Biographical Sketch (1893):1316, p. 83. "Prof. W. J. Musser. One of the well-known and enterprising young business men of Washington, is the gentleman whose name opens this brief sketch. The energy with which he has entered upon his business career is an assurance of the success which ultimately comes to him who earnestly and intelligently lays the foundation for any practical business, and prosecutes it with vigor.

A principal of the Washington Business College, Prof. Musser is proving to his friends that he has made no mistake in choosing his life's vocation; and although connected with the enterprise but three short years, yet under his efficient management it has grown to be one of the important educational institutions of the county. Situated in the business portion of the city, in the new De Normandie Block on South Main street, his spacious rooms are always open to visitors, who find them fully equipped for modern and useful instruction, and the Professor himself an intelligent gentleman and genial companion. Prof. Musser is of German extraction, and was born June 18, 1870, in Beaver county, Penn., near Beaver Falls, where his father, James Musser, was born March 7, 1844. This James Musser is a son of John Musser (who was born in Beaver county, Penn., in 1812, and died there December 10, 1853), and Elizabeth (Londis) Musser (who died in Beaver county, December 10, 1863). John Musser was a son of Henry Musser (who was born in March, 1789, at York, Penn., and died in 1873) and Elizabeth (Showalter) Musser (who was born in 1797). Mrs. Elizabeth (Londis) Musser was a daughter of Christie and Elizabeth Londis, who came to Beaver county from York county, Penn., in early times. James Musser was married July 4, 1868, to Miss Catherine Gallaher, a sister of the famous penman, Milton B. Gallaher, now deceased. Her father, Harvey Gallaher, was born in Beaver county, Penn., June 6, 1802, and died May 13, 1883; her mother, Mary (Pander) Gallaher, was born September 13, 1812, and died March 24, 1880. The father of Harvey Gallaher was Lewis Gallaher, a native of Washington county, where he died; he was married to Jennie McGill, who was born in Washington county, and died in Beaver county, Penn. The family moved from Washington county to Beaver county in 1789, and settled on Camp Run, on a 200-acre tract of land. Mrs. Mary (Pander) Gallaher's father was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1791, and died in March, 1880; his wife was Rebecca Brooks, a native of Allegheny county, Penn.

The subject proper of this biographical memoir attended the common schools in his native county, and afterward Grove City College, in Mercer county. He then entered one of the best business colleges in the country, where he graduated with the highest honors in penmanship, after which he taught for a time. He had early evinced a taste for this profession, and had from time to time taught school, commencing at the early age of sixteen years. In April, 1890, he gave up a school of 130 pupils, and came to Washington to take charge of the Business College in the capacity of principal. This institution has a very large attendance, and new departments are being added each year. "