Chester County PA Archives Biography of the WANGER Family, 1881

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Futhey and Cope History of Chester County, 1881.  Biographical and Genealogical, 
pp.725-782  Chapt XIII F

WANGER.— The ancestor of the Wanger family in this country was Heinrich, or 
Henry, Wanger, who owned a farm in Hanover township, (then) Philadelphia Co., 
for which he paid quit-rent prior to 1750. He died in 1781, and is buried in the 
Mennonite graveyard in East Coventry. His children were Johannes, Margaret, 
Abraham, and Anna.

Johannes (or John) Wanger purchased a farm then described as in "Coventree" 
township, Chester Co., now in Union township, Berks Co., where he lived until 
1778, when he sold it to his son Abraham. John Wanger died Jan. 6, 1803. His 
children were Abraham, Jacob, Magdalen, Elizabeth, Hannah, Magdalene, John, and 
Samuel.

Abraham had one son,— Abraham,— who lived to have issue. He married Mary Berge, 
and had ten children,— Susan, who died young, Susanna, George, Henry, Peter, 
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Mary, Abraham, and Annie. George married Rebecca Price, and 
was a well-known farmer of North Coventry. He died Dec. 30, 1876. He was a 
zealous worker in the anti-slavery cause, having made his house a station on the 
Underground Railroad. He was also actively engaged in working in the temperance 
and other reforms. Four of his children are living,— Irving P., now district 
attorney of Montgomery County, Newton, George F.P., and Joseph P., the last 
three living at the old homestead in North Coventry. Abraham is a well-known 
member of the Chester County bar, and was district attorney from 1872 to 1875. 
Rebecca married William B. Stanford, a merchant of Pottstown; Mary married 
Harman Prizer; and Annie married Howard D. Reinhart. Mr. Prizer and Mr. Reinhart 
are well-known enterprising East Coventry farmers and dairymen.

The Wanger family have ever been identified with the intelligent people of the 
State, and have always been noted for their integrity and usefulness as 
citizens."