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Edward M Shaul
EDWARD M. SHAUL, merchant and postmaster at Manorville, Armstrong county
was born Feb. 21, 1868, in Madison township, this county, son of Andrew and
Mary (Truby) Shaul, and grandson of John Shaul.John Shaul was one of the pioneers of Armstrong county, probably settling
here in 1800. He married Margaret McCoy and they had four sons: Isaac, Peter,
Joseph and Andrew.Andrew Shaul was born Jan. 1, 1816, along Crooked creek, in Armstrong
county, Pa., the youngest son of John and Margaret Shaul. When but thirteen
years of age he left home to seek his fortune in the outside world, finding
his way into the pine regions and engaging in the lumber business along the
Clarion river. For four years he followed the life of a riverman, pushing
keelboats, transporting freight and supplies up the Allegheny and Clarion
rivers to points in the lumber country. The trips were long and laborsome, the
boatmen being obliged at the Armstrong, Reynolds and Portland dams to unload
their cargoes, and carry both them and the boats over the dams, reload, and
resume their journey.Andrew Shaul built the first hotel on the Brookville and Olean turnpike
road after it was completed, locating it near Sigel, Jefferson county, and
conducting it for several years. Following that he formed a partnership with
Joseph Irwin, and they went into business at Spring Creek, on the Clarion
river. Later Mr. Shaul alone operated two sawmills and a boatyard at Clear
Creek, and pursued his business as far down the river as Cincinnati. He was
one of the owners of the “Allegheny Clipper,” one of the first
steamboats that went up the Allegheny.For a time Mr. Shaul was also engaged in the oil business, but did not
continue it long, in June, 1859, taking up his residence on his farm at the
mouth of Red Bank creek, which he had purchased from Richard Reynolds. There
he resided, interested in agricultural pursuits, until he embarked in the
mercantile business at East Brady. In 1882 he moved to Manorville and became
one of that town’s leading business men and successful merchants, retiring in
1902. His long and useful life came to a peaceful close at his home in
Manorville Aug. 5, 1909, following an illness of a month’s duration, the
infirmities incident to old age being the cause of his death. He was interred
in the Kittanning cemetery. For sixty-two years he had been a faithful member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Andrew Shaul married Mary Magdalena Truby, who was born in Jefferson
county, and (second) Mrs. Mary F. Williams, of East Brady, the latter dying
April 20, 1910. Eight of his children are deceased, the following surviving:
Edward M., of Manorville; Joseph and James, of Springdale; Thomas, of Oil
City; Curtis, of Pittsburgh; and Harry, of Shelocta, Pa. He left forty
grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.Edward M. Shaul attended public school at East Brady, in Clarion county,
and later the Manorville schools, subsequently having two years of instruction
at the Clarion Seminary, after which he engaged in the mercantile business at
Manorville, with his father. Following the latter’s retirement he continued in
business alone. In July, 1903, he was first appointed postmaster at that
place, and is now serving under his second appointment.On July 24, 1889, Mr. Shaul was married to Mary A. Peters, daughter of
Harry Peters, and they have three children: Andrew F., Beulah V. and Jenifer
E. Mr. Shaul and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a
member of the board of stewards. For a number of years he has been associated
with the Odd Fellows.Source: Pages(s) 707-708, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past
and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Neil G. Anderson for the Armstrong County Beers
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