BIOS: William A. STAHL, Somerset, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Roth Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 340 William A. STAHL. William A. Stahl, a resident of Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was there born in 1856, the son of John and Mary (Baron) Stahl, and grandson of Godfrey and Elizabeth (Hess) Stahl, both natives of Somerset county. His maternal grandparents were Joseph and Eva (Friendline) Baron. He is one of eight children, as follows: William A., Elizabeth, Lydia, Franklin, Mary, Austin, John and Henry H. William A. Stahl married (first) January 19, 1877, Esther Barkman, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Barkman, and they had the following children: Jacob A., Edwin F., married Sadie E. Haugher, and they have one child, Mildred; Mary N., wife of Milton H. Haugher, and mother of one child, George William. Mr. Stahl married (second), August 29, 1900, Edith Pile, daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Kooser) Pile, and granddaughter of George and Solon (Putnam) Pile. Her maternal grandparents were Jacob and Sarah (Knight) Kooser. She is one of eight children, as follows: Lucinda, Allen, Ernest, Laura, Edith, Sadie, Lyman and Clara.