Background
Mann, Edward Garnett Batson was born on October 3, 1863 in Oddville, Harrison Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Review Milton and Jennie (Ricketts) Mann.
Mann, Edward Garnett Batson was born on October 3, 1863 in Oddville, Harrison Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Review Milton and Jennie (Ricketts) Mann.
Wesleyan College, Millersburg, Kentucky, 1879-1880. Business college, Lexington. (Doctor of Divinity, Morris Harvey College, Barboursville, West Virginia, 1909).
2d, Ida May Friend, of Irvine, Kentucky, July 12, 1901. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1886. Pastor in Kentucky, at Irvine, 1886-1888, Vanceburg, 1888-1889, St. Petersburg, 1889-1890, Walton, 1890-1891, Middlesboro, 1891-1892, Newport, 1892-1896, Paris, 1896-1900, Nicholasville, 1900-1902.
Presiding elder Maysville District, 1902-1903, Lexington District, 1903-1907.
Pastor 1st Church, Lexington, 1907-1911. Presiding elder Maysville District, Kentucky, 1911-1913.
Editor Central Methodist Advocate, May, since 1909, also two-thirds owner. Delaware Inter-church Conference on Federation, New York, 1908.
Member Ecumenical Methodist Conference, Toronto, 1911.
Delegate General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Oklahoma City, 1913. Trustee Kentucky Wesleyan College, since 1899. President Southern Methodist Press Association, 1913-1914.
Member Ecumenical Methodist
Married Catherine Friend, of Irvine, Kentucky, November 26, 1887 (died June 10, 1895).