SPANG, Charles Frederick

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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.

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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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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 - 11/21/1887 Death Notice
at Nice, France, on the 18th, iwfe of Chas F. Spang of Pittsburg.