Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Martin Mandabach
History of the Catholic Church in Indiana
Logansport, Ind: A.W.Bowen, 1898
Martin Mandabach, dealer in groceries and provisions, Washington, Daviess county, Ind., was born in Massillon, Ohio, October 3, 1860, and is a son of Peter and Caroline (Kocher) Mandabach, natives of Germany, who were married in Massillon, and lived there until 1870, when they came to Washington, Ind., and here the father was employed as a miller until 1896, when he became janitor of a public school house in the city. The father and mother are members of St. Mary's R. C. church, and of the fourteen children born to them seven are still living, viz: Nicholas, Charles, Jacob, John, Augustus and Laura. Martin Mandabach attended a parochial school until thirteen years of age, and afterward worked in the mines until 1889, when he opened a saloon, which he conducted until 1894, when he embarked in the grocery and provision trade, carrying a first class and well selected stock and doing a profitable business. March 2, 1885, he married, in Washington, Miss Gertrude State, a native of Germany, born February 24, 1861, and a daughter of Jacob and Catherine State. This marriage has resulted in the birth of five children, in the following order: Henry, Theodore, Rosa, Caroline, and Carl. The family belong to St. Mary's Catholic church and are held in high respect by their neighbors. In politics Mr. Mandabach is a democrat and is now serving as councilman from the Third ward of Washington. He has always been liberal and public spirited, has paid close attention to his business interests, and has invested his earnings in real estate in both city and country, and is in very comfortable circumstances, the result of his own prudence and honorable conduct through life.
Contributed by: John D. McMullen