Biography

07/16/1773 - 09/01/1842

Colonel Samuel Futhey Dale, III (Democratic-Republican) Mifflin, Northumberland and Luzerne Counties 1795-1800

Early Life:

Colonel Samuel Futhey Dale, III, born July 16, 1773, West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Samuel and Anne Futhey Dale; moved, Northumberland about 1790; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1792-1793; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1795-1800; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1801-1802; moved, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; appointed, deputy surveyor of Venango, Warren and Clarion counties, 1801-1808; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House, 1808-1813; married, Eliza Gundaker 1812, (d.1830) children, Anna Mary Dale, judge Michael G. Dale, Samuel Futhey Dale, IV, Charles H Dale, married Eliza Lightner; Colonel, 32nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, War of 1812, commander, Erie Campaign, 1812-1814; moved, Lancaster Pennsylvania; appointed, associate judge, court of common pleas, Lancaster County, 1819-1842; school director, 1822; incorporator, Lancaster Academy, second, President of Lancaster School Board; 1837-1839; died, September 1, 1842 (aged 69), Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, All Saints Episcopal Cemetery, Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Elected, colonel, One Hundred and Thirty-Second regiment, first brigade and Fourteenth division, The commission under which he led his regiment in the war of 1812 was given by Governor Simon Snyder under date of August 3, 1811. After the close of the war, he resided at Lancaster the remainder of his life.

He gained the confidence and esteem of the Seneca's great chief, Cornplanter, and of his warriors, and helped reconcile the native Americans in Venango County, PA to the peaceable settlement and occupation of the land by the white man. He also took part in helping Oliver Hazard Perry to build ships on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Northumberland County, 1792-1793. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Mifflin, Northumberland and Luzerne Counties, 1795-1800.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Northumberland County, 1801-1802.

Appointed, deputy surveyor of Venango, Warren and Clarion counties, 1801-1808.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House, Mercer, Venango Counties, 1808-1813. 

Appointed, Governor Simon Snyder, associate judge, court of common pleas, Lancaster County, 1819-1842.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available.

Cited:

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

Donehoo, George P., editor (1926). Pennsylvania: A History. Lewis Historical Publishing Company pages 363–364.

COL Samuel Futhey Dale III (1773-1842) - Find a Grave Memorial