BIO: S. M. Wherry, Cumberland County, PA

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

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER LVII.

                         SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP.

548  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  HON. S. M. WHERRY, the fourth child of Hon. Samuel Wherry, born 
January 5, 1839, graduated from Princeton June, 1860; completed the 
usual course of legal studies in the office of Judge Watts, Carlisle; 
relinquished his chosen profession from necessities growing out of his 
father's death; became a practical farmer April 1, 1863; married Esther 
A. Stuart, daughter of Hon. Hugh Stuart, of Carlisle, January 27, 1864, 
and still resides at the homestead.  S. M. Wherry is best known as a 
progressive and successful farmer, as the instigator and promoter of 
many educational schemes, as the quiet benefactor of many who came to 
him in their distress, as the unseen helper of youths of both sexes, 
who, without money or friends, were also without hope of a fair start 
in life.  He was elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1872-73, 
from the district of Cumberland and Franklin Counties, served through 
the entire term of that distinguished body, and has left his record in 
its printed debates.