Belgian Civil War soldiers in Illinois |
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Michael MANDY,
general groceries, was born in Belgium in 1837, and came
to America in 1851 with his people, who settled in New York State,
where he was reared and educated. In 1857 he came West, and after
traveling through the Western States he enlisted in Chicago in the
United States military service; was mustered in in (sic) St.
Louis, and appointed here. After doing service in Colorado, he
returned in 1865, and followed carpentering business till 1867. He
then took up mercantile business in East Leavenworth, and carried it
on till 1869. He then returned here and has been actively connected
with his trade and mercantile business principally since. In 1877 he
married Mrs. Clara Smith, a native of Germany. They have a family of
four sons and four daughters. (from :William G. Cutler's History of the State of
Kansas )
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