CLYDE SPANGLE is owner of two handsome and productive farms in
Northeast Indiana, and in every sense of the term is a
progressive,
up-to-date farmer and a citizen whose name is spoken with respect
wherever known.
His home farm in Jackson Township of Steuben County, was the place
of
his
birth. He first saw the light of day January 3, 1877, and is
a
son
of Henry and Sarah (Metzger) Spangle. His father was born in
Steuben
County, New York in 1821, a son of Henry and Mary Spangle. He grew
up
in
Seneca County and at the age of twenty-three came to Indiana,
purchasing
160 acres in Jackson Township. Only six acres had been
cleared,
and
eventually he brought under cultivation 120 acres and placed upon
it
some
exceptional improvements. He died August 16, 1907, and his wife
May 29,
1912.
His wife was a daughter of Adam and Mary Metzger, who settle in
Jackson
Township
of Steuben County. Henry Spangle and wife had two children,
Carrie
and Clyde. Carrie who died in June, 1906, was the wife of
Jacob
Hellinger
and she left three children, named Charles, Lucille, and Basil.
Clyde Spangle attended the district schools in Jackson Township,
also
at
Orland, and since he was eighteen years of age has been farming
the
homestead
for himself. He is owner of 212 1/4 acres of section 6 of
Jackson
Township,
and also has 240 acres in Springfield Township of LaGrange
County.
Both farms are improved, with splendid buildings and for years
these
farms
have been notable for the production of good live stock.
December 30, 1903, Mr Spangle married Lizzie M. Marsh, daughter of
Chester
and Eva (Webb) Marsh. Her mother was born in Jackson
Township in
1859,
a daughter of Arthur and Amelia Webb. Chester Marsh was born
in
Branch
County, Michigan, a son of Ebenezer and Minerva (Gleason) Marsh,
and
was
two years old when his father died and four when his mother pased
away.
Soon afterward he was brought to Millgrove Township of Steuben
County
and
with the exception of three years in Michigan has been a resident
of
Steuben
County ever since. His present home is at Orland. Mr
Marsh
had
two children, Lizzie M. and Elzie, the latter the wife of Frank
Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. Spangle have two children: Henry, born January
15,
1914;
and Evelyn, born March 23, 1909.
Submitted By: Cindy Duhamel
E-mail: CindyDuhamel.1@gmail.com