The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-04-30

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Judge VIM. Hodges Mann was porn
in 1S43 in the city of WILLIAMSBURG
His father died when he was an IN
FAINT. and he spent his early days IN
that historic city with his mother, who
married again in 1852 and took young
HODGES with her to her new home al
Brownsburg, in the County OF Rock
bridoe There he attended the
Brownsburg Academy until 1851 when
at tbe aoe of fourteen with the clothes
no Rad on his back and ten dollars IN
bis nocket he commenced to fight
alone the battle of life. Although
Judge Mann is now one OF the pest
informed men and one of the ables'
and best equipped lawyers in the
State he has never attended school or
collece since he left Brownsburg
With perseverance and natural ability
he has successfully learned the great
lessons of life in the hard school OF
experience
Young Mann went first to Peters
buro. and in 1889 we find him. stu
under the AGE of sixteen, deputy clerk
Of the county of Nottoway working
for his daily bread, and laying at the
same time the foundation of his lega
education. Upon the breaking out OF th'
war when he was a little over seven
..en he volunteered in the Conteder
ate army and became a member %
Company f of the 18th Virginia In
fantry. Early in the following yea
he was detached from his regimen
without his previous knowledge O
consent. and directed to return Il
Nottowav county and take en'ir
charge of the clerk office the clerl
p having been appointed an officer iI
the Confederate army The clerk re
sumed his duties after about tw
months. and young Mann at once re
turned to the army and continued wit
his regiment until after the battle @
o. Seven Pines, where he suffered
1 severe injury, which rendered Inn
r physically unable to perform any dut
e recurring continued violent eNertlor
After a short service under the Cor
p federate States Government at Rci
1 mond. he again set out TO JOIN tn
L. army. but finding himself physical
incapacitated. ne went to DinwiddI
, Courthouse as deputy clerk, and thei
G he At once associated himself with III
J, brave Capt w A. Adams, and VII
3 him frequently rendered most dan
n oerous and difficult service to Il
Confaderacv as a scout and Otherwl
i'm the operations around PETERSBURG
Durino this service, which continue
until the end of the war, he was ir
ouentlv in the Federal lines, sometm
in Yankee uniform, and made hlms'
On obnoxious to the enemy that
order was given to execute him
once if he were captured. Once
was captured, but by fortunate G.
cumstance made good his escape.
After the war he returned to Mott
wav and in 1867 stood his eXaminau
and was admitted to the practice
the law. the goal of his youthful am
tion In 177O, although but p ye'
Of ace he was elected as the II
County Judge of Nottoway VIII
position he continued to occupy
TWENTY-FIVE years, when he volt
tarilv retired from the bench. Up
his retirement, the citizens OF Not
way gathered in mass meeting a
after passing resolutions OF m
d. complimentary nature presented
with a very handsome gold hea'
'r' cane as an evidence Of their affect
an and esteem. During his whole serV
OF twenty -lNO stoio VII ''
IT. but two of his decisions were reve
~o ed. Early in life Judge Mann C
no nected himself with the Presbyter
'pt Church. in which he has for mi
nd wears been an elder, and has alw
Tor been especially active in chu
work.
10 Judge Mann has always beer
IN democrat, and has never failed
ION vote and work for the success Of
ih2 -party ticket He is one OF tn
uocrats who believes that the y
far OF his native State is depend
'"'e, s upontn continued control OF
ro ,',' States affair by that party com
root ed as it is of We great body OF ma
.ssod white Virginias. Holding this
IRONS lief, he has upa all occasions "
ition there was needlof speakers, OH
him his services to the Democratic p
and has in manyS hard fought D
his stumped this State from one en-
loice the other, speaking with telling
feet and o1,,,o,,, ,,o,,;,,cr his own