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Samuel Spencer Mann

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Samuel Spencer Mann

Birth
Lake Landing, Hyde County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Sep 1940 (aged 73)
Swanquarter, Hyde County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Swanquarter, Hyde County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of Joseph Spencer Mann & Sophia Lumston Swindell

Husband of Magnolia May "Nolia" Watson

Children: Margaret, Hildah, Sophia, Olive, Mildred, Grace, Mary & Jospeh II

He graduated from Trinity College and earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina about 1890. He taught school for several years, was Clerk of Court for Hyde County, Secretary of Rivers and Harbors Commission, and North Carolina State Senator in 1902.

Spencer followed the sea and was a Merchant Marine Captain during World War II.

Samuel worked to bring a railroad to Hyde County and to drain Mattamuskeet Lake to further the interest of the Rivers and Harbor Commission of which he was Secretary. While a Senator in Raleigh, he became good friends with Josephus Daniels (long time editor of the "Raleigh News and Observer"). He was assistant to Congressman John Small in Washington, DC.

Cemetery is located on Milton Credle Farm in Swan Quarter, NC
Son of Joseph Spencer Mann & Sophia Lumston Swindell

Husband of Magnolia May "Nolia" Watson

Children: Margaret, Hildah, Sophia, Olive, Mildred, Grace, Mary & Jospeh II

He graduated from Trinity College and earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina about 1890. He taught school for several years, was Clerk of Court for Hyde County, Secretary of Rivers and Harbors Commission, and North Carolina State Senator in 1902.

Spencer followed the sea and was a Merchant Marine Captain during World War II.

Samuel worked to bring a railroad to Hyde County and to drain Mattamuskeet Lake to further the interest of the Rivers and Harbor Commission of which he was Secretary. While a Senator in Raleigh, he became good friends with Josephus Daniels (long time editor of the "Raleigh News and Observer"). He was assistant to Congressman John Small in Washington, DC.

Cemetery is located on Milton Credle Farm in Swan Quarter, NC


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