From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, pages 395-396.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JAMES PAULL

The late judge James Paull was one of the most prominent members of 
the old Wheeling bar, and enjoyed a widespread reputation as one of 
the profound jurists and able public men of West Virginia.  He was 
born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1818, the son of George and 
Elizabeth Paull.  He was thoroughly educated in childhood and youth, 
and after completing preparatory studies in Cross Creek, Penn., he 
entered Washington college, in that state, at which he was graduated 
in June, 1835.  He then came to Wheeling, and choosing law as his 
profession, read in the office of Z. Jacob, and finished his legal 
studies in the law department of the University of Virginia.  Nearly 
the whole of his career as a lawyer and public man was spent at 
Wheeling, where he was locally esteemed as an estimable citizen.  In 
1872 he was elected a judge of supreme court of appeals of West 
Virginia, a high position which he filled with honor and credit, 
performing its laborious duties with an industry and application that 
fatally impaired his health.  His decisions rank with the permanent 
and valuable contributions to the law of the state.  Judge Paull also 
represented Ohio county during two terms in the state legislature of 
Virginia.  He died May 11, 1875, being at that time a resident of 
Wellsburg, Brooke county, to which place he had removed eighteen 
months before.  Judge Paull was twice married, first, to Jane A., 
daughter of the late Judge Joseph L. Fry.  To this union were born 
three sons: Archibald W., Joseph F. and Alfred, all citizens of 
Wheeling.  By his second wife, Eliza J., daughter of Samuel Ott, 
deceased, of Wheeling, Judge Paull had five children, and his widow 
is now living at Wellsburg. 


(Linda Fluharty)