BANDEL, Fred C.
Family Fact Sheet
Fred C. Bandel, 1880 Census Crawfordsville #45 listed as 28 Stone Cutter b. Germany parents b. Germany wife Lena 24 b. Ohio parents b. Germany Charlie 4 son Ind; William 2 b. ind; Ella b. Jan. Fred C. Bandel d. 1-5-1897 and Lena d. 2-5-1909.
Source: Indianapolis News (Marion County) Indiana 1 January 1897 p 2
Crawfordsville, Ind January 1 – Mayor Fred C. Bandel of Crawfordsville is very low with peritonitis and very little hope is entertained of his recovery. He was taken sick about 3 weeks ago and has gradually grown worse. Mr. Bandel is a prominent Mason and is the man whom Gen Wallace has been baking for the position of US Marshal. His death would leave a peculiar state of affairs in the Crawfordsville City Council. The Council is exactly divided in numbers between the Republicans and Democrats and so closely are party lines drawn that it is generally believed that the Council could never agree on a man to fill the unexpired term of the mayor, should he die.