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 1809 - 1904 (95 years)
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| Name |
SPANG, Charles Frederick |
| Born |
06 May 1809 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
18 Jul 1904 |
Nice, France  [2] |
| Buried |
Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania [2] |
| Person ID |
I227 |
Hans Georg Spang |
| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2015 |
| Father |
SPANG, Henrich S., b. 18 Oct 1787, Oley Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania , d. 06 Mar 1845, Morris Township, Huntingdon County, PA (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
FISCHER, Maria, b. 15 Aug 1790, d. 27 Feb 1830 (Age 39 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
Abt 01 Jan 1808 [3] |
| Family ID |
F148 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
LLOYD, Sarah Ann, b. 1817, Virginia , d. 18 Nov 1887, Nice, France (Age 70 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. SPANG, Alice, d. 10 Oct 1894, Brooklyn, New York |
| | 2. SPANG, Catherine Miriam, b. 1830, d. 1860 (Age 30 years) |
| | 3. SPANG, Charles H., b. 10 Mar 1835, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania , d. 15 Feb 1919, New York, New York (Age 83 years) |
| | 4. SPANG, Sarah Josephine, b. Abt 1838, d. 24 Nov 1870, Weinaur, Germany (Age ~ 32 years) |
| | 5. SPANG, Norman, b. 12 Nov 1841, d. Dec 1922, Paris France (Age 81 years) |
| | 6. SPANG, Rosalie, b. 10 Apr 1845, d. 1932 (Age 86 years) |
| | 7. SPANG, Pauline, d. 1859 |
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| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2015 |
| Family ID |
F149 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821
Pg. 271. 272
CHARLES FREDERICK SPANG was born in Berks Co., Pa. in 1809. His great-grandfather, the progenitor of the family in this country, was HANS GEORGE SPANG, who emigrated in 1751 from Rotterdam, Holland, to America, and settled in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Of HANS? six sons, LEONARD and GEORGE served in the war of independence; the former died a prisoner of war in Trenton, N. J.; the other went to Europe with Gen. Kuyphausen, who had commanded the Hessians, and became the resident of Bremen, where he acquired a large fortune, and died without immediate heirs in 1826. A portion of his distant relations in America are now claimants of the estate. Another son, FREDERICK SPANG, became the owner of the Oley furnaces at Semple, Pa, one of the oldest works of the kind in the U. S., having been erected in 1772. He left this property to his son, HENRY S. SPANG, afterward moved to Huntingdon Co., Pa., where he established iron-works. The Pa. canal was opened about this time to Huntingdon, thus offering a market in Pittsburgh for their products.
CHARLES FREDRICK SPANG, the junior member of the firm, came with his father to Huntingdon, and was an active assistant in the conduct of the business...The formation of the firm of H. S. SPANG & Son, and the erection of the Etna Iron-works on the site of a sickle-factory that had been built at Etna in 1817. The firm was destined to take a prominent place among the manufacturers of the west. The son, now 19 years of age, became the business manager and a resident here. On the death of H. S. SPANG, the firm became SPANG & Co. (CHARLES F. SPANG and James McAuley). The business was conducted under this style till 1858, when the present firm of SPANG, Chalfant & Co. was formed, consisting of CHARLES H. SPANG, John W. Chalfant, C. B. Herron and George A. Chalfant. In 1878 the SPANG Steel & Iron Co. (limited) was organized as a branch of the above. Its officers are Campbell B. Herron, president; John C. Porter, treasurer, and George A. Chalfant, general manager.
In the year 1858 MR. SPANG moved to Nice. France, where he has since resided, making occasional visits to his native country. He was a pioneer in the iron business here, and was the first manufacturer of iron tubing west of the Allegheny mountains. He was one of the early directors of the Bank of Pittsburgh, one of the founders of the Western Pa. hospital, and a corporator of the Allegheny Cemetery, and a vestryman of Trinity Church.
CHARLES H. SPANG, son of C. F. SPANG, and a member of the firm of SPANG, Chalfant & Co., was born in Pittsburgh. He was educated in the city, and succeeded his father in the business. NORMAN SPANG, the second son, who is connected with the business, resides in Pittsburgh.
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National Labor Tribune -- July 28, 1904
Charles F. Spang Dead.
Charles F. Spang of Pittsburg died last Thursday at Nice, France, after a long illness.
He was a pioneer iron man in the Pittsburg district and the first manufacturer of iron tubing west of the Allegheny mountains. Mr. Spang was prominent in the business life of Pittsburg until his removal to Nice, France, many years ago. He came to Pittsburg with his father in his youth and was associated with him in the business of H. S. Spang and Son, whose works were at Etna. On the death of his father Mr. Spang organized the firm of Spang and Company, having James McAuley for a partner.
In 1858 the present firm of Spang, Charles F. Spang taking the place in Chalfant and Company was formed, the business formerly held by his father in the old firm. Mr. Spang then removed to Nice, making occasional trips to this city.
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| Sources |
- [S644] Passport Application, Roll 131 - 22 May 1865-14 Jun 1865.
- [S558] Find A Grave.
- [S656] Reading Adler Newspaper, Reading Berks County, PA.
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