Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Feather, Samuel H.     
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SAMUEL H. FEATHER, a well-to-do farmer of Colerain township, 
Bedford County, Pa., is one of the best known and most 
respected citizens.  He was born August 16, 1825, in East 
St. Clair, Pa., a son of Jacob and Mary (Otto) Feather.  His 
paternal grandfather, Matthias Feather, was born and 
educated in Germany.  He emigrated when a young man, and, 
settling in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, became one of the 
early pioneers of East St. Clair, the land that he took up 
being near St. Clairsville.
  Jacob Feather was born at the parental homestead, and in 
the district schools of East St. Clair he obtained his early 
knowledge of books.  When a young man he married Mary Otto, 
a native of Bedford County.  Coming to Colerain township a 
short time before the breaking out of the Civil War, he 
resided here a number of years before his removal to Monroe 
township, where he died at a ripe old age.  He was a man 
respected by all who knew him, and was a member of the 
Reformed church.
  Samuel H. Feather in his boyhood received a common-school 
education, and from that time until the present has advanced 
in learning by judicious reading of papers and periodicals 
devoted to current topics.  When about seventeen years old 
he began work at the carpenter's trade, which he followed 
for many years in conjunction with agricultural pursuits, 
first in East St. Clair and then in Colerain township, 
whither he removed in 1850.  In 1854 he purchased his 
present farm of one hundred and fifteen acres.  Until 1886 
he was both carpenter and farmer, but more recently he has 
devoted his entire time and attention to the management of 
his home estate.  A man of progressive ideas and of much 
force of character, Mr. Feather has been before the public 
eye in various offices of trust for many years past.  For 
fifteen years he was township School Director, for a year he 
served as township Auditor, and for a number of terms he has 
presided as Judge of Elections.  Religiously, he belongs to 
the Methodist Episcopal church; and fraternally, he is a 
member of the Rainsburg (Pa.) lodge of Odd Fellows and of 
the Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F., of the State of Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Feather has been twice married.  His first wife, Mary 
A. Andrews, of Bedford County, bore him six children, of 
whom two are living, namely: Sarah M., wife of Edward 
Burkheimer, of Bedford, Pa.; and George B., a resident of 
Muncie, Ind.  Mr. Feather's second wife, whose maiden name 
was Julia A. Scrader, was born and reared in this county.  
Five children have blessed their union, as follows: Anna B., 
wife of George W. Lasure, of Ohio; Mary A., wife of William 
Suter, of Snake Spring township; Carrie F., wife of Murray 
Smith, of Colerain, Pa.; Harry A.; and Charles E., who lives 
with his parents.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa