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MANN, George William

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 257

George William MANN, real estate, Barre [Washington County, Vermont], was 
born 02 August 1846 at Plainfield [Washington County, Vermont], son of Abram 
and Lucia (DARLING) MANN. Educated in the public schools. Was engaged in 
farming until he was twenty-four years of age. In 1870 he came to Barre, and 
a year later began the trade of granite cutter in the only stone shed in 
town; then only 1,800 of them in the township. In 1875 he opened a third 
shed in Barre, employing two men. In 1877 purchased a stone quarry for $700, 
later selling it for $3,000, which is now valued at $30,000. Put in the 
first steam powered polishing machine in Barre, paying $400 for the outfit, 
and eight years later selling it for $3,000. In 1886 bought another quarry 
of four acres of Wetmore & Morse, known as Mann's quarry, and in 1904 sold it 
to Marr & Gordon for $20,000. Retired from the granite business in 1894, 
since which time he has engaged in the real estate business, having erected 
upwards of forty dwelling houses which he now owns and rents. Republican. 
Member of the Evangelical Church and its class leader. In 1874 George W. 
MANN married [Miss?] Mary Ellen WHEELER of Barre; they had three children: 
Walter Edgar (deceased), Frank Ernest (deceased), and Jennie Ethel (Mrs. E. 
M. LAWS), who was educated in music at Eastern College, Front Royal [Warren 
County], Virginia.

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