Samuel B. Straley
Samuel B. Straley, farmer and tile maker, Edgefield, is a son of Joseph Straley, who was born in Louis County, Virginia, December 10, 1796, where he was reared and lived until twenty-six years of age, then came to this county, and located one mile east of West Lancaster, where he lived an exemplary life, and where religious services were held at least twenty years, when there were no churches near. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and died triumphantly July 31, 1849. He and our subject's mother, Elizabeth B. Hamilton, were married April 30, 1818, and they both joined the church that year. They had a family of fourteen children, eleven living. Mrs. Straley died, May 24, 1877.
Our subject was born, June 27, 1823, in Virginia, and came to this county with his parents in the same year. He was married, April 20, 1843, to Miss Julia A. Hidy, who bore him eight children, and died, April 17, 1861, a member of the Methodist Church. He then married Lydia A. Creamer, February 22, 1862 ; six children are the result of this union; five living.
Mr. Straley was elected justice of the peace, in 1846, served three years, also served about four years as trustee of Jasper Township. He served four months, in Company G, 168th O. N. G., as lieutenant. He and his second wife are members of the Methodist Church.
He has a farm of fifty-eight acres, two miles west of West Lancaster, and has the oldest tile factory in the county on his farm. His brother, Jasper, was born in this county, December 3, 1835, where he was reared, educated, and married Miss Athaliah Ellis, May 14, 1857; nine children are the result of this union, eight living. Mrs. Straley died, January 30, 1881. They too were members of the Methodist Church. He served four months in the same company and regiment, as sergeant, that S. B, did.
He has a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres, three miles west of Jeff'ersonville, on the Jamestown pike, where he has a new tile factory. All the family are Republicans.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County