He was a member of Capt. George Freysinger's "Hanover Regular Guards," and participated in the parade given in York in honor of Gen. Lafayette, February 2, 1825. He was a chairmaker in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He married
Elizabeth (?).
Daniel was born at
York Co., Pennsylvania, on 3 August 1798. He was the son of
Thomas Spangler and
Anna Maria Funk. Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at
Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania. In the 1850 census for Pennsylvania, York Co., Hanover Borough lists the following family at dwelling and family # 148:
Daniel Spangler, age 53, male, painter, real estate valued at $800, born in York Co., Penna;
Eliza Spangler, age 45, female, born in York Co., Penna;
Edmund C. Spangler, age 22, male, painter, born in York Co., Penna;
Daniel T. Spangler, age 20, male, tobacconist, born in York Co., Penna;
Augustus Spangler, age 16, male, tobacconist, born in York Co., Penna, attended school within the year..