Shep's Place Family Tree

In 1877 he graduated from Duff's Mercantile college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was Captain and part owner of the tow boat George W. Moredock. ‎(George Newton was the other partner.)‎ For twenty years he was also bookkeeper for the California Coal Company.

In 1880 the following announcement appeared in the news items. "Mr. William Juhling is making preparation for the erection of a building on his lot in Valley City. That is what we like to see, when a young man has a prospect of catching a bird he should prepare the cage." The house referred to was the one until recently occupied by Macie Lou and Kenneth Carter. It was known for many years as the Petty House. Mr. Juhling sold it to Manley Brown, whose daughter Nettie, who married Dr. Charles Petty, inherited it. The "bird" was caught Feb. 2, 1882, when William married Anna C. Schafer, born March 19, 1864.

In the 1894 business index, William Juhling of Hartford, manager of the steamer Moredock, advertises towing and freighting of salt, coal, timber, etc.

In 1898 this family moved to Middleport, Ohio, which was more convenient to him as a river man. This was probably the time when the Juhling Brothers stopped operating the coal mines, although Lewis may have continued on a smaller scale.

Later in the 1920 census, William, 64 years and divorced, lived in a boarding house at Brown's Creek in McDowell Co., West Virginia. His occupation was book keeper for a coal company. Many of his fellow boarders also worked for a coal company. McDowell County is in southwest West Virginia roughly west of Bluefield.