Samuel Stokely
Stokely's tombstone in Steubenville, Ohio
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th district
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byHenry Swearingen
Succeeded byDaniel R. Tilden
Member of the Ohio Senate from Jefferson County
In office
1837–1839
Preceded byAndrew McMechan
Succeeded byJames Mitchell
Personal details
Born(1796-01-25)January 25, 1796
Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMay 23, 1861(1861-05-23) (aged 65)
Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeUnion Cemetery
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)
Rachel Mason
​
(m. 1830)​

Mrs. Lowther
Mrs. Burton
Children4
Alma materWashington College

Samuel Stokely (January 25, 1796 – May 23, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, Stokely attended private schools. He was graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College), Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1813. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1817. He was United States land receiver 1821–1833.[1] He served as a member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838.

Stokely was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He resumed the practice of law in Steubenville, where he died May 23, 1861. He was interred in Union Cemetery.

the Grove, where Stokely lived from about 1830

In April 1830, he married Rachel Mason. He purchased the Bezaleel Wells homestead, The Grove, at a sheriff's sale, and he and his descendants lived there for sixty years.[2] He was a general in the militia, and also married and was survived by Mrs. Lowther and Mrs. Burton. He had four children.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hunter, W.H. (1898). "The Pathfinders of Jefferson County". Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications. VI: 211.
  2. 1 2 Doyle, Joseph B. (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio. Vol. 1. Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing. p. 138.

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