Samuel was born at
South Carolina on 4 November 1786. He was the son of
Thomas McCalla and
Sara Wayne Gardner. He married
Jennette Hemphill at
Chester Co., South Carolina, on 5 August 1812. He married
Elizabeth Thompson at
South Carolina. Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at
Perry Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Perry Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. Samuel died on 6 January 1881 at
Monroe Co., Indiana, at age 94. His body was interred in January 1881 at
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, at Rose Hill Cemetery.