SPANG, Daniel

Notes:

See son, Robert, for Montgomery write-up.

Daniel — YOUNG, Anna Maria. Anna was born 02 Apr 1812, Pennsylvania; died 15 Oct 1889; was buried Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks, PA. [Group Sheet]

Catharine married VAN HORNE, Henry D. 09 Feb 1871, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He may have written a 'Practical Treatise on Lightning Protection' , first published in 1877. This book was panned by the Science Magazine as it did not subscribe to the current theories on lightning and was considered an effort to sell a commercial product.

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SPANG, ROBERT W., p 734
Surnames: SPANG, YOUNG, VAN HORN, HOLTMAN, HENDEL, FILBERT

Robert W. Spang, a veteran of the Civil war, who was one of the first to respond to his country's call in 1861, is a native of Reading, born Sept. 15, 1845, son of Daniel and Mary (Young) Spang.
Daniel Spang was a son of George, who resided in Amity township, Berks county. There were five children, George, William, John, Daniel and Catherine. Daniel in his earlier years was a manufacturer of mill stones in Reading, later ran a chair factory, and finally engaged in the china and toy business, being located at No.627 Penn street. He was very successful financially, and was a prominent man in Reading. He married Mary, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Young. Her father was a pioneer of Reading, and was well known there, a cabinet maker by trade. His father bought property at No.627-629 Penn street, where most of the family reside, from the Penns, and the old house is one of the landmarks of the city. Daniel Spang died when only forty-eight years of age, but his wife lived to be seventy-eight. Their children were as follows: Elizabeth, widow of H. D. Van Horn, a wholesale shoe dealer in Philadelphia, who now makes her home in the old family place on Penn street; Mary, deceased; H. W., engaged in the electrical business in New York City; Robert W.; Emma, Mrs. Holtman; Daniel, Jr., who died March 18, 1907; Sallie, also at the old home; and Isaac, formerly cashier of the Reading National Bank, who married Miss Emma Hendel. Daniel Spang was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, a Republican in politics, and a man highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Robert W. Spang was sent to the public schools, but he was of an active, adventurous temperament, and when only fourteen years of age ran away from home and enlisted in Company B, 93d Pa. V. I., being mustered in at Camp Coleman, Lebanon county. When the war broke out in 1861, he was one of the first to enlist, and saw much active service as a private in the Army of the Potomac, participating in the battles of Yorktown, the Wilderness, Antietam and Spottsylvania. In time he was given a furlough and returned to his home once more. His mother refused to let him rejoin the army, as he was still so young, and he never received a formal discharge until during Grover Cleveland's administration.
On settling down again in Reading Mr. Spang went into the Philadelphia and Reading shops, and learned the trade of a machinist, remaining in the employ of that road for eighteen years. The next eighteen were spent in the electrical business, in company with his brother, and during seven of those years he was in New York City. The last seven years he has been employed by the Carpenter Steel Company, at Reading.
Mr. Spang married Miss Cordelia Filbert, whose great-uncle was the first mayor of Reading. They have one son, Charles R., a plumber by occupation. Mr. Spang is a Lutheran in his religious faith, but his wife and son are of the Reformed faith. He is a man well known in Reading and has many friends. One of his greatest pleasures is to recall from his present pleasant vantage ground, stories of the many hardships which he endured in the days of the war.

(Source - Montgomery, Morton "Historical and Biographical History of Berks County", 1909. as taken from the Berks County Web-Gen Project)

According to the military records posted on Berks County WebGen pages, Robert W. Spang enlisted November 9, 1861; and deserted November 21, 1863.

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In Relief of Robert W. Spang - US Senate - Feb 8, 1887
Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following:
REPORT
The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 9446) for the relief of Robert W. Spang, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report:
Robert W. Spang, when just turned fifteen years of age, enlisted in Company B, Ninety-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, September, 1861, as a private, contrary to the wishes of his widowed mother. He was with the Army of the Potomac at the battle of Williamsburg, Va., Fair Oaks, Va., in the seven days' retreat, and Malvern Hill. Returning to Washington, met his regiment and went to South Mountain, Maryland, participating in Couch's long march, reaching Antietam two days after the fight. Was then sent to Fredericksburg, on the Rappahannock, and was in Burnside's retreat, and went into camp, Falmouth, Va. He there received a furlough dated April 20, 1863, for good record, for ten days, expiring May 8, 1863. He overstaid his time, and upon being arrested for desertion, upon Habeas Corpus, at the suggestion of his mother, heard before Hon. Warren J. Woodward, president judge of court of common pleas of Berks County, Pennsylvania, was on June 8, 1863, discharged according to law from the military service of the United States. His military record and character are good. He was a mere boy when he enter the service against the will of his parent, and under the circumstances we report the bill, with the recommendation that it do pass.

Robert — FILBERT, Cordelia. Cordelia was born Jul 1870; died 25 Sep 1885. [Group Sheet]

Robert married ???, Adelia 1886. [Group Sheet]

Emma married HOLTON, Cassius 29 Mar 1871, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Along with his brother Henry , established the first telephone system in Reading ,Pa. at 6th and Penn St. in 1881"(from a typewritten document by Helen Hendel Spang). A newspaper article says something a little different but lists the officers as Henry Spang- President and Isaac Spang - secretary-treasurer and the stock holders that include Mary Spang , Daniel Spang and others.
(from Tom Robinson, great grandson).

Isaac married HENDEL, Emma Alice 22 Oct 1885, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. Emma was born 1864, Pennsylvania; died 1946. [Group Sheet]

Charles married MCNEAL, Helen 22 Jul 1907, Manhatten, New York, New York. Helen (daughter of MCNEAL, Harry A. and PELEN, Susan) was born Abt 1892, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Helen married ANCONA, Paul Sylvester Jones 1923, Reading, Pennsylvania. Paul (son of ANCONA, Daniel F. and BECHTEL, Sarah Elizabeth Eve) was born 25 Jun 1894; died 1936. [Group Sheet]

Helen married PEARCE, Thomas Mathews 1942. Thomas was born 1902; died 1986, New Mexico; was buried Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet]

Florence — HENNING, Roy. Roy was born Abt 1896. [Group Sheet]

Florence — BACON, Ernest W.. Ernest was born Abt 1895. [Group Sheet]

Florence — WEIMER, Marshall Ty. [Group Sheet]

Charles — ???, Barbara Ann. Barbara was born 29 Apr 1927, Michigan?; died 26 Dec 2005, Temecula, Riverside, California; was buried Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet]

Living — ROBINSON, J.C.. [Group Sheet]

Living — ROY, A.C. Jr.. [Group Sheet]

Living — CROSBY, -.. [Group Sheet]

Living — PARKER, -.. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living. [Group Sheet]