SAMUEL S. PAUL.
Samuel S. Paul, whose death at South Fork, on Thursday last, has already been noticed in the Tribune, was born July 19, 1826. He was a native of this county, having been born in Adams Township. He was married March 17, 1853, to Mary M. Sill, of Bedford County, who, with their only child, a daughter, survives. Soon after marriage he engaged in merchandise in Summerhill. In 1857, he commenced operating a sawmill in Croyle Township. Having leased a large tract of coal land in and around South Fork for the period of ninety-nine years, he commenced the development, in 1868, of what has since been known as the South Fork coal mines. The development of the village of South Fork has resulted largely from this enterprise. He was in early life a man of strong constitution. About a year ago he was stricken with paralysis, the affliction wrecking him pysically and mentally. About six weeks before his death he was entirely prostrated, from which time he knew but little. While in Summerhill he united with the M. E. Church. He was a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows in Wilmore, and of the Masonic Order in Altoona. |
