John PAUL
Birth:
18 Jun 1839
Ottobine, Rockingham co, Va, Usa
Death:
1 Nov 1901
Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa
Burial:
2 Nov 1901
Marriage:
19 Nov 1874
Father:
Mother:
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Katherine Seymour GREEN
Birth:
31 May 1847
Front Royal, Warren co, Va, Usa
Death:
25 Jun 1927
Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa
Burial:
27 Jun 1927
Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Birth from family records. INFO: Submitted DAR application #7383 in Jan 1895 from Harrisonburg, Va. DEATH: Death from newspaper obituary. Paul Ancestors in Virginia (http://members.aol.com/seabarb1/paul/not03.htm#3).
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
28 Mar 1888
Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa
Death:
30 Jun 1960
Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa
Notes:
Paul Ancestors in Virginia (http://members.aol.com/seabarb1/paul/not03.htm#3): BIOGRAPHY: After graduating from VMI in 1907, he spent a year in Germany learning the German language and then returned to VMI and taught German. He then attended Columbia University and received a Masters Degree in Journalism. He received a small inheritance and bought a newspaper in Harrisonburg, Va.
The paper was financially unsuccessfull and he moved to Panama as an electrical engineer with the Panama Canal Comapany. He transferred to the Bureau of Statistics and by 1928 was the chief of the bureau. Later he moved to Personnel and was the Director of Personnel by 1932. He served as a reporter for the Associated Press parttime and reported on a major Central American earthquake in the 1920's. He divorced his 1st wife, Katherine Pittman in 1928. In 1935 Seymour Paul married Jane Ruth Abbott. He was knighted by the Panamanian Government for his work to gain equality for Panamanian workers in the Canal Zone. In 1949 he retired to Harrisonburg, Va and lived at 504 So. Mason Street.
COMMENT: The name Garrett never used.
CENSUS: Census of 1900 states name as Garrett S. Paul.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1907.
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John Paul - Katherine Seymour Green
John Paul
was born at Ottobine, Rockingham co, Va, Usa 18 Jun 1839.
He married Katherine Seymour Green 19 Nov 1874 . Katherine Seymour Green was born at Front Royal, Warren co, Va, Usa 31 May 1847 daughter of Charles Henry Green and Ann Jemima Cunningham .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Garret Seymour Paul
born 28 Mar 1888.
John Paul died 1 Nov 1901 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa .
Katherine Seymour Green died 25 Jun 1927 at Harrisonburg, Rockingham co, Va, Usa .