When Samuel Roach was born on 17 November 1800, in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, Jeremiah Roach, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Null, was 34. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Margaret Snodgrass. He lived in Madison Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 September 1869, in Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, United States.