Austin Mann

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Austin Shuey Mann (January 14, 1847 – September 19, 1912) was a lawyer, orange grove owner, and politician who served in the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives. He represented Hernando County.[1]

Mann was born in Ohio.[2] He lived in the area of Crystal River, Florida and had orange groves.

He served in the Florida Senate from 1883 until 1887.[3] He was in the Florida House in 1891. [1] Mannfield, Florida, the county seat until Inverness was chosen to replace it, was named for him. It is now a ghost town in the Withlacoochee State Forest.[4]

His daughter, May Mann, married William Sherman Jennings, who served as Governor of Florida.[5][4][6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Photo" (PDF). floridamemory.com. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "A Guide to the Austin Shuey Mann Papers". web.uflib.ufl.edu.
  3. ^ "Austin Mann - Citrus County Notable". fl-genweb.org.
  4. ^ a b "The Ghost Town of Mannfield | Hernando Sun". www.hernandosun.com.
  5. ^ "In her own words" (PDF). floridamemory.com. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Vance, Linda D. (1976). "May Mann Jennings and Royal Palm State Park". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 55 (1): 1–17. JSTOR 30071307.
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