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Jerauld Newland Ezra Mann (June 26, 1796 - April 15, 1857) was sheriff of
Norfolk County, Massachusetts Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a boro ...
from 1843 to 1848. Mann was born in
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on June 26, 1796. Mann learned the trade of a carriage painter from Messrs Bird of Walpole. In 1823 he went to Easton where he remained but a short time, removing the year following to Taunton where he remained five years. He then went to Wrentham and thence to Dedham where he took the place of his brother-in-law, Major TP Whitney, as Deputy Sheriff and Jailer. On the death of Sheriff
John Baker II John Baker II (February 27, 1780 – July 1, 1843) was sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1834 to 1843. Baker died on July 1, 1843. References 1780 births 1843 deaths People from Norfolk County, Massachusetts Businesspeople fro ...
, Mann was appointed Sheriff on February 8, 1843, for a term of five years. At the end of his term he declined a reappointment, but continued to act as Deputy Sheriff and Jailer until July 1855 when failing health compelled his resignation. Mann soon after removed to
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the residence of his youngest daughter. He died there on April 15, 1857. Mann's portrait is in the collection of the
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High Sheriffs of Norfolk County Politicians from Dedham, Massachusetts 1796 births 1857 deaths {{US-law-enforcement-bio-stub