BIO:  Charles Fredrick SPANGLER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 49

CHARLES FREDRICK SPANGLER, M. D., was born in York, York County, December 31, 
1859, to Harrison and Mary Spangler, and is of German descent.  Dr. Spangler 
derived his earlier education from public schools of the borough.  In July, 
1876, he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. C. M. Nes.  
In 1879 he entered the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, graduating 
with honors in 1881.  Being an ardent lover of the profession, blessed with a 
retentive memory, studious, a hard worker, his association with that institution 
was attended by marked distinction.  His social qualities inviting the 
confidence of the faculty, responsible duties were assigned to him, affording 
exceptional opportunities for acquiring practical knowledge.  His acknowledged 
thorough mastery of the various branches, with a comprehensive manner of 
imparting information to his associates, gave him a foremost position in a class 
of 600.  He began the practice of his profession at Spring Grove, York Co., 
Penn., subsequently locating permanently in York, August, 1881, where he has the 
pleasure of attending to a large and lucrative practice.  In 1880 he was married 
to Miss Frances H. Wilson, of Franklin County, Penn.  One child has been born to 
this union, Joseph.  Politically the Doctor is of Democratic propensities.  At 
the general election in 1884, he was elected coroner of York County by a 
handsome majority, receiving the largest vote on the ticket and carrying the 
Second Ward, which is largely Republican.  He is a member of the Lutheran Church 
and a contributor to various city medical journals.