowa. Source; History of Butte County 1918 by Mansfield.
"Arthur A. Mann first came to California around the Horn (1849) to locate a future home, then went to Iowa and brought his family overland (1860). En route, one of the oxen died. He was compelled in the emergency to substitute his wife's own "milk cow" at the yoke. This, according to his wife, Winnefred (Shields), almost broke her heart. In Chico, they were first at the John Crouch place. In the short time that Arthur Mann lived in the Chico area before his early death, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell. He died about one month after the George Darge family arrived. Soon the Manns and Darges intermarried. -------A rumor exists to the effect that Winnefred Shields may have been part Indian." Source: 1980 Supplement to Heart of the Family Tree by Lynn Balmer, p. 3.
[Note: Birth date above for Arthur Avington Mann does not match birth date at cemetery---1811 vs. 1818]
The following written by Linda M. Mann: "MANN FAMILY. Arthur A. Mann was the son of Arthur Mann and Nancy Banks Thompson. He was born on 22 October 1811 or 1818 in Louisa County, Virginia. On 17 July 1842 he married Winnefred Shields in Clark County, Illinois. She was born 16 September 1825/26 in Putnam County, Indiana and was the daughter of William Shields and Winnefred/Martha Curl Shields.---Arthur and Winnefred Mann had six children: William, James, John, Joseph Aaron, Mary Elizabeth and Cynthia Ann. All their children were born in Iowa except John who was born in Missouri.---In 1849 Arthur A. Mann left his family in Missouri and traveled overland to California to work in the El Dorado County gold mines for a year or more. He returned via Isthmus of Panama, moved his family to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and farmed until 1860. Then he took his family by wagon train to California, he was chosen captain of the train. On the plains, when one of the oxen died, he was compelled to substitute a milk cow belonging to his wife, Winnie. This, according to her almost broke her heart.---The arrived in Chico, California, on 15 September 1860. They lived for a time at the site of the John Crouch place, then settled a mile west of Durham. In the short time before his early death on 22 October 1862, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell, founder of Chico. Arthur was the eleventh burial in the Chico Cemetery.---The George Gotlieb Darge family arrived in the fall of 1862. Three of the Darge children married three of the Mann children. Their children were double cousins to each other."
According to Eva Alice Mann Tull, Arthur Mann died of a cancer on the lip. This information was taken from a compilation presented at the Mann family reunion in June 1976 by Fern Repetti.
"...Grandfather Arthur Avington Mann was a Virginian, born in Louisa County in 1811. His father, Arthur Mann, was born in the same state, and died at the age of sixty-six. The Mann family is of English origin, the progenitor of the family in the United States having crossed the Atlantic and made settlement in Virginia about 1630; the family were represented in Jamestown when it was burned by the Indians in 1632.
"Arthur A. Mann removed to Clark County, IL, where he later married Winifred Shields, who was born in Putnam County, Ind., the daughter of William Shields, born in Tennessee, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a farmer in Clark County, and also in Buchanan County, Mo., whither he moved in 1846. After spending five years in Missouri, he migrated to Linn County, Ore., where he continued to farm until his death, in 1896, when in his ninety-seventh year. Arthur A. Mann was employed at farming in Illinois and Missouri. He made his first trip to California in 1849, crossing the plains with an emigrant train, to search for gold. He mined in Eldorado County for about two years, then returned East via Panama, to join him family, and a little later moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he farmed until May 10, 1860, when he again hearkened to the call of California, and with his wife and six children crossed the plains with a train of emigrants, he being elected captain of the train to pilot it safely to its destination. Once more in California, he settled one mile west of Dayton, where he died in 1862, when but fifty-one years of age. Mrs. Mann lived until August 29, 1914, when her death occurred at the age of ninety years. There were six children in their family: William, of Chico Vecino; James, who died in January, 1917; John, who died October 22, 1913; Joseph A., of Thermalito; Mary E., Mrs. Darge, who died October 22, 1878; and Cynthia Ann, Mrs. Garrison of Oakland."
"Her [Mary Elizabeth Mann's] father Arthur Arron, sometimes Aaron, Avington or Abington, Mann was the son of the Arthur Abington Mann of Virginia. Some say that the family came originally from the Isle of Mann, off the coast of Ireland, and went to England. Arthur and Winifred (Shields) Mann had six children - William, James, John, Joseph, Cynthia and Marty Elizabeth - born in Iowa. Source; History of Butte County 1918 by Mansfield.
"Arthur A. Mann first came to California around the Horn (1849) to locate a future home, then went to Iowa and brought his family overland (1860). En route, one of the oxen died. He was compelled in the emergency to substitute his wife's own "milk cow" at the yoke. This, according to his wife, Winnefred (Shields), almost broke her heart. In Chico, they were first at the John Crouch place. In the short time that Arthur Mann lived in the Chico area before his early death, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell. He died about one month after the George Darge family arrived. Soon the Manns and Darges intermarried. -------A rumor exists to the effect that Winnefred Shields may have been part Indian." Source: 1980 Supplement to Heart of the Family Tree by Lynn Balmer, p. 3.
[Note: Birth date above for Arthur Avington Mann does not match birth date at cemetery---1811 vs. 1818]
The following written by Linda M. Mann: "MANN FAMILY. Arthur A. Mann was the son of Arthur Mann and Nancy Banks Thompson. He was born on 22 October 1811 or 1818 in Louisa County, Virginia. On 17 July 1842 he married Winnefred Shields in Clark County, Illinois. She was born 16 September 1825/26 in Putnam County, Indiana and was the daughter of William Shields and Winnefred/Martha Curl Shields.---Arthur and Winnefred Mann had six children: William, James, John, Joseph Aaron, Mary Elizabeth and Cynthia Ann. All their children were born in Iowa except John who was born in Missouri.---In 1849 Arthur A. Mann left his family in Missouri and traveled overland to California to work in the El Dorado County gold mines for a year or more. He returned via Isthmus of Panama, moved his family to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and farmed until 1860. Then he took his family by wagon train to California, he was chosen captain of the train. On the plains, when one of the oxen died, he was compelled to substitute a milk cow belonging to his wife, Winnie. This, according to her almost broke her heart.---The arrived in Chico, California, on 15 September 1860. They lived for a time at the site of the John Crouch place, then settled a mile west of Durham. In the short time before his early death on 22 October 1862, he became acquainted with many pioneers including John Bidwell, founder of Chico. Arthur was the eleventh burial in the Chico Cemetery.---The George Gotlieb Darge family arrived in the fall of 1862. Three of the Darge children married three of the Mann children. Their children were double cousins to each other."
According to Eva Alice Mann Tull, Arthur Mann died of a cancer on the lip. This information was taken from a compilation presented at the Mann family reunion in June 1976 by Fern Repetti.
