SAMUEL MEHARRY, who is now living a retired life at LaFayette, is a native of Adams County, Ohio, the date of his birth being December 7, 1810. His parents, ALEXANDER and JANE (FRANCIS) MEHARRY, were born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. They were reared in Ireland, where they lived until after their marriage, coming to America in 1794, and locating in Pennsylvania. They subsequently left Connelsville, Pennsylvania, going by river in a flat-boat to Manchester, Adams County, Ohio, where the father lived until his death, which was caused by a tree falling on him as he was returning from a camp-meeting, June 20, 1813. Three of his sons, HUGH, THOMAS and JAMES, came to Indiana, in 1827, and entered land in Montgomery County, on which they settled in 1828. JAMES MEHARRY was twenty-nine days in making the trip from Ohio to this county. SAMUEL MEHARRY, our subject, brought his mother to this county in 1843. She lived in Indiana until her death, which occurred in Tippecanoe County, in August, 1844. SAMUEL MEHARRY was reared in Adams County, Ohio, on a frontier farm. In 1834 he entered land in Tippecanoe County, within three-fourths of a mile from Shawnee Mound, his first entry consisting of forty acres. In 1846 he came to the county to settle on this land, which he found to be raw prairie, entirely unimproved. The fall of his arrival in the county he saw thousands of people in La Fayette, the canal having just been completed, but only two faces he saw that were not pale with ague. He came to the county with a small capital, and by his industrious habits and good management, he accumulated a large amount of property. When but seventeen or eighteen years of age he took a deep interest in the slavery question, often debating it at school, taking the prohibition side. His brother, REV. ALEXANDER MEHARRY, who was a preacher in Cincinnati, informed MR. BRADEN, president of the Central Tennessee College, that SAMUEL was a strong abolitionist. MR. BRADEN called on our subject, and after informing him of the condition of slaves in the south, SAMUEL MEHARRY gave him $100 for a nucleus toward the building of a medical college in the South for the education of negro physicians. The college was located at Nashville, and the medical department named the Meharry Medical College. Since his first donation toward this worthy object he has given several thousand dollars, and his brothers have donated even more. MR. MEHARRRY was married in Adams County, Ohio, January 20, 1836, to MISS MARY SAMSBERRY, who died June 29, 1840. Two children were born this union, both now deceased. MR. MEHARRY was married a second time May 9, 1844, to MISS REBECCA BOWER, a native of Brown County, Ohio. They have no children living, but have reared a number of poor children. They lived on their farm in Tippecanoe County until November 14, 1882, when they removed to La Fayette, where they are classed among the honored and most esteemed citizens. MR. MEHARRY has been a Methodist from his boyhood, and for many years connected with the Shawnee Church. Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana pp 565