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(Created page with "thumb|Heinrich "Spark" Spenglemaier in 1894 Heinrich "Spark" Spenglemaier (1847-1907) was a German Born politician from Georgia, United States and city councilman from Savannah Georgia. He is best known for his controversial gambling operation near Richmond Hill, Georgia where he would race chickens and dogs. == Background == He was a German-born immigrant and was born in Bavaria in 1847. His family moved to Georgia when he was a child. Speng...") |
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[[File:Spanglemaier .png|thumb|Heinrich "Spark" Spenglemaier in 1894]] | [[File:Spanglemaier .png|thumb|Heinrich "Spark" Spenglemaier in 1894]] | ||
Heinrich "Spark" Spenglemaier (1847-1907) was a German Born politician from Georgia, United States and city councilman from Savannah Georgia. He is best known for his controversial gambling operation near Richmond Hill, Georgia where he would race chickens and dogs. | [[Heinrich "Spark" Spenglemaier]] (1847-1907) was a German Born politician from Georgia, United States and city councilman from Savannah Georgia. He is best known for his controversial gambling operation near Richmond Hill, Georgia where he would race chickens and dogs. | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
He was a German-born immigrant and was born in Bavaria in 1847. His family moved to Georgia when he was a child. Spenglemaier is the Uncle of Rudolph Sorm, the founder of the Sorm's Gas and Gifts gas station chain and the first cousin of Nikolas Johannes Fanmayer IV, heir to the Fanmayer fortune and the companies leader from 1878 to 1914. | He was a German-born immigrant and was born in Bavaria in 1847. His family moved to Georgia when he was a child. Spenglemaier is the Uncle of [[Rudolph Sorm]], the founder of the Sorm's Gas and Gifts gas station chain and the first cousin of [[Nikolas Johannes Fanmayer IV]], heir to the [[The Fanmayer Group|Fanmayer]] fortune and the companies leader from 1878 to 1914. | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||