Erie Meeting Room, PA

John Franklin Springer was born in 1866 in Hagerstown, Maryland. By 1900, he was living in Erie, and he is presumed to have broken bread with his family in their home, affiliated with the exclusive brethren. He also was serving as principal of Erie Academy in 1903.

This assembly met thru at least 1905, and he may have founded the Erie Bible Depot which published gospel tracts for many years. He was also an inventor, by trade. By 1910, he had relocated to New York City, New York where he was self-employed as a writer and publisher of a magazine, and died in Manhattan in 1943.

John married Amelia L. Herring (b. 1866 MD), the daughter of Charles A. Herring (b. 1844 MD) and his wife Anna J. Dowler Herring (b. 1835 Williamsport, MD). The Springers had three children:

• Allan Paul Springer (b. 1892 Baltimore, MD - d. 1959 Farmington, MI). His wife's name was Mabel Hall (b. 1907). Allan was the head of the English department, Dramatics, and Public Speaking at the Detroit Country Day School for twenty-three years in Michigan. He was also a veteran of World War One. His funeral was at the First Methodist of Farmington, MI. They had seven children:
  • Yvonne M. Springer Sehestedt (b. 1920 NYC, NY - d. 1949 Salt Lake City, UT) m. Harold Leroy Sehestedt in 1945 in Chicago, IL. She died while traveling by bus from her home in Long Beach, CA to Kansas City, KS. She was 28, and employed at the time for the Naval Base in Seal Beach, CA. Her husband Harold served in World War II with the Navy. He was raised in Norfolk, Nebraska, the son of William J. & Amelia L. Sehestedt.
  • Allan Springer (b. 1925 New Milford, CT) spent his early childhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 in New York City while living in Walled Lake, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Stanley Springer
  • Howard Springer
  • Audrey Springer
  • Flora Ann Springer
  • Carlie Springer