From Forerunners: A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families Their Kith and Kin, by Harry M. Strickler (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1925), p. 227:

Col. Mann Spitler was born on his father's homestead about four miles south of Luray, known as "White Hall," which has been in the family many generations, Jacob Spitler, a relative owning it at the present (1914). For the greater part of his life he lived at White Hall, but in later years he lived in Luray. Col. Spitler was an officer in the militia before and during the war between the States. He was in the State Senate when the war closed. Her served five terms in the Legislature -- two terms in the Senate, and three in the House. He and his wife were members of Main Street Baptist Church. He was one of Page County's worthy citizens.