John Spangler and Susanna Barger

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Husband John Spangler ¹

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           Born: 18 Mar 1828 - Union (later Snyder) Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Spangler (Abt 1783-Abt 1850) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Schroyer (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 25 Apr 1848 - Snyder Co, PA 1

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Wife Susanna Barger ¹

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           Born: 2 Aug 1828 - Snyder Co, PA 1
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         Father: Abraham Barger (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catharine Boyer (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Hon. Jackson Levi Spangler ³

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           Born: 27 Sep 1849 - Adamsburg, Snyder Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Mrs. Eliza Wagner Holliday (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 24 Mar 1890 5

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2 M Howard J. Spangler ⁶

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3 F Annie Spangler ⁶

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         Spouse: H. D. Van Pelt (      -Bef 1898) 6

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4 M Reuben B. Spangler ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - John Spangler

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He could attend school but irregularly during his boyhood, for his services were required on the home farm until eighteen years of age. He then began learning the blacksmith's trade under the direction of John Kessler, who owned a smithy three miles below Middleburg, in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. His apprenticeship covered three years, and during the first two years he received no wages, but was allowed four weeks during harvest time when he might earn money in the fields. During the third year he was given $10 per month in the summer and $11 in the winter. He saved almost every cent of his earnings, and thus on the expiration of a year was enabled to engage in business on his own account in Adamsburg, Snyder County, where for fourteen years he followed his trade. On April 1, 1862, he came to Centre Hill, where he rented a black-smith shop and also kept a tavern. After two years he came to Centre Hall, where from 1864 until 1867 he had charge of a hotel. He then purchased a hotel property for $7,000, and a month later sold it for $8,100. In the spring of 1867 he removed to Millheim, and purchased the "Kreamer Hotel," but after one summer he sold and removed to Bellefonte, where he leased the "Garman Hotel" and purchased the furniture; but possession was not given, and in consequence he never conducted business there. From the spring of 1868 until 1878 he carried on the "Centre Hall Hotel," and was then elected sheriff of the county, entering upon the discharge of his duties on the first Monday in January, 1879. After an incumbency of three years he returned to Centre Hall, where for several years he engaged in stock dealing, buying cattle in the West and selling in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Later he purchased a butcher shop, which, in connection with his son Reuben, he operated for four years. His next investment made him the owner of ninety-six acres of land in The Loop, and he thereafter was interested in agricultural pursuits.
He was a stalwart Democrat, and did all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party. He and his wife belonged to the Lutheran Church, in which he served as trustee and deacon, and at one time he held membership in the Odd Fellow and Masonic fraternities.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 447.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1024.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 54, 448.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 54.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 55.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 448.