Horace Mann is my 13th cousin 5x removed. That ancestor whom we share is Margaret Pilkington (1383 – 1418), my 17th great grand mother.
The genealogical chart that show the ancestor both of us are connected:
Horace Mann (1796 – 1859)
13th cousin 5x removed
13th cousin 5x removed
Thomas Mann (1755 – 1809)
Father of Horace Mann
Father of Horace Mann
Nathan Mann (1716 – 1781)
Father of Thomas Mann
Father of Thomas Mann
Hannah Aldis (1687 – 1756)
Mother of Nathan Mann
Mother of Nathan Mann
John Aldis (1655 – 1737)
Father of Hannah Aldis
Father of Hannah Aldis
Sarah Elliot (1629 – 1673)
Mother of John Aldis
Mother of John Aldis
Philip Elliot , Deacon (1602 – 1657)
Father of Sarah Elliot
Father of Sarah Elliot
Bennett Elliot (1573 – 1621)
Father of Philip Elliot , Deacon
Father of Philip Elliot , Deacon
Jane Gedge (1546 – 1595)
Mother of Bennett Elliot
Mother of Bennett Elliot
Margaret Barfield (1520 – 1550)
Mother of Jane Gedge
Mother of Jane Gedge
Thomasin Heveningham (1480 – )
Mother of Margaret Barfield
Mother of Margaret Barfield
Thomas Heveningham (1455 – 1499)
Father of Thomasin Heveningham
Father of Thomasin Heveningham
Alice Saville (1435 – )
Mother of Thomas Heveningham
Mother of Thomas Heveningham
John Saville , Sir (1410 – 1482)
Father of Alice Saville
Father of Alice Saville
Margaret Pilkington (1383 – 1418)
Mother of John Saville , Sir
Mother of John Saville , Sir
Horace Mann served in the Massachusetts State legislature (1827–1837). In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death, he served as President of Antioch College.