John Luther Spangler (1829 - 1915)

Born 22 Feb 1829 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie (Carriker) Spangler — married 1 May 1851 in Montgomery, Illinois, United States

Husband of Mahala Ann (Edwards) Horman — married 5 Aug 1858 in Montgomery, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1915 at age 86 in Venice, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Name

Name: John L /Spangler/^[1]

John was born in Pennsylvania in 1829, the son of John Spangler and Elizabeth keyser. In 1850, John was living with his mother and siblings in Montgomery county, Montgomery, Illinois. His father was not in the home, possibly died?^[2] The household included:

• Elizabeth Spangle F 40 Pennsylvania
• John Spangle M 21 Pennsylvania
• David Spangle M 18 Pennsylvania
• Francis Spangle M 14 Pennsylvania
• Henry Spangle M 8 Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Spangle F 10 Pennsylvania
• Jacob Spangle M 5 Pennsylvania
• Lydia Spangle F 3 Pennsylvania

John Luther Spangler married four times, according to family records. His first wife was Nelly Carriker (aka Kerriker) with whom he had two sons, Virgil and Charles M.^[3] They married on 01 May 1851 in Montgomery, Illinois.^[4] Nellie passed away around 1857, possibly in child birth or shortly after.

His second wife was Mahala Edwards whom he married on 05 Aug 1858 in Montgomery, Illinois.^[5] They had three children together - William D, Mary (Edith?) Jenette, and Edgar Allen.

By 1860, John and his second wife were living in Hillsboro, Montgomery, Illinois.^[6] The household included:

• John Spangler M 30 Penn
• Mahala Spangler F 19 Illinois
• Virgil Spangler M 8 Illinois
• Charles Spangler M 2 Illinois
• Edgar A Spangler M 0 Illinois

John served in the US Army during the Civil War, enlisting on May 28, 1861 in Cairo, Illinois. He served in Company H, Ninth Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers until mustering out in Jul 1861. He enlisted again on 15 Aug 1862 in Company D, 126 Illinois Volunteers and mustered out 12 Jul 1865 as a Corporal.^[7]

John and Mahala were still in Hillsboro in 1870. They had produced two more children - David (aka William D) and Mary. The household now included:

• John Spangler M 40 Illinois
• Mahala Spangler F 27 Illinois
• Allen Spangler M 10 Illinois
• David Spangler M 8 Illinois
• Mary Spangler F 3 Illinois
• Virgil Spangler M 18 Illinois
• Charles Spangler M 12 Illinois

According to family records, Mahala divorced John in 1873, moved to Jasper County, Missouri, where she married Croydon Skidmore. John reportedly married Anna Hartman and divorced 9 months later in 1873 in Carthage, Missouri. He married a fourth time to his niece by marriage, Elizabeth Abigail Carriker Todd Lingle, on 18 June 1874. They had no children. In 1900, the couple was living in Roscoe Township Roscoe village, St. Clair, Missouri.^[8] The household included:

• John Spangler Head M 71 Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Spangler Wife F 66 Pennsylvania
• Elbert M Gurnee Son-in-law M 47 New York
• Evert Gurnee Nephew M 15 Missouri
• Sherman Gurnee Nephew M 13 Kansas

On 9 Apr 1879, John appeared before the Circuit Court in Montgomery County, Illinois, to apply for an "invalid" pension. He declared he had been working as a carpenter and was healthy at the time of enlistment, but the illness of Erysipelas (a bacterial infection in the upper layer of the skin) contracted from exposure during the Civil War prevented him from obtaining subsistence by manual labor. An affidavit from a witness claimed he was bedridden with badly swollen face, neck and back and blind from the disease. It appears from copies of records from the War department, department of Interior, etc., he had to repeatedly file for pensions over the years. His pension of $30 a month stopped the day he died.^[9]

Wife, Elizabeth, died in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri, on 11 Oct 1903.

In 1910, the widowed John was living in the home of his widowed daughter-in-law, Laura Luella Hobbs Spangler, who had been the wife of his son, Edgar, in Roscoe, St Clair, Missouri.^[10] The household included:

• Laura L Spangler Head F 42 Missouri
• Walter J Spangler Son M 21 Missouri
• Roy L Spangler Son M 18 Missouri
• Joseph Spangler Son M 16 Missouri
• Mildred P Spangler Son M 4 Missouri
• Jno Spangler Father-in-law M 81 Pennsylvania

After Laura remarried, John went to live with his son Virgil, where he remained until his death.

John passed away in 1915 in Illinois from chronic malaria and old age senility. Burial was in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00089 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18911718&pid=3135
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M858-K68 : 12 April 2016), John Spangle in household of Elizabeth Spangle, Montgomery county, Montgomery, Illinois, United States; citing family 374, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Family Search pedigree file[1]
4. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PS-NML : 10 February 2018), John Spangler and Nelly Carriker, 01 May 1851; citing Montgomery,Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,315,684.
5. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-XQFD : 4 November 2017), John Spangler and Mahala Edwards, 05 Aug 1858; citing Montgomery, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,315,684.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4C-2VN : 13 December 2017), Edgar A Spangler in entry for John Spangler, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSWN-LYD : 4 December 2014), John Spangler, Private, Company D, 126th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864), Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 85; FHL microfilm 881,705.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38F-ZTS : accessed 4 January 2019), John Spangler, Roscoe Township Roscoe village, St. Clair, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 7B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,886.
9. ↑ Copies of officials records including "Declaration For Original Invalid Pension" dated 9 Apr 1879, Montgomery, Illinois; the Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, dated 15 Jan 1898; War Department, Adjutant General's Office dated 12 May 1881, 24 Mar 1882,15 Jan 1898; "Declaration For Pension", 14 mar 1907, St Clair, Missouri, etc. Copies in possession of Holly Waugh.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BX-N7H : accessed 4 January 2019), Jno Spangler in household of Laura L Spangler, Roscoe, St Clair, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 9B, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 802; FHL microfilm 1,374,815.
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 January 2019), memorial page for John Spangler (22 Feb 1829–24 Oct 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #69999668, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Steve Trudgeon (contributor 47288311) .

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See also:

• Family records handed down through the generations, and now in the possession of Holly Waugh.

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Spangler-415 was created by Andrea Wood through the import of Andrea Wood Hash Family Tree_2014-07-22.ged on Jul 22, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.