Mann Page (439)

Mann Page (1766–24 August 1813) was a planter, slaveholder and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1785. Born in Gloucester County, Virginia, Mann Page was a member of the wealthy Page family and son of fellow American Philosophical Society Member, John Page, who served as Governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805. In 1788, Page married Elizabeth Nelson, daughter of Declaration of Independence signer Thomas Nelson Jr. Other than maintaining the family plantation at Rosewell, he worked for some time as a clerk for the Gloucester County Court and in 1793 built the Shelly residence on the North bank of the York River. He died in Mount Airy, Hanover County, Virginia.