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Carroll County Historical Society P.O. Box 1308 Carrollton, GA. 30112 March 2022

Leroy Clifton Mandeville

L.C. Mandeville joined with J.A. Aycock to
Leroy Cli on Mandeville, born September 25, 1851,
in the family home on Bowdon Street, now known as Maple form Mandeville Co on Mills, later renamed Man-
Street. His parents were Appleton and Mary Ann Stewart deville Mills. Beginning in 1900 with 150 employ-
Mandeville of Delaware County, New York. At the urging of ees, the company grew steadily to become two
his friend, Sanford Kingsberry, he relocated to Carrollton in large co on mills in Carrollton, a co on seed oil
1833. L.C. Mandeville was the seventh of ten children. mill, a fer lizer factory, and several ginneries in
The young Mandeville married Caroline “Carrie” Carroll County. They also had a co on mill and gin-
Louise Richardson, December 16, 1876. Carrie is the daughter nery in Bremen Georgia.
of Major John M. Richardson, co-founder of Bowdon College. In 1952 Mandeville Mills celebrated its
The Mandevilles had five children: Eugenia, Nell, Appleton, fi ieth year in con nuous opera on employing
Cli on Jr., and Camilla. about 625 people with an annual payroll of
At the age of twenty-one, with only $200, L.C. $1,200,000. The yarns sold from Mandeville Mills
opened a general store on the public square, on the west cor- were used in a wide variety of products from
ner of Rome Street. Guided by an astute business sense and household tex les, early wire insula on and casket
being honest in all dealings, his store prospered, allowing him decora ons.
to buy the building, and later the whole block. L.C. Mandeville along with Aycock was
L.C. Mandeville, joined with other Carrollton busi- instrumental in securing for Carrollton the Fourth
nessmen in 1888 to organize the Merchants and Planters District A & M School, which is now the University
Bank, which later the First Na onal Bank, then People’s Bank. of West Georgia.
The bank was located on the Square at the corner Alabama
Street. He was first elected Vice-President, then later as Presi-
dent, which he served for twenty-eight years, re ring just
months before his death.
In 1889, the Mandeville family began construc on on
a three-story Victorian style home on Maple Street. The
home, which used heart pine, was built at a cost of about
$8,000. The house completed in 1894 is s ll standing on its
original loca on and is currently known as the “Maple Street
Mansion”. The Mandeville home was the first in Carrollton to
have electricity, a telephone, and running water, using stor-
age tanks in the third-story walls.