Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - William A. Shuler, Jr.
WILLIAM A. SHULER, JR.
<> William A. Shuler, Jr. manufacturer, is a son of
William A. and Sarah (Dopler) Shuler. The former was born in
Northumberland County, Penn., December 9, 1810. The latter was
born in Perry County, Ohio, April 15, 1810. They came to the West
at an early day and settled in Delaware County, where he resided until
he removed to this county in 1849. He settled in this township
and engaged in farming until 1855, when he moved to this village, where
he and his wife live in retirement in the seventy-second year of his
age. They raised a family of five children, all of whom are
living. The subject of this sketch was born in Delaware County in
1844, and in early life engaged in the harness and saddlery
business. He was working at his trade until the time of his
enlistment in the Union army in March 1864, when he joined Company F,
Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the he close of
the war. He participated in the battles of Mill Creek, Ga.,
Resaca, Cassville, Dallas and Pine Hill, where he was wounded and sent
to the hospital at Nashville. He rejoined the regiment at
Atlanta, after recovery, and participated at the siege of Savannah, and
at the letter place was obliged to suffer delay and confinement on
account of his wound, but recovered so as to be able to join the
regiment at Washington, D.C., and was a witness of the grand
review. He was also with Sherman on his march to the sea.
Mr. S. on retiring from the war, entered the mercantile trade in this
place, which he continued about five years. Subsequently he
became engaged in the manufacture of racks and chairs rounds, which he
has carried on successfully to the present time. He again began
in the mercantile business in this village, In November 1881, where he
conducts a prosperous trade. He was united in marriage December
24, 1867, to bliss Allis Sevirn, a daughter of James Y. and Lucinda (
Koss) Sevirn. Mrs. Shuler is a native of Marysville, Union
County. To this union one child was born, now deceased.
Mr.Shuler and wife are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of
this village and number among the young and energetic people of the
county. William A. Shuler, Sr., succeeded Calvin Richey in the
mercantile business in this village in 1855, where he was actively and
success fully engaged, until he retired from business, and was
succeeded by his son, the subject of this s etch, in 1881.<>