Central High School (Feb. 5, 1859 - Dec. 23, 1859)
Profession: Clerk, Private, Coal, Railroads, and Civil Engineer
Family Members:
Leah A. Anspach - Mother (1808-1877)
John Anspach Jr. - Father (1810-1852)
Emma Matilda Anspach - Sister (1835-1836)
Charles Edwin Anspach - Brother (1836-1907)
Mary Amelia Anspach - Sister (1838-1918)
Caroline ‘Carrie’ Anspach - Sister (1840-1888)
James Anspach - Brother (1843-1918)
John Edward Anspach - Stepbrother (1845-1890)
Henry Augustus Anspach - Stepbrother (1849-1852)
Wife and Children:
Frederick J. Anspach married Frances Virginia Garretson in 1865
Frances Virginia Anspach - Wife (1849 -1916)
Mary Leah Anspach - Daughter (1866 -1957)
Carrie Edythe Anspach - Daughter (1871-1958)
Frederick Rea Anspach - Son (1874 -1926)
Florence Anspach - Daughter (1878-1882)
Child who died as an infant, unnamed (1883-1883)
Residence:
858 N. Broad (1861)
237 S. Chestnut Street (1861)
Shamokin PA (1870)
3830 Locust (1888)
Sewell NJ (1891)
131 S. 3rd Street (1905)
Employment:
273 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia: Worked as a clerk. (1861)
Union Army (Aug. 18, 1862 - Feb. 11, 1863)
324 Walnut Street, Philadelphia: Worked at the Elk Lick Coal, Lumber, and Iron Company which would later become the Salisbury and Baltimore Railroad and Coal Company and then later the Salisbury Railroad Company. (1865-1875)
Shamokin County, PA: Established the Shamokin Water
Company and was elected to the board of directors as secretary (1872)
Spring Lake, NJ: Worked for the Spring Lake Beach ImprovementCompany and surveyed and designed Spring Lake, NJ. (1876-1877)
324 Walnut Street, Philadelphia: Continued to work for the Salisbury Railroad Company (1878-?)
132 S. 3rd Street, Philadelphia: Was on the board of directors for Salisbury and Baltimore Rail and Coal (1881)
Profession of Kin:
Frederick Rea Anspach worked as a self employed coal operator and civil engineer in Somerset County, PA. He was drafted into the army during World War I.
Major Events:
In 1862, Anspach fought in the Battle of Antietam
In 1875, Anspach designed and surveyed Spring Lake, NJ
Anspach was involved in the 1895 court case Anspach v. Spring Lake
Connections with Historical Events:
Frederick J. Anspach enlisted in the Union Army and served during the Battle of Antietam.
The Anspach family business shifted from a coal company to a railroad company over Anspach’s career. A direct parallel to the career shift of railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt. The United States during this time period was beginning to expand West and the growth of the railroad system became a vital and lucrative business.
His son, Frederick Rea Anspach, was drafted in WWI.