Samuel Stokely
Samuel Stokely was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1841 to 1843.
Early life
Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, Stokely attended private schools.He was graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1813.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1817.
Political career
He was United States land receiver 1821–1833. He served as a member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838.Congress
Stokely was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress.Later career and death
He resumed the practice of law in Steubenville, where he died May 23, 1861.He was interred in Union Cemetery.
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. He was a general in the militia, and also married and was survived by Mrs. Lowther and Mrs. Burton. He had four children.