Samuel Sidney Harrell
Samuel Sidney Harrell was a prominent member of the Franklin County, Indiana bar. He practiced law in Brookville, Indiana from 1861 until within a few months of his death in 1903. He taught school in his earlier years, but later took up the study of law, and devoted his whole active career to this profession. He served as prosecuting attorney, clerk of the circuit court of his county and spent several years in the Indiana Legislature as a member from Franklin County.
Early years and education
Samuel S. Harrell, the son of Stephen S. and Ruth Harrell, was born in Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana, January 18, 1838, and died after an illness of many months April 26, 1903. His grandfather, Chester Harrell, was a pioneer settler of Franklin county. while his father, Stephen S. Harrell, was a successful farmer, teacher and lawyer.Harrell was reared on his father's farm until he was 18 years of age, and received his elementary education in the district schools. He spent the winters of 1855–56 as a student in Brookville College, and in 1860, began teaching school. Desiring, however, to make the practice of law his life work, he began preparation for the bar in the office and under the direction of Daniel D. Jones, a lawyer of Brookville.