Person:John Stang (3)

1900 Census for Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
13 & 14 Jun 1900

Stang, John, head, white male, born Nov 1863, age 36, married 14 years, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Ohio, farmer, rents his farm.

Orpha, wife, white female, born Oct 1864, age 35, married 14 years, mother of 1, 1 living, born Ohio, father born Vermont, mother born Ohio,

Hubert, son, white male, born June 1890, age 9, single, born Ohio, attended school 8 months.

Olivia, mother, white female, born Dec 1833, age 66, Widowed, born Connecticut, father born Germany, mother born Germany,

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Stang, John
Posted by: Carol Eddleman (IP Logged)
Date: January 19, 2007 11:30PM

LORAIN COUNTY OHIO
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John Stang
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John Stang, railroad and Government contractor, Lorain, is a native of Germany, born February 19, 1836, at Kurhassen, where he was educated, and learned the trade of manufacturer of broadcloth. At the age of nineteen he immigrated to the United States, and after landing came directly to Lorain, Ohio, where he worked first in a shipyard, in the meantime making himself master of the English language. With characteristic energy and his well-known ability he soon advanced himself, and it was not long before he was largely interested in contracting and building, including bridge building for the country, as well as for railroads, in connection with which latter the first bridges he contracted for were on the Cleveland & Akron road and on the Nickel Plate; he also constructed foundations for iron bridges. Prior to this he had done Government work, chiefly building piers and breakwaters, from which he drifted in 1881, into harbor dredging. Nor did Mr. Stang confine himself to contracting and building for in 1864 we find him already deep in the timber business, shipping to New York, Buffalo and Cleveland and to Quebec (Canada)for foreign shipment; and he is still interested in that line of trade in Ottawa county Ohio where he has, in connection, sawmills, stores etc. He more closely confines himself to Government contracts for the building of drydocks, coal-docks etc. also the raising of sunken vessels, and other such work on the lakes.

Mr. Stang has been twice married, first time in 1863 to Miss Mary Brown, by whom he has four children: Christina M., wife of H. Little; W.F. and John J., attending to their father's timber interests, and Lizzie, wife of P. Jackson. The mother of these dying in 1875, Mr. Stang married in 1876 Miss Catherine Brown. In his political sympathies our subject is a Republican; socially he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of the Macabees and Knights of Honor. IN matters of religion he is a member of the Congregational Church.

Mr. Stang's parents Augustus and Margaret (Herwig) Stang were also natives of Kurhessen, Germany, where they passed their lives, and where the father carried on a merchant tailoring business. They were Presbyterians. Their family consisted of six children - four sons and two daughters - of whom the subject of this sketch is fourth in order of birth.

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Stang, John
Posted by: Carol Eddleman (IP Logged)
Date: January 19, 2007 11:30PM

LORAIN COUNTY OHIO
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File contributed for use in the Ohio Biographies Project by
Email: MennoTy46@aol.com
Date: July 3, 2003
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John Stang
page 936

John Stang, railroad and Government contractor, Lorain, is a native of Germany, born February 19, 1836, at Kurhassen, where he was educated, and learned the trade of manufacturer of broadcloth. At the age of nineteen he immigrated to the United States, and after landing came directly to Lorain, Ohio, where he worked first in a shipyard, in the meantime making himself master of the English language. With characteristic energy and his well-known ability he soon advanced himself, and it was not long before he was largely interested in contracting and building, including bridge building for the country, as well as for railroads, in connection with which latter the first bridges he contracted for were on the Cleveland & Akron road and on the Nickel Plate; he also constructed foundations for iron bridges. Prior to this he had done Government work, chiefly building piers and breakwaters, from which he drifted in 1881, into harbor dredging. Nor did Mr. Stang confine himself to contracting and building for in 1864 we find him already deep in the timber business, shipping to New York, Buffalo and Cleveland and to Quebec (Canada)for foreign shipment; and he is still interested in that line of trade in Ottawa county Ohio where he has, in connection, sawmills, stores etc. He more closely confines himself to Government contracts for the building of drydocks, coal-docks etc. also the raising of sunken vessels, and other such work on the lakes.

Mr. Stang has been twice married, first time in 1863 to Miss Mary Brown, by whom he has four children: Christina M., wife of H. Little; W.F. and John J., attending to their father's timber interests, and Lizzie, wife of P. Jackson. The mother of these dying in 1875, Mr. Stang married in 1876 Miss Catherine Brown. In his political sympathies our subject is a Republican; socially he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of the Macabees and Knights of Honor. IN matters of religion he is a member of the Congregational Church.

Mr. Stang's parents Augustus and Margaret (Herwig) Stang were also natives of Kurhessen, Germany, where they passed their lives, and where the father carried on a merchant tailoring business. They were Presbyterians. Their family consisted of six children - four sons and two daughters - of whom the subject of this sketch is fourth in order of birth.

1900 Census for Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
13 & 14 Jun 1900

Stang, John, head, white male, born Nov 1863, age 36, married 14 years, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Ohio, farmer, rents his farm.

Orpha, wife, white female, born Oct 1864, age 35, married 14 years, mother of 1, 1 living, born Ohio, father born Vermont, mother born Ohio,

Hubert, son, white male, born June 1890, age 9, single, born Ohio, attended school 8 months.

Olivia, mother, white female, born Dec 1833, age 66, Widowed, born Connecticut, father born Germany, mother born Germany,