John Mannen, Jr.
1814 - 1879 (65 years)
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Name John Mannen [1, 2, 3] Suffix Jr. Birth 7 Apr 1814 Kentucky 
- as per 1850 census
Gender Male 
Census1840 Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky [4] Census1850 Mason Co., Kentucky [5] Slave Census1850 Mason Co., Kentucky [6] Census1860 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky [7] Slave Census1860 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky [8] Census1870 Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky [9] Obituary Obituary, Maysville Bulleetin, Thurs 11 Sept. 1879, p3:
In Mason County near Germantown, Ky, August 25, 1879, JOHN MANNEN, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.Occupation tobacco farmer Residence 1876 Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky [10] 
Germantown Precinct, Mason Co., Kentucky (1876) Death 25 Aug 1879 Bracken Co., Kentucky - he died of typoid fever according to the census mortality schedule.
Burial Bethesda Cemetery, Bracken Co., Kentucky [11] Patriarch & Matriarch 
John Mannen, Sr.
d. Abt 1822, Mason Co., Kentucky (Grandfather) 
Maria Hannah Downing
d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Notes - These two deeds give the relationship between John Mannen Jr., his father James Mannen, and James’ father John Mannen Sr. Thomas Mannen, James’ brother, bought from his siblings much if not all of the land their father had owned.
These tell several key bits of information:
—John Mannen was the name of John Mannen Jr.’s grandfather (not father);
—John Mannen Jr. was the son of James Mannen;
—Mary [Cushman Mannen Kirk] was the mother of John and James Mannen;
—Mary was the former wife of James Mannen.
Deed 41-214, 14 April 1835: Deed between John Mannen Junr one of the heirs of of [sic] James Mannen deceased of the County of Bracken . . . of the one part and Thomas Mannen of the County of Mason . . . of the other part witnesseth that the said John Mannen Junr for an in consideration of the sum of two hundred and twenty-two dollars and 37 1/2 cents . . . hereby . . . . hand sold . . . to the said Thomas Mannen one undivided sixteenth of several tracts or parcels of land of which John Mannen Senr grandfather of the siad John Mannen Junr died siezed and possessed . . . lying . . . in the County of Mason on the waters of Bracken creek consisting of three several parcels amounting to two hundred and thirty-eight acres and twenty-two poles. . . “
Deed 41-216, 20 April 1835: Mary Kirk, mother of John and James Mannen, conveyed for one dollar to Thomas Mannen “a parcel of land situate lying and being in the County of Mason on which John Mannen deceased the father of James Mannen the late husband of the said Mary Kirk died siezed and which descended to the heirs of the said John Mannen, one of whom the said James Mannen was one, supposed to contain anout two hundred and thirty-seven acres. . . “ [12, 13]
Person ID I4242 Last Modified 11 Apr 2025
Father James Mannen
b. Abt 1792
d. Bef 22 Jun 1832 (Age < 40 years)Mother Mary Cushman
b. 26 Jul 1794
d. 18 Jan 1870 (Age 75 years)
Other Partners:
└─Richard Kirk
b. 19 Aug 1774, Frederick Co., Maryland
d. 16 Jan 1856, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 81 years) m. 27 Jan 1834 Marriage Abt 1812 Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner Minerva "Minna" “Mininia” Hamilton
b. 23 Feb 1822, Hillsdale, Bracken Co., Kentucky
d. 13 Sep 1869, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 47 years)
Marriage 27 Oct 1840 Brookville, Bracken Co., Kentucky [14, 15, 16, 17] - by the Rev. J. M. Holton
Children 1 son and 1 daughter + 1 . Leslie Hamilton Mannen
b. Dec 1841, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 20 Jun 1901, Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas (Age 59 years)└─ Sally Savage Pollock (Age 75 years) m. 4 Nov 1869+ 2 
. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mannen
b. 6 Jun 1848, Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 23 Feb 1927, Little Rock Precinct, Bourbon Co., Kentucky (Age 78 years)└─ Amos McIntire "Dick" Turney, Jr. (Age 72 years) m. 10 Oct 1871Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 7 Apr 1814 - Kentucky 
Census - 1840 - Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky 
Marriage - 27 Oct 1840 - Brookville, Bracken Co., Kentucky 
Census - 1850 - Mason Co., Kentucky Slave Census - 1850 - Mason Co., Kentucky 
Census - 1860 - Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky Slave Census - 1860 - Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky 
Census - 1870 - Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky Residence - 1876 - Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky 
Death - 25 Aug 1879 - Bracken Co., Kentucky 
Burial - - Bethesda Cemetery, Bracken Co., Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Headstones
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Histories 
Kentucky Family Mysteries Bracken and Mason counties in Kentucky figure in family history at several points. The Hamilton, Mannen, Pollock, and Savage families on this tree moved from various Pennsylvania and Virginia counties to farm near Germantown and Maysville, on the Ohio River. Relatives in the Dye family, from another part of the tree, also lived there in the nineteenth century.
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Reference Pitard, D. "John Mannen, Jr.". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4242&tree=1sttree (accessed May 18, 2025).
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