BIOS: William R. SUFALL, 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. 529 William R. SUFALL. William R. Sufall, a painter and paperhanger of Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was there born, December 15, 1871, son of John R. and Rebecca (Haupt) Sufall and grandson of John Sufall, who was a farmer by occupation. His father was a native of Somerset county and a carpenter by trade. He married Rebecca Haupt and they are the parents of children as follows: William R.; Marion, deceased; George; Amelia; Laura; Eliza; and Parker, married Nellie Eva, daughter of William Baker. William R. Sufall was educated in the common schools of the county, and at the age of sixteen left school to learn the trade of painter and paperhanger. This occupation he has since followed and has been very successful. He married, November, 1891, Miss Barbara Schrock, who was born in Somerset, May 4, 1871, a daughter of Cyrus Schrock, a stock dealer, and Mary (Swank) Schrock, who were the parents of the following named children: Edward; Laura; Wilson; Barbara; Calvin; and Guy. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam R. Sufall have one child, Mary R., born February 19, 1904.