Dr. Samuel C. Weddington is a native of Rowan County, N. C., and the second of a family of three children born to James C. and Rebecca (Ellis) Weddington, both parents natives of North Carolina and of English-Irish and German-Welsh descent, respectively. Dr. Weddington was born in the 15th of July 1823, and spent the first nine years of his life in his native State. He came with his parents to Indiana in 1832 and located near Alexandria, Madison County, where he grew to manhood and where he obtained a fair English education in such schools as the country afforded. On attaining his majority he began teaching and reading medicine alternately, and in 1847 began the practice of his profession at the town of Chesterfield. In 1856 he removed to Randolph County and accepted the position of railroad agent at Union City, in which capacity he continued until 1865. In that year he entered the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers as assistant surgeon, and was soon after appointed surgeon-major, receiving the appointment through the influence of Col. now Gov. Gray, who was his personal friend. He left the army in 1865 and returning to Indiana resumed the practice of medicine at Jonesboro for a short time, abandoning it to accept the position of civil engineer on the Pan Handle Railroad, in which capacity he continued some time, operating between Union City and Logansport. He afterward engaged in his profession at Jonesboro, but discontinued it on the completion of the railroad through the town in order to take charge of the station, for which he acted as agent for some time in Jonesboro and adjacent country. Dr. Weddington is a man eminently qualified to adapt himself to circumstances, and in his various enterprises has met with encouraging success. He has affiliated with the Republican Party ever since its organization, but is not a partisan in the sense of seeking official position. He identified himself with the Masonic order in 1848, and is one of the active workers in the lodge at Jonesboro. He was married, January 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Tomlinson, of North Carolina. The Doctor is the father of nine children, four of whom are living, to wit Emily J., William M., Ulysses S. and Samuel C. Weddington, Mr. and Mrs. Weddington are members of the Presbyterian Church.