Joseph Stang (1810 - 1864)

Born 1810 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Died 31 Dec 1864 at about age 54 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

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Biography

John Joseph Stang was born about March 1809 in Germany. He was the son of Antonio Stang and Margaretha Krag. ^[1]

On 22 Mar 1809, Joseph Stang was baptized in Mörsch, Ettlingen, Baden, Germany. ^[1]

He immigrated to the United States.

About 1843, Joseph Stang married Anna Hagen in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Anna was also a German immigrant.

On 7 Nov 1844, his daughter Anna Susana Stang was born while they were living in Baltimore.

On 13 Mar 1846, his son Frederick Carl Stang was born while they were living in Baltimore.

On 26 Sep 1848, his son Martin Joseph Stang was born while they were living in Baltimore.

On 28 Aug 1850, Joseph Stang (32) lived in Baltimore with his wife Ann (35), daughter Anna (6), and sons Fred (5) and Martin (2). They were white. Joseph and Ann were born in Germany; the children were born in Maryland. Joseph worked as a blacksmith. ^[2]

On 7 Jun 1851, his son Peter Joseph Stang was born in Baltimore. Joseph was a blacksmith.

On 29 Apr 1856, his son Joseph Frederick Stang was born in Dawsonville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

On 12 Jun 1860, Joseph Stang (50) lived in Darnestown, Medleys District, Montgomery County, Maryland with his wife Anna (45) and their five children Anna S (16), Joseph F (14), Joseph M (11), Peter J (9), and Joseph F (4). They were white. Joseph was a blacksmith with a real estate value of $900 and personal estate value of $430. Joseph and Anna were born in Germany; the children were born in Maryland. ^[3]

On 5 Jun 1861, his daughter Anna Stang married Adolphus James Lindig at the Concordia Lutheran Evangelical Church in Washington, District of Columbia. Adolphus was born in 1835 in Eisenach, Saxony, Germany and immigrated about 1854. ^[4]

On 10 Dec 1861, Joseph Stang was arrested and committed to jail. ^[5]

On 11 Mar 1862, Joseph Stang was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to eight years in prison. ^[5]

On 31 Dec 1864, Joseph Stang (55) died in a Baltimore prison from chronic diarrhea. Burial details are unknown but he possibly was buried near the prison. ^[5]

Timeline Facts

• Fact: Residence (1860) Medley's 3rd District, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
• Fact: Burial Non-cemetery Burial

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QBX4-1WPZ : 16 January 2019), Josephus Stang, 22 Mar 1809; citing Baptism, Mörsch, Ettlingen, Baden, Deutschland, , Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD47-CXT : 12 April 2016), Joseph Stong, Baltimore county, part of, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing family 1311, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69H-74D : 26 July 2017), Joseph Stang, 1860.
4. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLDF-KWL : 4 November 2017), Adolph Lindig and Anna Sterig, 05 Jun 1861; citing p. 3, Records Office, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,079,252.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #140833933 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140833933/joseph-stang: accessed 04 August 2022), memorial page for Joseph Stang (22 Mar 1809–31 Dec 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140833933, ; Maintained by Glenn Wallace (contributor 46802463)Burial Details Unknown, who reports a Possibly buried near Baltimore penitentiary.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 February 2018, 14:53), entry for Joseph Stang(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVGJ-HFG); contributed by various users.