Lt. George Ilgenfritz Spangler, (USA)

Obituary: The Baltimore Sun May 31, 1898

Lieut. George Ilgenfritz Spangler, a veteran of the civil war, died early yesterday morning at his residence, 1626 Druid Hill avenue. The ancestors of Lieutenant Spangler emigrated to America in 1727 and settled in York county, Pa. where he was born March 14, 1840.

He was the son of the late Henry Spangler, and was a member of Worth infantry, of York, Pa., whose captain Thomas A. Zeigler, tendered the services of his command to Secretary of War Cameron immediately after Fort Sumter was fired on, April 12, 1861. This was the first company to respond to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers, and on April 19, 1861. It was sent into Maryland without being mustered into the United States service. Lieutenant Spangler served throughout the war, contracting chronic rheumatism, for which he drew a pension from the government.

After the war he returned to York, where he lived for until 10 years ago, when he came to Baltimore and entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a painter. His wife, whom he married in York before he enlisted in the army survives him, with five children and seven grandchildren.

The children are Mrs. H.N. Demorest, Mr. Henry Bird Spangler, Mr. Charles Spangler and Mrs. Carroll Musselman, living in Baltimore, and Mr. George Spangler, living in York, where the interment will be made. The mother of Lieutenant Spangler, who was Miss Eliza Ilgenfritz, is also living in York and is eighty-four years old. Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 24 2022, 22:12:09 UTC