Charles W. Mandeville

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

Charles W. MANDEVILLE, a successful agriculturist of Pompton Plains, well known and highly esteemed, is a descendant of one of the oldest families in Morris county, New Jersey, their connection dating back to the Revolutionary War period, members thereof residing there from that time to the present, being actively and prominently identified with the improvements of the various localities in which they made their homes.

Thomas MANDEVILLE, father of Charles W. MANDEVILLE, was born in Pompton Plains, Morris county, New Jersey, on the site of the Mandeville Hotel, and his death occurred in the same town in the year 1875, aged seventy-three years. He learned the trade of carpenter in New York City, and he followed that line of work in addition to farming during the active years of his life, for many years in New York before he returned to Pompton Plains, and spent the remainder of his days on the homestead. He married Hester B. SECOR, a native of Westchester county, New York, who lived to the advanced age of eighty-seven years, and who bore him ten children, namely:

Giles H., deceased;
George, deceased;
John L., deceased;
Elizabeth A., deceased;
Elma, deceased;
Mary S., deceased;
Sarah F., deceased;
Horace, resides in New York;
Elmira, deceased;
Charles W., of whom further.

Charles W. MANDEVILLE was born in the house in which he now resides, in Pompton Plains, January 1, 1850. The common schools of the neighborhood afforded him a means of obtaining a practical education, and his entire active career has been spent on the home farm, which he has managed in such a successful manner that it has yielded him substantial returns for his years of hard toil and untiring energy. His farm consists of twenty acres, devoted to general farming, and this ranks among the productive pierces of property in that section of the county. He casts his vote for the candidates of the Republican party, served as a member of the town committee and twice as school trustee. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., the J.O.U.A.M., the local Grange, P. of H., and the D. of L.

Mr. MANDEVILLE married, October 15, 1874, Mary L. RHOADES, of Newark, New Jersey, born March 21, 1851, living at the present time (1914), daughter of Francis B. and Mary J. (SANDERS) RHOADES. Children:

Charles L., married Alice FISHER, of Paterson, New Jersey; children:
Helen, Marion, Marjory
Elizabeth, married Charles JACKSON, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; no children
Jennie, resides at home
Lillian D., married Herbert POLHEMUS; no children

Mr. MANDEVILLE and the members of his family attend the Reformed church, taking an active part in the work connected therewith, and in every enterprise projected for the public welfare they evince a deep interest.