BERNARD MANN.
John Mann, Esq., attorney-at-law of Petersburg, married C. F. Bernard,
and the subject of this sketch is their son, born in Petersburg,
December 5, 1861. He went to school in Petersburg for two years to
Miss Virginia Friend, then to W. Gordon McCabe's University school for
six years, then for three years attended the University of Virginia, remaining
in the academic department during that time. He then filled
the position of teacher two years in Prof. McCabe's school, after which
he returned to the University and took the law course for one session.
Since that time he has been settled in practice at Petersburg, his practice
extending into adjoining counties. He married at Petersburg on
February 24, 1886, Rev. Dr. R. C. Hains joining him in wedlock with
Elizabeth Weldon Claiborne, of Petersburg. Their little daughter bears
the mother's name, Elizabeth W. C. Mrs. Mann is the daughter of Dr.
John Herbert Claiborne, of Petersburg. Her mother, who was Sarah
Joseph Alston before marriage, is now deceased. The father of Mr. Mann
served in the Confederate States Army during the late war.
