Welcome to Mann's Miami Valley History and Genealogy website. To review stories from the frontier, click on the links below. The Mann family genealogy is found below the historical articles.
Miami Valley History
An Unusual Miami County Hunting Story
Constitution of the Dayton Rifle Company
Fort Mann in Shelby County, Ohio
Local Massacres During the War of 1812
Prehistoric Mounds in Miami County
The Frontier Health and Wellness Plan
The Swift Run (Johnston) Cemetery
The War of 1812 in Miami County Ohio
Upper Piqua's Prehistoric Stone Wall
Notes on the Shawnee from the Johnston's & "Wildcat" Alford
Alford's Comments on Educating Shawnee Children
Alford's Comments on Shawnee Faith and Law
Seven Flags Over Upper Piqua
France Claims Upper Piqua (Part 1)
The Miami Claim Upper Piqua (Part 2)
A Captive Returns Home (Part 3)
The Shawnee Claim Upper Piqua (Part 4)
The War of 1812 in Miami County Ohio (Part 5)
The Civil War Miami County Ohio (Part 6)
Frontier Stories from Outside of Ohio
Simon Kenton -An Old Hero Returns
To review the genealogy of the Miami Valley Mann family and their allied families, click on the links below.
The patriarch of the Miami Valley Mann family was Colonel John Mann Jr. He and his brother Jacob settled in what became Miami County, Ohio in the late 1790's. Their father and mother, John Sr. and Susannah Price Mann, also lived in Miami County for several years before removing to Delaware County, Indiana.
The Mann family resided in near Mannheim in Siegelspach, Germany, before coming to America.
Our direct line of descent from Germany to present day is as follows:
Genealogical Information of allied families can be found in the links below:
Genealogical information linking the Mann family to Jamestown ancestors can be found by clicking here.
Genealogical Information linking the Mann family to United States Presidents can be found by clicking here. While the connections are distant, the genealogical information is a treasure.
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