William Wesley Ulerich and Anna Susan Keener

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Husband William Wesley Ulerich ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 5 Feb 1860 - Ligonier Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Nicholas Ulerich (1831/1834-1895) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mary Ann Kaylor (1833-1873) 3

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   Other Spouse: Nora B. Walter (      -1903) 4 - 9 Dec 1896 - Markleton, PA 4

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Wife Anna Susan Keener ^{3 4}

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         Father: Henry F. Keener (      -Bef 1906) 4
         Mother: Julia Elizabeth [Unk] (      -Aft 1906) 4

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General Notes: Husband - William Wesley Ulerich

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He received his rudimentary education in the common schools, and attended the academy at Ligonier, Pennsylvania. He entered the State Normal school, Indiana, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1881, and was graduated from that institution July 14, 1884. He taught six terms in the common schools while pursuing his academic and State Normal courses. After graduating he was elected vice-principal of the Irwin schools and served one year. In 1885 he was elected principal of the Latrobe public schools and was re-elected in 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889 to that position. For some years he was elected a member of the Westmoreland county examining committee for State permanent certificates, serving most of the time as its chairman. In 1888 he was elected trustee of the "Ridge View Park Association." He was a republican in his political views and was a member of Meridian Conclave, No. 177, Improved Order of Heptasophs. Professor Ulerich was a member of Latrobe Methodist Episcopal church and was the superintendent of its Sunday-school for several years.

He was educated in the public schools of his native county, the Ligonier Classical Institute, and the Indiana State Normal, from which institution he graduated in 1884. He followed farm labor until seventeen years of age, and then began to teach school, and thereafter was connected with educational institutions. He continued to teach until 1884 in rural schools, but in the summer of that year was elected to the assistant principalship of the Irwin public schools. He served in that capacity one year, and was then chosen as principal of the schools at Latrobe, where he remained eight years. In 1893 he was elected county superintendent of public schools for Westmoreland County, and served twelve years or more. Politically Mr. Ulerich always supported the Republican party. He was an active member of the Latrobe Methodist Episcopal church, and was a member of the board of trustees of that society, also chairman of the missionary and music committees. He was the Sunday school superintendent for over sixteen years. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity; I. O. O. F., and the I. O. H. Mr. Ulerich was one of the founders of the Ridgeview Chautauqua, serving on its executive committees for six years. He was also a member of the Ridgeview Park, and trustee of the committee for six years.

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General Notes: Wife - Anna Susan Keener

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She was educated at the Indianan State Normal School, and at the Oswego State Normal, Oswego, New York. She was a teacher by profession, and became principal of the third ward primary school at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Methodist church and superintendent of the primary department of the Sabbath school connected therewith.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 350.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 71.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 95, 1098.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 72.