Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--August Bandel History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889. Published by Goodspeed. Page 580 August Bandel, a successful farmer and stockman of Stark Township, Hickory County, Mo. was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1826, and is a son of Christian and Johanna (Summer) Bandel, who were born in Germany in 1705 and 1706 respectively, the father having been a farmer by occupation. He served in the Franco-Prussian War against Napoleon for six years, and died on his home farm in 1863. August Bandel came to the United States in 1856, and in July of that year located in Burlington, Iowa. After residing here for some time, he located at Bloomfield, and ten years later (in 1866) came to Missouri, settling on his present property, which consists of 195 acres of land. While residing in Iowa during the war he served in the Home Guards, and was married in that State to Miss Susannah Rutz, a native of Switzerland. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his political views he is a Republican. He and wife have no family, but have reared a nephew, Frederick William Bandel, since he was nine years of age. The latter is now sixteen years old, and assists his uncle in tilling the farm. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: K. Snow ====================================================================