Mandeville, Missouri

Mandeville, Leslie township, is a little village nestling in the timbered regions of the bluffs on the line between sections eight and seventeen, and contains three stores, a blacksmith and wagon shop, two church buildings and a Masonic lodge. The country surrounding is rough and rocky and covered with good timber. It has as yet attained no town organization and lays no claim to a metropolis. It is a good trading point for the immediate country surrounding, and is the center of a thriving settlement. John W. Smith, Esq., and Robert Traughber petitioned the government about 1854 for a post office at this point, with Mr. Smith as post master. The petition proposed the name of Mandeville, which was accepted by the government and the office was established with Mr. Smith as post master. The name Mandeville was proposed in honor of Amanda Shirley, of Tennessee, who was the betrothed of Mr. Traughber. In 1857 Mr. Graham succeeded to the office, owing to the fact that Esq. Smith lived about onehalf mile from the point where the office was to be held. Another report says the name Mandeville originated from the following incident: An old German and his wife, with a good-looking daughter, lived but a short distance from where the village is located, the daughter's name being Amanda. Amanda had a sweetheart acceptable to the mother but not to the father. The old couple quarreled over the matter, the father declaring in his German pronunciation that 'Mandr. " vill not marry John, " and the mother declaring that 'Manda " vill." 'Manda did. Hence the name Mandeville.

Passage source: History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881.

G. M. of Brunswick, Mo., on the issuance by the Grand Lodge of a dispensation dated August 9, 1870. On the 13th of October, 1871, their charter was issued embracing T. R. Brown, W. C. Baird, J. M. Stovall, B. F. Siler, W. P. Smith, of Trober, L. W. McCain, W..G. Hood, J. H. Beatty and W. O. P. Thomas, as charter members. The first officers were: I. R. Brown, W. M.; James M. Stovall, S. W.; B. F. Siler, J. W.; J. H. Beatty, S. D.; W. O. P. Thomas, J. D.; .of Trober, Treasurer, W. P. Smith, Secretary and W. G. Hood, Tyler. The lodge is in excellent working order, and the attendance large. The present officers are: J. M. Stovall, W. M.; W. C. Baird, S. W.; J. B. Givens, ]. W.; B. F. Elsas, S. D.; T. J. Mossbarger, J. D.; W. G. Hood, treasurer; W. Black, secretary and W. B. Hull, tyler. Their hall is a frame, large and comfortable, and was built in 1870 at a cost of $800. The present membership is fortyfive. In connection with Mandeville lodge is a lodge of the "Eastern Star, " for the benefit of the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of the fraternity, and numbering about thirty members.

Passage source: History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881.

was born in Russia, October 3d, 1850; a son of Marcus and Basha C. Block, natives of Russia-Poland. Moses M., left his home when fifteen years old and went to Paris, France, where he obtained a clerkship. In 1866 he started on board a vessel from Havre for America, and landed in this country the 15th day of April. He came west to Illinois, stopped at La Harpe a short time, and then went to Quincy and fitted out a 'pack' of notions and peddled them through the state; he continued peddling in the states of Illinois and Missouri until 1867, when he visited Denver, and returned to Missouri in 1870, and located in Mandeville; here he and his brother. Wolf Block, were engaged in the dry goods business; in 1874 he opened a store five and one-half miles south-west of Mandeville, at a place called Cross Lanes. The year following he sold out his stock of goods to his brother, and went in his brother's store as clerk. In 1875 he went to Philadelphia and attended a course of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College. In 1876 he opened a drug store in Mandeville, and is still engaged in business there. He was married to Miss Mary A. Harford. May 4th, 1881; her parents are natives of Kentucky. Mr. Block was made a mason in 1874, and has filled various positions in the lodge; he is also a member of Independent Order of Good Templars.

Passage source: History of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881.

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