MILITARY SERVICE: Enlisted in the War of 1812 and marched with his rifle company, Abraham Rinker, Captain, to Baltimore in 1814, but arrived too late to participate in the battle of North Point, at which the British General Ross was killed.
Jonas was born at
York Co., Pennsylvania, in 1771. He was the son of
Major Joseph Spangler and
Elizabeth Gardner. He married
Sarah Sharp on 10 March 1805. Jonas was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at
Warrington Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania. In the 1850 census for Pennsylvania, York Co., Warrington Twp. the is the following family listed at dwelling # 1298 and family # 1301:
Jonas Spangler, age 70, male, farmer, real estate valued at $10000, born in Pennsylvania;
Sarah Spangler, age 65, female, born in Pennsylvania;
Catharine Spangler, age 27, female, born in Pennsylvania;
Jonas Spangler, age 20, male, farmer, born in Pennsylvania;
Henry Tree, age 15, male, born in Pennsylvania, attended school within the year.. Jonas died in 1856 at
Washington Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania.