William W. Paul, p. 1277

WILLIAM W. PAUL, of Amwell township, is a descendant of William Paul, who was born in 1615, emigrated from Gravesend, England, June 10, 1635, in the ship "True Love," of London, and in 1637 located in Taunton, Mass.

William Paul, a descendant of this pioneer, was born in Washington county, Penn., and afterward located in Amwell township, south of Amity, where he purchased the farm now owned by J. Fulton Bell and Philip Swart, which he owned until his death. He was married to Hannah Slaught, who bore him the following named children: James, Huston, Nathan, Sarah (Mrs. Abel McFarland), Rosa (Mrs. Christopher Venum), Andrew, Daniel M., Lavinia (Mrs. Michael Schulser), John, William, Philo, and Adaline (Mrs. Thomas Reese). The father of this family died in Ohio; the mother died near Lone Pine, Penn., aged eighty-two years.

Philo Paul was born in Amwell township, Washington Co., Penn., March 26, 1824, and passed his early youth on the farm with his father. In 1841 he purchased a farm in West Bethlehem township, where he lived until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company D, One Hundred and Fortieth P. V. I.; he was killed at Spottsylvania Courthouse. He was married to Miss Sarah Hughes, of Amwell township, and they had nine children: William W., James M., John A., Daniel W., Alexander H., David C., Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Laura Jewell Day.

William W. Paul, son of Philo and Sarah Paul, was born December 26, 1843, in Amwell township, this county; he received his education in the common schools, and was afterward a student for some time at Pleasant Valley Academy. He lived in West Bethlehem township and worked on n farm, but when twenty years of age removed to Amwell, afterward carrying on a sawmill for his father, which he finally bought. He continued in that business twenty years, and then engaged in mercantile business at Lone Pine. On November 24, 1864, Mr. Paul was united in marriage with Phoebe Jane Egy, and to this union have been born three daughters, viz.: Sarah Lillian, born in 1868; Nora Jewell, born in 1873, and Dale W., born in 1879, all of whom are attending school and living at home. Mr. Paul is a Republican in politics, and now fills the position of postmaster at Lone Pine. He and his family are members of the Christian Church at that place.

Text taken from page 1277 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed January 1997 by Jean Suplick Matuson of Plano, TX as part of the Beers Project.
Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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