Stark fla December the 16th 1860
Dear
Parents I take my pen in hand to
address you A few lines lines to inform you I'm well at present and I hope
these few lines may find you enjoying the Same blessing that I now enjoy I
have nothing to write we have verry cold weather and the dryest I reckon you
ever Saw in life we had quite A good crop year in florida this year the
[this line obliterated by a crease] but it got pretty well ______?
before they got done you must write Soon for I have not heard from home
Since August Please give my verry best respects to the widow Midyett and
tell her to keep her cap Set till I come and give my love to all enquiring
friends.
Nothing more but remain yours for ever
/s/ E.B. Mann
Joseph B. Mann
NOTES:
1850 Tyrrell Co., NC
| Mann, Joseph Senr |
58 |
farmer |
NC |
| Mann, Mary |
49 |
|
NC |
| Mann, Cary A. |
27 |
|
NC |
| Mann, Edward B. |
23 |
laborer |
NC |
| Mann, Benjamin B. |
21 |
laborer |
NC |
| Mann, Thomas E. |
18 |
laborer |
NC |
| Mann, Elizabeth |
15 |
|
NC |
| Mann, Frances |
8 |
|
NC |
1860 Alachua Co., FL (17th Division -
PO: Starke Sta. Fla. R.R.; Waldo) - June 2, 1860
| Lyman Hall |
33 |
farmer |
$1000 / $1600 |
GA |
| Elizabeth Hall |
24 |
|
|
GA |
| Martha Hall |
8 |
|
|
GA |
| Edwd B. Mann |
33 |
day laborer |
|
NC |
American Civil War Soldiers
Edward B. Mann enlisted in the Confederacy in
Gainesville, Fla. as a Private on March
20, 1862 in Co. C, 7th Infantry Regiment. He was killed at
Taylor Gap, Ga. on Feb. 25, 1864 while still serving in this company.
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