DR. SAMUEL McADOW, JR., was born in this city, August 4, 1806—the day of the great eclipse. His father was the first practicing physician here, and from him the son derived the most of his knowledge of the healing art. His " school learning " was all obtained in the old academy, and is sufficiently thorough and extensive to do credit to his alma mater. He commenced practice in 1827, and still responds to the calls of some of the old families, who are loth [sic] to relinquish his services.
His wife is a daughter of John Kirkpatrick, who came to this place from Caneridge [Cane Ridge], Kentucky, in the fall of 1797, being one of the emigrants that accompanied the Rev. Robert G. Finley from that place.
Dr. McAdow is one of the Chillicothe physicians who have joined the two congenial professions of preaching as well as "practicing," having been licensed as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal church in 1840, and as a preacher in 1842. He never took a regular charge, but was for many years in the habit of preaching wherever his services were needed, in the town and surrounding country. He was ordained as deacon in 1846, and as elder in 1850—both by Bishop Morris.
