SPANG, Charles Frederick

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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.

Charles — LLOYD, Sarah Ann. Sarah was born 1817, Virginia; died 18 Nov 1887, Nice, France; was buried Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

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New York Herald Tribune - October 31, 1894 Death Notices
HENRY - On October 10, at her residence, No. 418 Grand Ave, Brooklyn, Alice Spang Henry. Funeral services at the Church of the Reformation, Gates Av. Brooklyn on Thursday, November 1 at 3 o'clock pm. Interment at Pittsburg, Pa.

Alice married HENRY, Charles Augustus 29 Jul 1868, Manhatten, New York, New York. (son of HENRY, Philip Jr. and LAWSON, Margaret) [Group Sheet]

Catherine — MCJUNKIN, Isaiah. Isaiah was born 16 Jul 1816; died 1863. [Group Sheet]

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Pawtucket (RI) Times - December 1, 1904

SPANG MARRIAGE LONG HIDDEN
New York, Dec.1 -- In response to intimations by Henry J. Bebro that in the hearing of the habeas corpus proceedings to secure the release of Mabel Spang from Dr. George Bond's private asylum in Yonkers sensational revelations would be made in the hearing on Dec. 16, William T. Gilbert of 346 Broadway, counsel to the girl's parents, yesterday declared that Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Spang were married many years ago.
As far as the world knew Mr. Spang, who is a member of the Union League Club and the son of a Pittsburg millionaire, married his wife, who was known as Mrs. Rosa E. Willis, five years ago.
Mr. Gilbert said that the first marriage was kept secret in order that Mr. Spang should not be disinherited by his father, Charles F. Spang, and that when he died, Charles H. Spang was again married to his wife who had been known as Mrs. Willis.
Mr. Bebro showed a letter written to him by Mabel Spang in which she warmly thanked him for his efforts to secure her release from the asylum where she is confined by her parents. "All I can compare you to" she says, "is a grand fairy godfather taking some poor Cinderella out of her abode of sorrow and giving her instead happiness" He also showed letters to Miss Josephine Sclam, a French teacher in the school formerly attended by Mabel Spang, tending to show confidence of Miss Spang's relatives in Miss Sclam. The friendship between Miss Sclam and Mabel Spang is the basis of the lunacy charge against the girl.
Miss Sclam was boarding last summer at Riverhead, L.I., and about July 20 she was joined by Mabel Spang. On July 24 a dispatch came from Mrs. Spang instructing the daughter to meet her at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to say goodby before the mother sailed for Europe. Two days later the girl was confined in the private asylum under the care of Miss Grace Satymore, who is the ostensible employer of Mr. Bebro in the habeas corpus proceedings. Aug. 4, 1904 a paid personl in a morning paper said "Mrs. C. H. Spang and Miss Mabel Spang of 65 East Seventy-eighth street will sail for Europe Saturday."
At the time Miss Spang was in the asylum. She told her story to the nurse, Miss Satymore, and together they plotted an escape.

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OBITUARY - New York Times

SPANG - On Feb. 15, 1919. Charles H. Spang, in his 84th year, beloved husband of Rosa E. Spang. Funeral service at Church of the Incarnation, Madison Av. and 35th St., Tuesday, February 18 at 4 p.m. Interment Pittsburg, Penn.

Charles — Rosalie. Rosalie was born 10 Apr 1854; died 22 Jun 1919. [Group Sheet]

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Public Ledger - Decmener 25, 1870
S. Josephine McDowell at Weinaur Germany, November 24, 1870, oldest daugher of Charles and Sarah A. Spang.

Sarah married MCDOWELL, Francis Marion 21 Oct 1861, St Martins-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet]

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New York Times- 12/9/22; 13; 4 - Norman Spang who died recently in Paris was an associate of Andrew Carnegie and partner in Spang-Chalfant
New York Times- 7/13/23; 13; 5 - The heart of Norman Spang, a former resident of Pittsburgh who died in Paris a month ago, was placed in a vault in Allegheny Cemetery today.

The mineral "spangolite" was named for Norman Spang, who contributed the type specimen (https://www.mindat.org/min-3721.html). Norman Spang's mineral collection is now housed at the American Museum of Natural History (https://www.amnh.org/research/physical-sciences/earth-and-planetary-sciences/geology-collections/minerals-gems).[note added by PD Polly, 21 Jul 2022]

Norman — BISSELL, Mary. Mary was born 12 Oct 1846, Allegheny, Blair County, Pennsylvania; died 14 Sep 1940, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; was buried Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

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She is in the Family Plot although I am not certain how she is related.

Mary married LYTE, Eliphalet Oram PhD 26 Mar 1872, Yellow Springs, Blair Co, PA. Eliphalet was born 29 Jun 1842; died 03 Jan 1913. [Group Sheet]

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New York Daily Tribune -Saturday, 12/17/1904
Writ of Habeas Corpus to release Mabel from Dr. Bond's Sanitarium in Yonkers, NY. It was decided she was not insane - "The commitment was void by reason of its having been made out without notice or opportunity to be heard. But Miss Spang is a minor, and is held also by virtue of delegated parental authority. She is not, and, I think never was, insane. But she is disobedient and unfilial and is subject, when permitted her freedom, to a vicious influence and is easily led, and I find the restraint to which she is being subjected to be reasonable and necessary in the circumstances."
Justice Mareau, Superior Court of the Bronx.

Daily People Newspaper - 12/18/1904
MYSTERY IN SPANG CASE
Behind closed doors, Judge Mareau, of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, yesterday continued his investigation into the facts connected with the case of Miss Mabel Spang, the handsome young daughter of Charles II Spang, a wealthy Pittsburg manufacturer, whose release from a Yonkers sanitarium is being sought by Henry J. Bebro, a Manhattan business man.
Miss Spang, attractively gowned, was an early arrival in the court room where she met her parents. No others save persons who were summoned to give evidence were admitted to the court room.
It was learned that in accordance with an order issued by Judge Mareau Miss Spang was allowed to go unaccompanied to the office of Lawyer Bambrich, of No. 309 Broadway, who is counsel for Bebe.
Attorney Bambrich requested the Court for the privilege of having a private interview with the young woman, and this was granted.
It was rumored that the case will develop sensational circumstances before the investigation, now conducted with such secrecy, is concluded.

Mabel — CROME. [Group Sheet]

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Daily People Newspaper - April 21, 1903

SPANG LED A GAY LIFE

John Bissell, the uncle of Charles Frederick Spang, the rich young Pittsburger arrested for trying to shoot citizens in the Tenderloin, has wired the police here to take all pistols from the young man and to detain him under close guard until he recovers.
Spang is still in Bellevue Hospital, but Dr. Frederickson said to-day that he was perfectly rational.
Pittsburg, April 20 -- John Frederick Spang is a peculiar character. His life here was one round of pleasure.
It was well known to his friends that he was addicted to the use of drugs. He was very fond of revolver shooting and was a dead shot. He has half a dozen automobiles. He has unlimited funds from his father's estate. He is a large stockholder in Spang, Chalfant & Company.

Louis married LONGENECKER, Ruth May 12 Mar 1912, Maytown, Lancaster, PA. Ruth was born 19 Mar 1892; died 02 Nov 1986. [Group Sheet]

Louis married Living [Group Sheet]

Gilbert — ???, Marguerite E.. [Group Sheet]