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Name
Wesley Shultis   #2517
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Sex
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Born
18 Sep 1824
Place
Bearsville, Ulster, New York
Source
Died
18 Jul 1904
Place
Woodstock, Ulster, New York
Source
     approx. age 80


Buried

Father
Mother

Spouse
Date
9 Oct 1849
Place
Woodstock, Ulster, New York
Source
  1  Clarence Shultis abt 1851
  2  Frederick Shultis 29 Mar 1859

Spouse 2
Date
1881
Place
Source

Spouse 3
Date
abt 1893
Place
Source


Found him on the 1850 Woodstock, Ulster, New York census (img 30) age 25, single, living at home, school teacher.

Found him on the 1860 Woodstock, Ulster, New York census (img 12) as Wesley Shultis age 35, married to Naomi. Merchant.

Found him on the 1870 Woodstock, Ulster, New York census (img 36) as Wesley Shultis age 45, married to Naomi. Retl Genl, Merchant.

Found him on the 1880 Saugerties, Ulster, New York census (dist 152 img 16) as Wesley Shultis age 55, Merchant. He is living in the household of his son Clarence age 28.

Found him on the 1900 Saugerties, Ulster, New York census (dist 132 img 1) as Wesley Shultis age 74, married to Eudora. Grocer. Also in his household is Elizabeth Abbey age 90, widow, mother-in-law.

Wesley Shultis, who for many years figured prominently in the business life of the towns of Woodstock and Saugerties, was born Sept 18, 1824, a son of Henry and Rachel Shultis and a grandson of Philip Shultis, one of the early settlers in the Woodstock section.

He was brought upon the family farm and at the age of 18 became a teacher in the village school. He continued teaching 13 years, a portion of that time in the capacity of tutor in Jonesville Academy. Mr. Shultis next engaged in the general store business with Christian Behr at Bearsville, remaining there about 20 years. In 1816 he removed to Saugerties and kept a store there. He was a director of the State of New York Bank in Kingston a trustee of the Saugerties Savings Bank, and district and circuit-steward of the Woodstock M.E. Church of which his father had been one of the founders.

Mr. Shultis was first married Oct. 9, 1849 to Naomi Saxe, and their children were named Clarence and Fred. He was subsequently married to Sarah Saxe, and to Eudora Abbey, daughter of David Abbey of Kingston. Kingston Daily Freeman May 5, 1948 page 2


                                                                    | Heinrich Shultis  1730
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                                  | Philip Shultis  1765            | 
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                                  |                                 | Anna Marie Lasher 1731 
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| Henry P. Shultis 1791           |
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|                                 | Margaret Lasher                 |
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| Rachel Shultis 1791             |
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