BIO: Samuel S. Wylie, Cumberland County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Bookwalter Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/beers/beers.htm ______________________________________________________________________ PART II. HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. CHAPTER LVII. SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP. 548 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: REV. SAMUEL S. WYLIE, pastor of Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, was born in Washington County, Penn., December 2, 1844, son of David and Harriet B. (Simison) Wylie, of Scotch-Irish descent, latter a native of Ohio. David Wylie, a native of Pennsylvania, was a Government officer in early life, and in later life became a farmer; their family consisted of six children, Samuel S. being the fifth. Our subject was reared on the 549 SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP. farm, and attended the common school until he was sixteen years of age; afterward he entered Washington and Jefferson College, from which he graduated in 1867. He entered the theological seminary at Allegheny City, Penn., in 1867, and graduated at that institution in 1870. He was licensed to preach in 1869, by the Pittsburgh Presbytery. After graduating in his theological course, in 1870, he spent one year in teaching and as supply preacher, in Indiana County, Penn. He then went to Scotland, where he entered the Free Church Theological College at Edinburgh, and remained one year. On his return to America he was ordained, and accepted a charge at Middle Spring, this county, where he has remained for the past fourteen years. Rev. Samuel S. Wylie is a thorough scholar and an accomplished gentleman, and his efforts in his profession have been attended with marked success in winning souls to his Master and gathering in his church and Sabbath-school many individuals and families. He has written a very authentic history of the Presbyterian Church at Middle Spring, this county. This church was one of the first established in the Cumberland Valley. Our subject was married, November 24, 1874, to Miss Jane M. McCune, daughter of John McCune, and of Scotch-Irish descent. They have been blessed with three children: Two daughters, Harriet and Eva Theressa, and one son, Samuel D. Mrs. Wylie is a member of the Presbyterian Church.