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230 wife and the mother of five children, all living at the time of his death and now surviving. They are, first, James, who married Marianna, daughter of J. G. Jacob, of Wellsburg, West Virginia; Harry W., manager of the EagleGlass Works of Lazearville, a branch of the Nail City Stamping Company of Wheeling, and a bright and promising business man; Samuel O., connected with the Nail City Stamping Company; and two daughters, Elizabeth В., wife of W. C. Jacob, and Margaret S., who with their mother reside at Wellsburg. Mrs. Paull and her family are active members of the First Presbyterian Church of Wellsburg, of which her eldest son, James, has been elder for several years. Mrs. Paull's parents were native Virginians, the father of Winchester, and the mother of Woodstock. Her father died in August, 1868, aged sixty-nine, her mother on August 5, 1882, aged seventy-seven. Both were devout Christians and earnest workers in the cause of religion, and their memory is an inspiration to good and useful living. Mrs. Paull resides in the commodious brick mansion which Judge Paull made his home, on a beautiful elevation in Wellsburg. In the "History of the Presbytery of Washington," p. 237, this reference is made to the deceased jurist.

OKEY JOHNSON.

"In a sermon preached by Dr. Fisher in memory of Judge Paull, he thus speaks of several of these brethern: 'I remember him (Judge Paull) as the sixth of the ruling elders who have actively served this church during my pastorate and who have now gone to join the General Assembly and Church of the first-born. The first was John Robertson, who went to heaven soon after I came to this city. He was a good man. The next was that sweet-spirited, upright man, Jacob Senseney. The next was Zachariah Jacob, a man of sterner mould, but one who lived and labored for Christ and who died in the faith. The fourth was J. Gamble Baker; he too was a man of God. In the other world he has a higher place. This world was not worthy of him. The fifth was Joseph A. Medcalf. The term of his official service was not long, but it was sufficient greatly to endear him to many for his kindness and peaceable disposition. And now James Paull is with these brethern, and Dr. Weed, and Mr. Wylie, and that godly company who from this church have ascended to glory. All who read of the noble career and untimely death of good Judge Paull cannot fail to be impressed with the sense of loss and sorrow borne by his wife and children and shared by the community in which he lived. It is inexplicable to human understanding why men so gifted, so wise, and so good as he was are not always endowed with physical powers equal to their labors and responsibilities, and sustained to old age in the fullness of a glorious life. Their example, however, is imperishable, and Judge James Paull is a name that shall adorn