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John S. MANN, one of the old and prominent citizens of Princeton
Township, Dallas County, was born in Robertson County, Tenn.,
September 2, 1837, and is the son of John and Catherine (SCOGGIN)
MANN, natives of Person County, N.C. Both died on the farm
where our subject now lives; he is 1866, at the age of sixty-three
years, and the mother when quite a young woman. They left their native State,
and moved to Middle Tennessee, remaining in Robertson County until 1846, when
they moved to Dallas County, Ark. The county was then a wilderness, and Mr.
MANN passed the balance of his days in clearing his farm
and improving it in every way. He and wife were members of
the Presbyterian Church, and he was a member of the S. of
T. He affiliated with the Democratic party in his political
views. After the death of his wife, Mr. MANN married Miss
Martha HIGHTOER, who died in this county, August 28, 1885,
being eighty-two years old. John S. MANN was the fifth of
eight children, four now living: Margaret E. (widow of J.
T. TAYLOR), Mary C. (wife of R. H. HARRISON), and D. J. (who
is a farmer of Owen Township, this county). Those deceased
were William P. (died while in the Confederate service),
James M. (was also a Confederate soldier, and died while
in service), Rachel (died in Tennessee) and Martha Ann (wife
of G. W. GREEN, Sr., died in Dallas county). John S. MANN
passed his boyhood and youth in Dallas County, and at the
breaking out of the war, or in 1861, he joined the Twelfth Arkansas Confederate
Infantry, and after the first year was made second lieutenant. He was afterward
promoted to first lieutenant, and was in many battles. He was at the surrender
of Fort Thompson, on the Mississippi River, and Island No. 10, when it was
taken, and escaped, with fourteen others, by floating down
the river in an old coal barge. He was then in the battles
of Perryville (Ky.), and Port Hudson, where he was taken
prisoner, and retained at New Orleans. On October 16 he was
taken to Johnson Island, and in April of 1863 he was taken
to Point Lookout, then to Fort Delaware, where he was released,
June 13, 1865. He then returned home, found his parents in
an impoverished condition, took charge of the farm, which
he managed until after the death of the father, and then
took care of his stepmother until her death, also taking
care of the rest of the family. January 30, 1868, he married
Miss Hepsie DANIEL, a native of Arkansas, and the daughter of William DANIEL.
She died January 30, 1870, and on November 16, 1871, he married Miss Jennie
WINSTEAD, a native of Person County, N.C., and the daughter
of Capt. Stephen WINSTEAD, who moved to Arkansas in 1857.
Four children were born to this union: Minnie B., Charles
E., Stephen W., and Albert S., all at home. Mr. MANN is a
member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and is deacon in
the same. Mrs. MANN is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. In politics Mr. MANN is Democratic, and socially
he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Agricultural
Wheel.