# Allen Manvel

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{{Short description|American businessman}}
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| name           = Allen Manvel
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1837|9|26}}
| birth_place    = [Alexander, New York](/source/Alexander%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1893|2|24|1837|9|26}}
| death_place    = [Coronado, California](/source/Coronado%2C_California), U.S.
| burial_place   = [Mount Hope Cemetery](/source/Mount_Hope_Cemetery_(San_Diego))
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| occupation     = [Railroad](/source/Rail_transport) executive
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| signature      = Signature of Allen Manvel (1837–1893).png
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'''Allen Manvel''' (September 26, 1837 – February 24, 1893) was the eleventh president of the [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](/source/Atchison%2C_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway).

== Biography ==
Manvel was born in [Alexander, New York](/source/Alexander_(town)%2C_New_York). In 1859, he began employment with the [Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad](/source/Chicago%2C_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad) as a clerk in the purchasing agent's office.  He worked his way up through the ranks to become the general superintendent.  His employment shifted to the [St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway](/source/St._Paul%2C_Minneapolis_and_Manitoba_Railway) (SPM&M) in 1881, where he started as assistant general manager.  He was promoted through a series of management positions there to become the general manager himself.

In 1889 he left the SPM&M to succeed [William Barstow Strong](/source/William_Barstow_Strong) as president of the [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](/source/Atchison%2C_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway), a position he held until 1893.  Manvel was succeeded by [Joseph Reinhart](/source/Joseph_Reinhart).

He died at the [Hotel del Coronado](/source/Hotel_del_Coronado) near San Diego on February 24, 1893.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kansas-city-daily-gazette-mr-manvel-dea/145394352/ |title=Mr. Manvel Dead |newspaper=The Kansas City Gazette |place=San Diego, California |page=1 |date=1893-02-25 |access-date=2024-04-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was buried at [Mount Hope Cemetery](/source/Mount_Hope_Cemetery_(San_Diego)).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-body-of-allen-manvel-lai/145394734/ |title=Body of Allen Manvel Laid at Rest |newspaper=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) |place=San Diego, California |page=3 |date=1893-02-25 |publication-date=1893-02-26 |access-date=2024-04-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Like other Santa Fe presidents, Manvel's name was adopted as the name for a town in the [American](/source/United_States) West.  The town of [Manvel, Texas](/source/Manvel%2C_Texas), was named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.texasexplorer.net/ManvelHistory.htm |title=History of Manvel, Texas |website=Texas Explorer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050830232302/http://www.texasexplorer.net/ManvelHistory.htm |archive-date=2005-08-30 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-04-14}}</ref>

== References ==
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* {{cite book|author=Waters, Lawrence Leslie| year=1950| title=Steel Trails to Santa Fe| publisher=University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas| page=196 }}

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{{s-bef| before=[William Barstow Strong](/source/William_Barstow_Strong) }}
{{s-ttl| title=President of the [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](/source/Atchison%2C_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway)| years=1889 &ndash; 1893 }}
{{s-aft| after=[Joseph Reinhart](/source/Joseph_Reinhart) }}

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Category:1837 births
Category:1893 deaths
Category:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway presidents
Category:People from Alexander, New York
Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (San Diego)

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