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Nettie Sophia Mann

F, b. 8 May 1880, d. 16 September 1960
Nettie Sophia Mann|b. 8 May 1880\nd. 16 Sep 1960|p8.htm|Joseph E. Mann|b. 13 Dec 1845\nd. 3 Aug 1914|p16.htm|Louisa Catherina Kiess|b. 17 Jul 1851\nd. 30 Dec 1931|p17.htm|Joseph Mann|b. 26 Sep 1817\nd. 26 Dec 1877|p98.htm|Sarah J. MeWhorter|b. c 1825\nd. 7 Jan 1865|p99.htm|Johannes Kiess|b. 13 Jul 1825\nd. 3 Aug 1890|p100.htm|Louisa Betz|b. 13 Dec 1829\nd. 15 Feb 1902|p101.htm|
     Nettie was born on 8 May 1880 at Decatur, Adams County, Indiana.1,2 She was the daughter of Joseph E. Mann and Louisa Catherina Kiess. She married Jesse Lorenza Singleton at Root Twp., Adams County, Indiana, on 8 October 1903.3 Nettie died on 16 September 1960 at Route 1, Decatur, Root Twp., Indiana, at age 80.

OBITUARY:

Decatur Daily Democrat, Saturday, September 17, 1960, p. 1, col. 5

Nettie Singleton Dies Last Evening
     
      Mrs. Nettie Singleton, 80, wife of Jesse L. Singleton, and lifelong resident of Root Township, died at 8:00 o'clock Friday evening at her home five miles northwest of Decatur. She had been bedfast for the past two years.
      She was born in Root Twp. May 8, 1880, a daughter of Joseph E. and Louise C. Kiess-Mann and was married to Jesse L. Singleton October 8, 1903.
      Mrs. Singleton was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church her entire life and was also a member of the Root Twp. Home Economics Club.
      Surviving in addition to her husband are three sons, Franklin J. and
Everett C. Singleton, both of Root Twp; and Kenneth N. Singleton of Decatur, seven grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 1 brother, Dr. Frank C. Mann of Rochester, Minn. and 3 sisters, Mrs. Ethel Grandstaff of Root Twp., Mrs. Lulu Vance of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. George Sprague of Decatur. Three brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
      Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the Zwick Funeral Home and at 2 p. m. at the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church. The Rev. E. J. Arthur and the Rev. George Christian will officiate and burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:00 p. m. today until time of the services.

.4,5 Her body was interred on 19 September 1960 at Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana.4,6
     Nettie were listed as daughters in Joseph E. Mann's household on the 1880 Census at Root Twp., Adams County, Indiana.7 Nettie was listed as a daughter in Joseph E. Mann's household on the 1900 Census at Root Twp..2 After finishing school, Nettie taught school for a while in Adams County, Indiana. Nettie was listed as Jesse Lorenza Singleton's wife on the 1910 Census at Root Twp..8 Nettie was listed as Jesse Lorenza Singleton's wife on the 1920 Census at Root Twp..9 Nettie was listed as Jesse Lorenza Singleton's wife on the 1930 Census at Root Twp..10

Children of Nettie Sophia Mann and Jesse Lorenza Singleton

Citations

  1. [S45] Carl C. Kiess, Some Descendants of Johann Friederich Kiess, p. 16.
  2. [S574] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the U.S., 1900: Popluation Schedule, Micro-publication T623, National Archives, Washington, DC, Roll 357, Root Twp., Adams Co., Indiana, SD 8, ED 9, SH 12A (122A), Ln 49, hh. 225, fam. 229, June 22, 1900.
  3. [S2] Jesse Lorenza Singleton, Nettie Sophia Mann.
  4. [S6] Nettie Sophia Mann, Death Record.
  5. [S7] Obituary of Nettie Sophia Mann, Decatur Daily Democrat, p. 1, col. 5.
  6. [S299] Nettie S. Singleton, tombstone inscription.
  7. [S572] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the U.S., 1880: Popluation Schedule, Micro-publication T9, National Archives, Washington, DC, Roll 263, Root Twp., Adams Co., Indiana, SD 6, ED 130, SH 18B, p. 16, Ln 39, fam. 167, June 14, 1880.
  8. [S575] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the U.S., 1910: Popluation Schedule, Micro-publication T624, National Archives, Washington, DC, Roll 338, Root Twp., Adams Co., Indiana, SD 8, ED 9, SH 10B (112B), Ln 75, hh. 200, fam. 203, May 11, 1910.
  9. [S576] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the U.S., 1920: Popluation Schedule, Micro-publication T625, National Archives, Washington, DC, Roll 420, Root Twp., Adams Co., Indiana, SD 8, ED 10, SH 8A (104A), Ln 24, hh. 80, fam. 81, January 13, 1920.
  10. [S2011] U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the U.S., 1930: Population Schedule, Micro-publication T626, National Archives, Washington, DC, Roll 574, Root Twp., Adams Co., Indiana, sh. 3B, p. 149B, ln. 53, SD 5, ED 1-14, hh. 75, fam. 75, April 8, 1930.