When Homer Manvel was born on 19 November 1841, in Alexander, Alexander, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Bennet Manvel, was 31 and his mother, Lucy Sage Benedict, was 24. He married Mary Therissa Putnam on 3 May 1868, in Douglas, Allegan, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Irondequoit, Monroe, New York, United States in 1860 and Saugatuck, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 20 February 1920, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: variant of Mansell .
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