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Ihe Centre gmorr^t.Thursday Morning, Deocmber 15, 1881.OaaanMM»SNr^«uaiaIelii«lai|iHUt»l .,(ll.•4 (run uj part of (hr cuaat*. No on. hi tin lo -U a-iBMriMl uuIm# sccumpaoled bj tbs r*«l uuu« of b«writer.Local Department.—Buy your blankets ul Loebs. —Holiday Goods at Zellers Drug Store. —Strictly one price, honeet dealing, nokins Injnder-Ire.ps and 3o.’s.I now Drugs ewrned atkc., in ivaledgoods.goodamineDruge Be*1 paperes and ds andid bar-yany. I goods'o.articlere you'o.circu-srlety, r than• dol-d veryIriving•bore,•hoes,/I.us you paying rat all A Co. can be cellent prices»b, are,cash-all theI down Co. ’s. rangeslane AJouble •Icome been in thisroduce Ac.— it cash : centBioorapiiical SK*TC««a.—We continue ibis week a few selections from Prof. Meyer s biographical sketches of the first settlers of Brush valley. Everything that relates to the pioneers of the county is Interesting, and as we glance through the sketches of our friend the recollection of more tbsn one old patriarch, of whose I'crsonal traits and characters wo h»d learned years ago, was revived in our minds-As a rule they were energetic, persevering, prudent, honest and God-tearing men, and they left a strong impression upon the settlements that grew from tho beginning which they marie :CuRinToniKR Srakolkr camo originally from More township, Northampton county, lie owned a farm east of New Berlin, Union county, and lived on it ihree years ; thence he removed to Brush valley in 1704 or 1705, and located on the place now owned by bis son Jonathan Spangler. He bought a Mr. George floor-mer's interest in a leaso for bis tract and received his deed from Miles for it in 1708, which showed that it was leased in 1701. Other parcels were purchased subsequently. Uis father-in-law, John Kryder, lived on the adjoining farm—now John Kreamer'# and bad come into the tbe valley several years before, probably in 1702. Mr. Spangler built tbe stone bouse on the place wblcb to-day is still a substantial building.The subject of this sketch, Mr. Spangler, was a man of strong convictions, moral, religious and political, and fearlessly carried them out, caring little for popular opinion. The Sabbalh-breakcr and the tippler slunk awsy at his approach; the swearer and brawling bully subsided into silence as he passed ; all evil-doers dreaded his reproof. He wss an intelligent rnan and a friend of education, taking a very decided stand in favor of the common school system when that question was submitted to a vote of tbe people. Mr. Spangler belonged to tbe Lutheran church until about the year 1800, when be became a member of the Evangelical association. (See churches.) There aro a number of descendants in Miles and Potior township*, Centre county, and many in the west. Children there wero nine; Samuel and Jacob, who resided in Potter township, both deceased ; Jonathan, who lives at the old homestead,—to him the writer is Indebted for much Information on various subjects in this sketch ; Anna Maria, who was married to Conrad Hare; Susan, who was married to Solomon Gerbeart; Magdalena, who was married to Jacob Wcise;Christina, who was the wife of Mr.--Evans ; Esther, who was married to John Betts, and Rebecca, who was married to Jacob Kreamer. Mr. Spangler was born May 17, 1766, died Ktb 21, 1866, and is buried in tbe Lutheran and Reformed graveyard at Rcbersburg.Sometime after Christopher Spangler moved into tbe valley, bis father George Christopher Spangler, original y from Prussia, came also and occupied the place n »w owned by Jacob Shulls. Here be died in 1802. Three of his ether sons came about the same time, probably with him. They were Henry, who become a pioneer settler of Sugar valley near where Tylersrille is now situated ; George, who-went to Ohio ; Peter, who removed to Bald Eagle valley somewhere abootagle-ville, thence to Ohio; another son, Jcfrn, settled along tbe Sinnamabontng.Paul Wolf purchased in 1811 fromTaKU. U Ik.Ill a ,___
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Bellefonte Centre Democrat
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Dec 15, 1881
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