Bio: William Thompson Hays Pauley, 1820 - : Waynesburg, Greene County

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History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, By Samuel P. Bates, Chicago, 1888

Pg. 690-1
WILLIAM THOMPSON HAYS PAULEY, editor and proprietor of the Waynesburg
Messenger, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, February 6, 1820, and is a son
of Thomas and Sarah (HAYS) PAULEY, who were of Irish and English
descent.  His father, who was a farmer, was born in Pennsylvania, as was
his mother also.  Mr. Pauley is the second in a family of three sons.
He lived in Youngstown, Ohio, until he was twelve years old.  His father
died in 1830, and two years later he came to Waynesburg and learned the
printer's trade.  He has been in the newspaper business ever since he
was thirteen years of age, except while at school, and the greater part
of that time he spent in the Waynesburg Messenger office, where he
learned his trade.  He went to Oxford, Ohio, to school in 1838, and
remained four years.  In 1842 he was employed by Major Hays to publish
the Waynesburg Messenger until 1844, when he purchased the paper, which
had been established in 1813, by Dr. Duston.  Mr. Pauley is a Democrat,
and his paper has been the supporter of all regularly nominated
Democratic candidates in the county, state and nation.  In 1847 he was
elected county treasurer and served one term.  He was married in 1845 to
Miss Mary JENNINGS, who died September 2, 1887.  Their children
are-Sarah E., wife of Isaac BELL; James J., of the Messenger; Benjamin
J., a farmer; John F., a printer, and Thomas C. (deceased).  Mr. Pauley
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Sir Knight Templar.  He has
been connected with the Messenger in some capacity, with the exception
of the four years spent in Oxford, ever since the 14th day of May, 1833.

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