HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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turned to Elgin, and resumed the practice of his calling. He was a member of the Grand Army, and for many years was an interesting and conspicuous figure at the various gatherings of the veterans of the war. In 1842 Major Mann was married in Illinois to Miss Lydia P., daughter of W. F. Wright, of Orford, N. H. They had a family of six sons and two daughters, of whom four sons and two daughters are now living. Mrs. E. B. Shearman and Mrs. H. M. Armstrong reside in Kane County, and one 'son, Eugene, has his home in Batavia. Pour of the sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
ALFRED J. MANN, retired merchant, Elgin, Ill., was horn in the town of Java, Wyoming County, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1835, son of James and Lucy (Shearman) Mann, and coming with his parents to Kane County, Ill., when nine years of age, was reared to manhood on a farm in Burlington Township, that county. His education was secured in the local schools, and at seventeen years of age he became clerk in the store of the Hon. S. S. Mann, who was the first merchant at Burlington. In 1856 he entered into partnership with his brother, and they continued in business at that point until 1879, in the meantime extending their operations to Hampshire, where they built the first store and the first butter and cheese factory. In 1879 Alfred J. Mann removed to Elgin and became interested in a Chicago store in company with his brother, who had so long been his partner. In 1881 he practically retired from business, and has since devoted his attention to family interests. He still owns a portion of the old farm which his father purchased from the Government, and gives considerable attention to that. For many years he was a member of the Board of Supervisors from Burlington Township, and later from Elgin. He has also served on the Elgin Board of Aldermen, filling other offices as well. The settlement of estates and other like duties have occupied much of his time during these later years. Mr. Mann was married in 1858 to Miss Elsie Terwilliger, a native of Chenango County, N. Y., and daughter of Philip Terwilliger. Their children are Effie Clare and Edith May.
JAMES MANN (deceased), pioneer, Burlington Township, Kane County, was born in the town of Blanford, Hampden County, Mass., Jan. 1, 1791, son of William Mann, a veteran of the Revolution, and was reared and educated in his native State, and in Java, Wyoming County, N. Y., to which point his parents removed in 1810. In 1844 he left New York for Kane County, Ill., where he purchased 1,200 acres of Government land in Burlington Township, and soon made himself known as one of the leading farmers of that county. He continued to reside on this farm until his death, Sept. 12, 1878. His wife, Lucy Shearman, was born in Connecticut in 1798, and died Sept 24, 1870. They reared a family of five sons and four daughters, of whom three sons and one daughter were living in 1903.
SYLVESTER S. MANN (deceased), was born in North Java, Wyoming County, N. Y., May 31, 1826, son of James and Lucy (Shearman) Mann; came west with his father's family in May, 1844, locating in Burlington Township, Kane County, where his father purchased 1,200 acres of land. In 1846 Sylvester S. Mann opened a store at Burlington under the name of Mann & Brown, Mr. Mann being engaged in farming at the same time. Later the firm became Mann, Hapgood & Company, who also established the creamery at Hampshire and also the first store at that village. In 1874 he engaged in buying and selling butter and cheese, operating extensively in the line until 1883. Mr. Mann was also interested in breeding Holstein cattle and imported two large herds of this excellent, stock from Holland. He took an active part in politics and served several terms in the Illinois State Legislature, meanwhile being instrumental in securing the passage of many beneficent and local measures, among them being the incorporation of the Northern State Hospital for the Insane, and locating the institution at Elgin. In 1850 he was married to Caroline Young, and they became the parents of four children, viz.: Elvina J. (Mrs. C. H. Potter), Alice, John S. and Nellie B. (Mrs. Dr. O. A. Chappell), all of whom are now living (1903). Mrs. Mann still survives and resides at Burlington.
ROBERT W. MARKLEY, physician and surgeon, Elgin, Ill., was born in Fulton County, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1872, was reared a farmer and educated at Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.; entered the medical department of the Northwestern University (Chicago) in 1894, and graduated
