BIO:  Hamilton 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 48

HAMILTON SPANGLER (deceased), a native of York, the third of four children of 
Samuel and Mary Dinkel Spangler, was born April 10, 1810.  Mr. Spangler was 
educated at the York County Academy.  In 1838 he began farming; continued at 
this occupation for ten years, then retired from active business life.  While 
farming Mr. Spangler resided near Shrewsbury, York County, and owned two of the 
best farms in that township.  In 1861 he married Miss Ann Eliza Connellee, a 
native of York, daughter of Col. James S. and Sarah (Danner) Connellee, early 
settlers of York.  The father of our subject was born in York County in 1773; 
Mary Dinkel, his mother, was born in the same county in 1783.  Mr. Spangler’s 
maternal grandfather was a soldier, and did gallant service for his country, in 
the Revolutionary war.  Baltzer Spangler, his paternal grandfather, served also 
in that struggle.  Our subject had one sister, Eliza, the wife of Jacob Hoke, of 
Havre de Grace, Md.  His brothers were Samuel (deceased) and Washington 
(deceased), who died at the early age of sixteen.  The father of Mrs. Spangler, 
Col. James S. Connellee, was born in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1788; was 
reared and educated in the city of Richmond, Va.  Col. Connellee was a 
progressive and prominent citizen of York in his day.  He was a leading member 
and vestryman in the Episcopal Church for many years; member of the York Lodge 
of Freemasons, and one of the first men in York to offer his services to his 
country in the war of 1812.  He was the youngest of four sons; Thornton, William 
and Daniel were the names of his brothers.  He died on the 23d of April, 1839.  
Sarah (Danner) Connellee, the wife of Col. Connellee, was the daughter of 
Abraham Danner.  The Danner family were among the pioneer settlers of York and 
the history of York County will show that Michael Danner was the intimate friend 
and adviser of the Penn family.  (See History of York County.)