. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . ^, 1871, he w^as elected Recorder,and has been re-elected ever\ 3^ear since, and is now^in his thirty-fifth year of service as Recorder. THE NEVV vr,. COLONEL WILLIAM DALTON MANN. 319 Colonel WILLIAM DALTON MANN. Soldier, Inventor and Editor; born Sandusky,O., September 27, 1839; was edncated as a Civil En-gineer. At the ontbreak of the Civil War enteredthe Army as Captain of the First Michigan 1802 he organized the First Monnted Rifles, after-wards known as the Fifth Alichigan Cavalry. Im-mediately following, a
. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . ^, 1871, he w^as elected Recorder,and has been re-elected ever\ 3^ear since, and is now^in his thirty-fifth year of service as Recorder. THE NEVV vr,. COLONEL WILLIAM DALTON MANN. 319 Colonel WILLIAM DALTON MANN. Soldier, Inventor and Editor; born Sandusky,O., September 27, 1839; was edncated as a Civil En-gineer. At the ontbreak of the Civil War enteredthe Army as Captain of the First Michigan 1802 he organized the First Monnted Rifles, after-wards known as the Fifth Alichigan Cavalry. Im-mediately following, at nrgent reqnest of the Gover-nor, organized and commanded in the field theSeventh Michigan Cavalr}-. Received patents forvaluable accoutrements for troops. After the warsettled in Mobile, Ala., and engaged in the manufac-ture of cotton seed oil and railroad construction, andwas the proprietor of the Mobile Register. InJanuary, 1872, patented the boudoir car, and spentthe next ten years in Europe introducing it returned in 1883, settled in New York City, andestablished the Mann Boudoir Car Compan3^ iVfter-wards sold out to the Pullman Car Compan}^ Be-came Owner and Editor of Town Topics in 1900 fou
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