Samuel was born on June 7th, 1867.1 Samuel's father was Elwood Beadle and his mother was Mary Ann McCalla. His maternal grandparents were Thomas McCalla and Catherine Zehner. He had a brother and three sisters, named Eugene, Phoebe, Emma and Lucy. He was the second youngest of the five children. He died at the age of 2 on August 24th, 1869.1