Austin Mann Explained
Austin Shuey Mann (January 14, 1847 – September 19, 1914) was an American lawyer, orange grove owner, and politician who served in the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives. He represented Hernando County.[2]
Mann was born in Ohio.[3] He later lived in the area of Crystal River, Florida and had orange groves.
He served in the Florida Senate from 1883 until 1887.[4] He was in the Florida House in 1891.[2] 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.[5]
His daughter, May Mann, married William Sherman Jennings, who served as Governor of Florida.[5] [6] [7]
Notes and References
- Vance. Linda Darlene Moore. May Mann Jennings, Florida's Genteel Activist. University of Florida. PhD. 1980. Gainesville. 15 November 2022.
- Web site: Photo . floridamemory.com . PDF. 2020-08-27.
- A Guide to the Austin Shuey Mann Papers. 13 November 2022. University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Special & Area Studies Collections. Smathers Library, Gainesville, FL. Katherine Walters. March 2007.
- Web site: Austin Mann - Citrus County Notable. Flowers. Linda. 15 July 2017. 13 November 2022. Citrus County, FL Genealogy and History.
- Web site: The Ghost Town of Mannfield . dead. Hernando Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20160316011806/https://www.hernandosun.com/mannfield. 16 March 2016. 4 March 2016. Maglio. Rocco.
- Web site: In her own words . floridamemory.com . PDF. 2020-08-27.
- 30071307. May Mann Jennings and Royal Palm State Park. Vance. Linda D.. The Florida Historical Quarterly. 1976. 55. 1. 1–17.
