Samuel was born about 1775 possibly in Pennsylvania. He might have had a brother named Zebulon.
He was married to Mary Evelyn and together they had at least eight children; Samuel Jr, John P, Frederick, Hezekiah, Jane, Elias, Jeremiah and Polly Ann.
Samuel served in the War of 1812 in Captain Jacob Short's Company of U.S. Mounted Rangers.
After serving in the war Samuel purchased 160 acres in Illinois on November 5, 1816. He was among the first to locate in the Pocahontas Precinct and later in what is now Old Ripley. He put up the first water-mill in Bond County, Illinois on Shoal Creek at Old Ripley, about 1819 or 1820; he was a half owner with Daniel Converse with whom he also had a registered brand mark. For many years the mill supplied the settlers of Ripley with corn meal, it is no longer standing.
He was married to Mary Evelyn and together they had at least eight children; Samuel Jr, John P, Frederick, Hezekiah, Jane, Elias, Jeremiah and Polly Ann.
Samuel served in the War of 1812 in Captain Jacob Short's Company of U.S. Mounted Rangers.
After serving in the war Samuel purchased 160 acres in Illinois on November 5, 1816. He was among the first to locate in the Pocahontas Precinct and later in what is now Old Ripley. He put up the first water-mill in Bond County, Illinois on Shoal Creek at Old Ripley, about 1819 or 1820; he was a half owner with Daniel Converse with whom he also had a registered brand mark. For many years the mill supplied the settlers of Ripley with corn meal, it is no longer standing.
Samuel was born about 1775 possibly in Pennsylvania. He might have had a brother named Zebulon.
He was married to Mary Evelyn and together they had at least eight children; Samuel Jr, John P, Frederick, Hezekiah, Jane, Elias, Jeremiah and Polly Ann.
Samuel served in the War of 1812 in Captain Jacob Short's Company of U.S. Mounted Rangers.
After serving in the war Samuel purchased 160 acres in Illinois on November 5, 1816. He was among the first to locate in the Pocahontas Precinct and later in what is now Old Ripley. He put up the first water-mill in Bond County, Illinois on Shoal Creek at Old Ripley, about 1819 or 1820; he was a half owner with Daniel Converse with whom he also had a registered brand mark. For many years the mill supplied the settlers of Ripley with corn meal, it is no longer standing.
He was married to Mary Evelyn and together they had at least eight children; Samuel Jr, John P, Frederick, Hezekiah, Jane, Elias, Jeremiah and Polly Ann.
Samuel served in the War of 1812 in Captain Jacob Short's Company of U.S. Mounted Rangers.
After serving in the war Samuel purchased 160 acres in Illinois on November 5, 1816. He was among the first to locate in the Pocahontas Precinct and later in what is now Old Ripley. He put up the first water-mill in Bond County, Illinois on Shoal Creek at Old Ripley, about 1819 or 1820; he was a half owner with Daniel Converse with whom he also had a registered brand mark. For many years the mill supplied the settlers of Ripley with corn meal, it is no longer standing.
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