OBIT: Edward Blaine SCULL, 1942, native of Somerset County, PA

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EDWARD B. SCULL

Edward B. Scull, 89, Laid To Rest
Veteran Attorney Died at His Home in Pittsburgh Last Friday

  Attorney Edward Blaine Scull, 89, died at 1:15 p.m., Friday, October 16, in 
his apartment at the Schenley Hotel in Pittsburgh, following an illness of four 
years.
  He was the third son of Edward and Louise Ogle Scull and was born in the 
family homestead on East Union Street, Somerset.
  As a young man, Mr. Scull served for some years with the internal revenue 
service and was also Captain of Company C, 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania National 
Guard.  As commander of this company, Captain Scull saw service in Pittsburgh 
during the famous railroad strike in 1877 and later during a labor disturbance 
in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania.
  In early manhood Mr. Scull was admitted to the Somerset County bar and 
practiced his profession in Somerset for some years.  In 1880 he was united in 
marriage with Miss Edmonda Coffroth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Coffroth 
of Baltimore, Maryland, and several years later, removed to Pittsburgh where he 
enjoyed a lucrative practice and was a highly esteemed member of the Allegheny 
County bar for more than a half century.
  He is survived by one brother, Robert S. Scull of Somerset and one sister, 
Mrs. John D. Hitchman, who has resided with him since the death of his wife 
about eight years ago.  He is also survived by two nieces and two nephews.
  Attorney Scull was a descendant of John Scull who founded the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny mountains.  He was 
one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Somerset, and the Somerset 
Trust Company and a director in both institutions.
  Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 11 followed by interment in 
Homewood Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, October 22, 1942