Conrad Spangler ¹

   Cause of his death was senility.

  Death Notes:

Conrad died aged 97 years, 10 months, and 21 days.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: Germany, 1843, Pennsylvania. ¹

• Moved: Pennsylvania, 1850, Iowa. ¹

• Census, 1850. ¹ 1850 census, Danville Township, Des Moines County, Iowa

• Census, 1860. ¹ 1860 census, Danville Township, Des Moines County, Iowa

• Military, between September 10, 1862 and June 6, 1865. ¹ Conrad served in the Union Army, Company G, 25th Iowa Infantry, 2nd Brigade, under Colonel George A. Stone of the 15th Army Corps under the immediate command of Major General William T. Sherman in Sherman's March to the Sea.

From the Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1866, Volume III, page 998: Spangler, Conrad. Age 36. Residence Danville, nativity Germany. Enlisted August 20, 1862. Mustered September 10, 1862. Promoted First Corporal January 31, 1863. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D.C.

• Census, 1870. ¹ 1870 census, Danville Township, Des Moines County, Iowa

• Census, 1880, Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa. ³ C. Spangler (Conrad Spangler) , head of household, married, male, white, age 54, born in Baden, farmer, father's birthplace Baden, mother's birthplace Baden

E. Spangler, wife, married, female, white, age 51, born in Pennsylvania, keeping house, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania

G. Spangler, son, single, male, white, age 18, born in Iowa, farm laborer, father's birthplace Baden, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania

M. Anderson (William Albert Anderson's Kids) , daughter, widowed, female, white, age 23, born in Iowa, assists in home, father's birthplace Baden, mother's birthplace Pennsylvania

I. Anderson, granddaughter, single, female, white, age 7, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Iowa, mother's birthplace Iowa

W. Anderson, grandson, single, male, white, age 5, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Iowa, mother's birthplace Iowa

A. R. Anderson, grandson, single, male, white, age 3, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Iowa, mother's birthplace Iowa

J. Anderson, grandson, single, male, white, age 0, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Iowa, mother's birthplace Iowa

• Census, 1900. ¹ 1900 census, Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa

• Occupation. ¹ He was a farmer, and mail carrier in Winfield, Henry County, Iowa.

• Religion. ¹ He was a Roman Catholic in youth, but converted to Presbyterian.

Conrad married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of John A. Davis and Louisiana A. "Louisa" Groves, on September 17, 1846 in Pennsylvania.¹ (Elizabeth Davis was born on October 9, 1827 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania,¹ died on May 21, 1907 in Winfield, Henry County, Iowa ¹ and was buried on May 23, 1907 in the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa ¹.) The cause of her death was acute bronchitis.