Samuel Mortimer

Son of William and Susanna (Wakely) Mortimer.

He learned the trade and worked as a weaver in England until 20 years of age, when he sought his fortune in the land of America, coming to the United States in 1853. He worked in the woods and rafted on the Susquehanna for a few years and was a sawyer in the old "company" mill at this place in the booming days of the lumber industry.

When the civil war broke out he was among the first defenders and went to the front in that famous regiment known throughout America -- the "Bucktails" as a member of Company K first Bucktails P.R,V.C. He was wounded at Antietam, December 13, 1862, and fought in the following great battles of the war for the union: Drainsville, Richmond, second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain and Fredricksburg. His war record is one to be proud of. He was a member of George Harleman Post 302, G.A.R. After the war Mr. Mortimer purchased a farm to Beech Creek township. Later he went to Kansas and farmed for 12 years, returning in 1885, bought back his farm and lived on it until a few years ago when he built and occupied a home on Fairview street.

Married Margaret Linn, daughter of James A. and Mary Morrison Linn, in 1858 {children Samuel, Susanna (m. John Calvin Zerby), Tacie Edith (m. John Powers, Eden Whearty), Samuel (m. Deidamia Lingle), Cora (m. Oliver Bitner)}.

He married Sarah Katherine Sproul daughter of John Sproul, a native of Ireland, and Katherine Smith Sproul in 1889.