Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . 87; David W., November 16, 1890;Mable M., November 21, 1S92, and Ed-win H., June II, 1895, all born at PortClinton, Ohio. JOHN STANG, contractor of publicworks—government, railroad, etc.—capitalist, merchant and banker,whose residence is in Lorain, Ohio,is one of the most progressive and busiestof busy citizens in the Buckeye native of Germany, he was bornFebruary 19, 1836, in Allmershausen,Hessen, a son of Augustus and Marguer-itha (Herwig) Stang, of the same the district school of the neighbo
Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . 87; David W., November 16, 1890;Mable M., November 21, 1S92, and Ed-win H., June II, 1895, all born at PortClinton, Ohio. JOHN STANG, contractor of publicworks—government, railroad, etc.—capitalist, merchant and banker,whose residence is in Lorain, Ohio,is one of the most progressive and busiestof busy citizens in the Buckeye native of Germany, he was bornFebruary 19, 1836, in Allmershausen,Hessen, a son of Augustus and Marguer-itha (Herwig) Stang, of the same the district school of the neighborhoodof his birthplace our subject received aliberal education up to the age of four-teen, when, like all other boys, he wasput to learn a trade, the one chosen forhim being that of woolen-cloth making—chiefiy broad-cloths. There being severalbranches in that business, it took five years to complete his appren-ticeship, at the end of which time he re-solved to turn his face toward the NewWorld, and emigrate to a land wherethere was more scope for a young man of. ^;<//^/^VX ^«^ COMMEMORATIVE BIOORAPHWAL RECORD. 615 ambition. One of the main reasons forhis leaving the Fatherland was his disliketo the system of the German Governmentin compelling 30ung men at the age offrom twenty to twenty-five years to serveforthrec or fouryearsin the army, and giv-ing for their services onlj their board andclothing, whether in time of peace or timeof war. At the age of nineteen Mr. Stangset sail from the port of Bremen, and aftera voyage of fifty-three days—during whichlong passage the vessel was nearly ship-wrecked, the foremast having been com-pletely dismantled by a stroke of lightning—the ship reached New York, a sorry-looking craft, but the passengers weresafely landed October i6, 1855. Fromthat city Mr. Stang at once set out forLorain (then called Black River), Ohio;but on his arrival there he found therewere no woolen-mills, and consequentlyhe had to turn his attent
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