Biography

07/22/1804 - 04/02/1861

Judge Samuel Wherry (D13) Cumberland and Perry Counties 1854-1856

Early Life:

Judge Samuel Wherry, born July 22, 1804; Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Margaret Mitchell Wherry; christened, Middle Springs Presbyterian Church; farmer;  married, Margaret McCune Wherry, 1832, children, Eleanor Sharp Wherry Hays, Margaret Jane Wherry, Samuel McCune Wherry, William Elder Wherry; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1854-1856; died, April 2, 1861 (aged 56), Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Upper Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Cumberland and Perry Counties, 1854-1856.

Appointed, Governor William Fisher Packer, Judge Carlisle, fill a vacancy, death, Judge Woodburn, 1860.

Legacy:

Son, Samuel McCune Wherry, elected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887-1894.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers and Company, 1886.

1886 History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (usgwarchives.net)

files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/bios/beers1886/wherry-samuel.txt

Judge Samuel Wherry (1804-1861) - Find a Grave Memorial