SAMUEL McADAMS, farmer; P. 0. Mechanicsburg ; a native of this county; born on the farm where he now. lives, June 16, 1834. He is a son of John and Rachel (Graham) McAdams. He, John was a native of this county, born oct. 30, 1808. She was also a native of this State, born Feb. 28, 1811. John McAdams was the son of John, one of the earliest settlers or this part of the State, coming here prior to 1800, when the country was entirely wild, and the principal inhabitants were Indians. John McAdams, father of Samuel, reared a large family of children, viz., Ellen, Eliza Jane, Samuel, Melona, Francis, Marion, Mary Ann, Harriet and Ruth, all of whom are living but Ellen and Melona. Eliza lives in Iowa, and Mary Ann in Indiana. The remainder. of the family live in this county. Mr. M. was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He has been a farmer all his life, in connection with which he has run a threshing machine for twelve years. April 6, 1854, he married Nancy Jane Doak, by whom be had six children. She died in 1865. His second marriage was celebrated April 12, 1866, with Winnie Thompson. They are parents of seven children, all of whom are living; one of the children by his first wife is dead. His farm consists of 182 acres in a body, and in a good state of cultivation.