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 39 2 MANN. MANSFIELD. fled from France to Holland and thence to England, and on his mother's side, through the Emersons and Davenports, descended from- Richard Davenport, who came to Salem in 1638. His wife is descended from Edmund Freeman, who came from England in 1630, first settled in Lynn, and then led the company that settled the town of Sandwich. Inheriting intellectual vigor and fine moral qualities from Puritan and Hugue- not ancestors, he sought the best gifts of culture, and uniting consecration and energy with eloquence and enthusiasm, he has become a recognized power for good in every community he has served. He is not only effective in the pulpit and on the platform, but is a frequent and welcome contributor to the periodicals of the church of his choice. MANN, Thomas Henry, son of Levi and Lydia L. (Ware) Mann, was born in Wrentham, Norfolk county, April 8, 1S43. The district school and the high school of Walpole fitted him for college, but as he was upon the point of entering, the civil war broke out, and he went from the farm to the front, with the old militia company of Wrentham, attached to the 1 8th regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, March 1, 1863. He was promoted to the rank of corporal, and served with the company and regiment in every march and engagement till May 5, 1864, when he was taken prisoner in the battle of the Wil- derness, after having participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hano- ver Court House, the Seven Days' Battle in front of Richmond, the Second Bull Run, Antietam, Sharpsburg, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He was twice severely wound- ed, but not disabled. He was held a pris- oner from May, 1864, to March, 1865, and discharged from service May 7, 1S65. In the fall of that year he entered the medical department of Union College, and graduated three years later, afterwards taking a post-graduate course of one year at the Bellevue Medical College, New York City. For two years he was resident physician in charge of the Albany City Dispensary, and he commenced private practice in Willimantic, Conn., in 187 1. Two years later he moved to Block Island, where he remained the only physician on the island for four years. In the fall of 1876, com- pletely restored in health by his life on the island, he removed to Woonsocket, R. L, where he practiced successfully for ten years. He was a member of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of Rhode Island, a member of the New York and Connecticut Homoeopathic Medical socie- ties, and of the American Institute of Homoeopathy. His health failing again, however, he was obliged to relinquish practice, and became manager of the "Woonsocket Patriot" and the Patriot Printing Company. Two years later he moved to Milford, and established the " Milford Daily News," with W. 1). Leahy as partner. In March, 1869, Dr. Mann married lulia Backus of Ashford, Conn. Their children are : Mary Isadore, Josephine Caroline, Henry Levi, and Philip James Mann. Dr. Mann is an active veteran of the G. A. R., and historian of the iSth regi- ment, Massachusetts volunteers. MANSFIELD, JOSEPH HENRY, son of Erlonzo L. and Melinda (Simons) Mans- field, was born in Whitehall, Washington county, N. Y., November 25, 1S37. The common district schools of those days gave him his early educational train- ing, and having during the winter months learned somewhat of the higher English branches and some Latin, he left home and fitted for college at the Troy Confer- ence Academy, Vermont. With a small loan from a friend to sup- plement what he could earn by teaching in vacations and a portion of the winter seasons, he was enabled to enter Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and was graduated in the class of 1865. He joined the New England conference in 1866, after having preached one year at Chicopee Falls, and was returned to the same church for another year. In the spring of 1867 he was stationed at North- ampton, remaining two years. Subse- quently his appointments were Springfield (iS6o-'7i), Leominster (i872-'73), Lowell (i874-'76), Boston, Monument Square (1S77- '79), Boston, Broadway (i88o-'S2), Maiden (i883-'85), and in 1886, at the close of his pastorate at Maiden, Bishop Henry W. Warren appointed him presiding elder of the Lynn district, in the New England conference, which position he still holds, having his residence at Maiden. Mr. Mansfield was elected delegate to the general conference in New York, May. 1888. He has also served as clerk of the Methodist Ministers' Relief Association since its organization in 1878. He was given the degree of D. D. by the Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, June, 1886. The same degree was also conferred