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- Samuel, a native of Selden, served in Company C, 165th Volunteer Infantry of the Union forces in the Civil War, and before his death, in 1913, he was a town trustee of the town of Brookhaven. He received his early education in the district schools of Selden.
"...He was born in the town in which he resides October 7, 1847 and is a son of Charles William F. and Mary Ann Hall Dare, the former of whom was born in Lancashire England. He remained in his native place until eighteen years of age when he came to America. Previous to coming to this country he had learned the shoemaker's trade and followed that for a living for some time after locating here. He subsequently engaged in gardening, which was his principal occupation up to the time of his death. At one time he served as a policeman in New York City and was also a Lieutenant in the Militia in an early day. While engaged in the boot and shoe business in Maiden Lane, New York City, he was burned out in the great fire of I835. He died in 1888 respected by all who knew him. His wife, who was born in New York City, has reached the good old age of eighty four years and enjoys good health. (He) was one of twelve children born to his parents. As a boy he attended the district schools but had a limited opportunity for acquiring an education. The tocsin of war sounded when young Samuel was still a boy, but he answered his country's call, enlisting at the age of sixteen and a half years in the One Hundred and Sixty fifth New York Zouaves. He joined his regiment at Franklin La. While in Banks' Red River Expedition, it was still two days less than two months after leaving home that he fell into the hands of the enemy and was incarcerated in the prison at Camp Ford Texas. Three and a half months later, during which time he received some pretty rough treatment, he was paroled and exchanged, and a month later he joined Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. After that he was in active service until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Ft. Sumter in the fall of 1865. After the war Mr. Dare returned to his home where he has since resided. He has one hundred acres of land which he devotes to truck gardening, making a specialty of strawberries, melons, tomatoes, sweet corn etc. February 1, I871 he was married to Miss Henrietta Wicks, daughter of Joel and Sarah Jane Ruland Wicks, old and worthy families of Suffolk County. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Dare has been blessed by the advent of nine children into the family, five of whom are still living, Fred, Laura May, Clarence E., John Logan, and Pauline H. All are still at home and make a merry group in the family residence. Mrs. Dare is a devoted member of the Methodist Church as also are Fred and Laura May. Fraternally. Mr. Dare is a member of Richard J. Clark Post, No. 210, G.A.R., of Patchogue. In politics, he is a stanch Republican and has abiding faith in the purity of the teachings of his party. He has served his fellow citizens for several years as Trustee of the town and is at present time of writing the efficient Chairman of that body. As a man he is a fond husband, an indulgent father, a kind neighbor, and a worthy intelligent citizen. He earns the respect all who know him by his square and methods both in business and in everyday life."
Obituary - Patchogue, Feb. 6, Samuel Dare, ae 65 years.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York; Long Island - Notable Families, Nassau & Suffolk Counties; South Side Signal (Babylon), Friday, February 14, 1913, Page: 8)
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1847 - 1913 (65 years)