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| Name |
SPANG, George Henry |
| Born |
16 Feb 1830 |
Roaring Springs, PA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I3771 |
Hans Georg Spang |
| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2015 |
| Father |
SPANG, George B., b. Abt 1776, PA |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
FARQUHAR, Sarah A., b. 20 Sep 1801, Sam's Creek, Maryland , d. 26 Mar 1866, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Family ID |
F1403 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- HON GEORGE H. SPANG, A leading lawyer of Hollidaysburg, an ex-district attorney of Bedford county,and an ex-member of the house of representatives of Pennsylvania, is a son ofGeorge B. and Sarah A. (Farquhar) Spang, and was born February 16, 1830, atRoaring Spring, in what is now Taylor township, Blair county, Pennsylvania,but which was then a part of Bedford county. His paternal grandfather, HenrySpang, was of German descent. He was born in Philadelphia, and in 1824 cameto Roaring Spring, where he died some years afterward. His son, George B.Spang (father), was born in Philadelphia, from which he removed to OleyForge, in Berks county, where he remained until 1822, when he came to RoaringSpring and purchased a tract of four hundred acres of land from John Ullery,upon part of which the larger part of the present flourishing town of Roaringspring was afterward built. He was superintendent of Springfield furnace forseveral years, and then engaged in farming, which he followed until hisdeath, which occurred August 15, A.D. 1856. He was an old-line whig inpolitics, and was a strict member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and formany years prior to his death had been very active in the improvement of histown. He married Sarah A. Farquhar, a daughter of William Farquhar, by whomhe had nine children. Mrs. Spang was a native of Maryland, and died inSeptember, A.D. 1866. George H. Spang spent his boyhood days at Roaring Spring, and atfifteen years of age became a student in the preparatory department ofMarshall college at Mercersburg, Franklin county. After some time spent atthat institution he entered Pennsylvania college at Gettysburg, Adams county,from which he was graduated in the class of 1852. In the next year afterleaving college he became a law student in the office of Hon. Job Mann, ofBedford, this State, and on May 3, 1854, was admitted to practice in thecourts of Bedford county. He soon built up a fine practice at Bedford, andon May 9, 1856, was appointed district attorney of that county, to fill anunexpired term caused by the resignation of Col. Thomas A. Boyd. On October14, 1856, he was elected district attorney for a term of three years, wasreelected on October 11, 1859, and on November 3, 1874, was elected torepresent Bedford county in the house of representatives of Pennsylvania forthe sessions of 1875 and 1876; on November 3, 1876, was reelected and servedduring the sessions of 1877 and 1878. At the expiration of his term hereturned to Bedford, where he remained until 1883, when he came to RoaringSprings, which he left the succeeding year to open an office at Martinsburg,at which place he practiced up to December, 1891. He then came toHollidaysburg, and has already secured a first-class and very remunerativepractice. On November 25, 1862, Mr. Spang married Elizabeth J. Alsip, daughter ofSheriff John Alsip, of Bedford county, and they have one child, a daughternamed Carrie L., who is the wife of Rufus C. Haderman, a lawyer and thepresent prothonotary of Bedford county. In politics Mr. Spang has always been a democrat. While serving in theState legislature he was a member of several important committees, and wasrecognized as an able, logical and fluent speaker. He is above mediumheight, with rather classical features, and of fine personal appearance. George H. Spang stands well in his chosen profession as one who carefullyguards the interests of his clients, and who never neglects any proper meansto secure success in the many cases which he tries in the courts of Blaircounty. Transcribed and submitted to the Blair County, PA, USGenWeb archives by JudyBanja
New York Herald Tribune -June 19, 1897
Hollidaysburg, Penn. June 18 - George H. Spang, the leading criminal lawyer of Blair County, died today at his country home near Martinsburg from paralysis, aged sixty-seven. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, in 1852, served as District-Attorney of Bedford County from 1856 to 1862 and represented that county in the State Legislature for two terms.
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