Jacob Wheeler Paul, Germantown, PA 1829
I am trying to discover the ancestors of Jacob Wheeler Paul, born in Germantown, PA in 1829, son of Jacob and Mary (Wheeler) Paul.Jacob Paul Sr. died in 1834 and the family moved to Pittsburgh in 1835.One source says that the family was probably of Franco-German origin and had been in the US for several generations.Jacob Jr.'s siblings were Susan Paul McCandless of Verona, PA; Thaddeus W. Paul of Colorado and Rachel Paul Pears of Pittsburgh.In 1850 Jacob Jr. married Susan Fries, daughter of Adam Fries from near Philadelphia.