Daughters Mary B. and Barbara E. Mitchell were born, respectively, in April 1881 and October 1883. A resident again of Havre de Grace by the time of the special veterans' census of 1890. Paul made his home Bel Air later that same decade. He was also an active member of his local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (Rodgers Post) during this phase of his life. Once again a resident of Bel Air during the early 1900s, he supported his wife, Annie, and daughters, Mary and Barbara, through business employment as an agent. In 1902, he underwent further surgery to repair the damage which had been done to his body during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. According to several reports by "The Aegis & Intelligencer" newspaper:  ”August 15, 1902... Mr. William H. Paul, of Earlton, who was wounded three times in the battle of the Wilderness in 1864, expects to go to Philadelphia to undergo an operation, which will be performed by his former surgeon Dr. Meers. On Sunday a bone was taken from his arm, which was about one half inch in length. This is the fifteenth piece that has been extracted. September 5, 1902... Mr. William H. Paul, of Earlton, recently underwent a painful operation in Philadelphia. He has had a number of dead pieces of bone removed, which were the result of a wound received during the battle of the Wilderness. Paul's military pension records also confirmed that he had sustained battle injuries while serving with the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry with his U.S. Veterans Administration Pension Payment Card noting specifically that he had been wounded in his right arm and chest. As a result, on May 12, 1890, he was awarded a U.S. Civil War Pension of $24 per month. By 1910, his daughters had moved out of the family home to begin their own lives, leaving Paul and his wife to reside in Harford County as empty nesters. By this time, he had also become a writer for his local newspaper. William H. Paul died on February 23, 1911. Military records confirmed that he and his wife, Annie, were residents of Havre de Grace Maryland at the time of his death. Following funeral services, Paul was interred at the Wesleyan Chapel Cemetery in Aberdeen, Maryland. Rank and Organization: Private, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and Date: At Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862. Entered Service at: ------.