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Merritt B. Schultz, Ph. G., M. D., physician and surgeon, recognized as one of the most actively engaged and successful men of his profession, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Indiana County, May 14, 1868. His lineage dates back through several generations to prominent German ancestry at which time the surname was given as both "Shultz" and "Schultz," members of which family gained attention through their important contributions to medical science both in research work and administrations.
Henry Schultz, grandfather of Dr. Merritt B. Schultz, was born in Germany and came to the United States in the early part of the nineteenth century. He established a home in Indiana County, Pa., purchasing a tract of land of between three and four hundred acres. This land was richly wooded with timber, valuable in building construction. He advantageously marketed his timber and later cultivated the land for farming. He was married to Miss Strong, and to this marriage the following children were born: Michael, married to Katherine Cramer; Samuel (see forward); Jacob, married to Sophia Campbell; John, married Sarah Duncan; Henry married to Emma Hill; William, married to Sarah Jane Coy; Mary married to John Schilling; Catherine, married to Thomas Wilson; and Sarah, married to Thomas Stiles. Henry Schultz died in 1830.
Samuel Schultz, who was the second son of Henry Schultz, was born in Indiana County at the home of his father near Strongstown, May 14, 1826. Two years after the death of his father and when six years old he was taken to the home of Mr. John Marshall of Saltsburg, Pa., where he was reared to young manhood. At this time he attended the public schools of the district and later taught the Black Lick Furnace School for a time. He was apprenticed to the trade of millwright and qualified to such a degree that at the age of 19 he assisted in the construction plans of the Pensacola Mills, which were among the first of their kind to be erected in this country. He also gave a great part of his time to the lumber trade. He was always active in the welfare and interests of his community. Among these were his services given as school director. He married Elizabeth Graham. To them were born six children: Jane, married to Samuel George of Cambria County (both deceased); Mary Ellen, married to John Craig (both deceased); Matilda, widow of James Gibson, and who now lives in Johnstown, Pa.; Emma Blanch, married to Blair Shaffer of Brush Valley, Indiana County (both deceased); Terzah Pearl, widow of Newton G. Altemus, who now lives on the parental home near
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