William A. Sample
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
[probably son of Robert Sample and Margaret Hannah]
born: 30 September 1802 - Tennessee or North Carolina
died: 28 August 1880 - Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
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buried: Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
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1st marriage: 16 February 1826 - Greene County, Tennessee
1st wife: Emma C. Harmon
[daughter of Isaac Harmon and Elizabeth Luster]
born: 9 August 1805 - Greene County, Tennessee
died: 1854 -
buried:

Children of William A. Sample and Emma C. Harmon Sample:

1. Grandison Sample
born: 22 November 1826 - Tennessee
died: 19 November 1901 -
wife: Sarah Ann Ellis

Children of Grandison Sample and Sarah Ann Ellis Sample:

1.1. Guy E. Sample
born: 5 June 1853
died:
married: 25 March 1876 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Mary Elmira Berry
[daughter of William Berry and Cynthia Barks]

Child of Guy E. Sample and Mary Elmira Berry Sample:

1.1.1. Mary Elizabeth Sample
born: 12 December 1879 - Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 19 May 1951
1st husband: Robert Lee Teeters
2nd husband: John Miller

1.2. William W. Sample
born: 19 July 1857
died: 2 February 1929
married: 23 January 1883 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Mattie G. Glen

Children of William W. Sample and Mattie G. Glen Sample:

1.2.1. Maude Sample
born: 18 November 1883
died: 19 October 1900

1.2.2. William W. Sample, Jr.
born: 21 February 1887
died: 11 January 1970

1.3. Grandison S. Sample
born: 24 November 1858 - Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 31 January 1931 - Missouri
married: 27 July 1879 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Mary Louisa Burk
[daughter of John R. Burk and ? ?]

Children of Grandison S. Sample and Mary Louisa Burk Sample:

1.3.1. Anna Louise Sample
born: 27 September 1881
died:

1.3.2. Cora Lou Sample
born: May 1882
died:
husband: Frederick Booth Zimmerman

1.3.3. Benjamin Harrison "Harry" Sample
born: 6 November 1888 - Lodge, Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 14 September 1959 - Advance, Missouri
married:
wife: Clara Devault

1.3.4. John Burk Sample
born: 9 January 1891
died: 19 March 1964
wife: Connie Anderson

1.3.5. Nellie Maude Sample
born: 13 Septemer 1893 - Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 25 September 1971

1.3.6. Joseph Edgar Sample
born: 6 September 1898
died:
married: 15 October 1921
wife: Cora Revelle

1.3.7. Rita May Sample

1.4. Emma C. Sample
born: 18 February 1862
died: 29 January 1930
married: 28 December 1879 - Bollinger County, Missouri
husband: James M. Shrum

Children of Emma C. Sample Shrum and James M. Shrum:

1.4.1. Charles Shrum

1.4.2. Mae Shrum

1.5. Isaac Harmon Sample
born: 3 August 1864
died: 30 March 1954
married: 4 September 1888 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Ellen J. Poe

1.6. infant Sample
born: 7 February 1867
died: c1867

1.7. Sarah Ann Sample
born: 1 December 1868
died:
married: 13 December 1888 - Bollinger County, Missouri
husband: George W. Mayfield

1.8. Mary Jane Sample
born: 25 June 1870
died: 23 September 1870

1.9. Robert Lee Sample
born: 12 August 1871 - Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 12 July 1944 - St. Louis, Missouri
married: 30 March 1892 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Martha Josephine Bess

Children of Robert Lee Sample and Martha Josephine Bess Sample:

1.9.1. Avery Lee Sample
born: 26 March 1893 - Bollinger County, Missouri
died: October 1965

1.9.2. Flossie M. Sample
born: 29 March 1899
died: July 1899

1.9.3. Elmer Henderson Sample
born: 1902
died: 1970

1.9.4. Fnu Sample

1.10. John H. Sample
born: 10 February 1874
died: 8 October 1875

2. Elizabeth W. Sample
born: 23 December 1828 -
died: 29 May 1895 -
husband: John L. Doggett

Children of Elizabeth W. Sample Doggett and John L. Doggett:

2.1. Molly Doggett

2.2. John Doggett
wife: ? ?

Children of John Doggett and ? ?:

2.2.1. Lizzie Doggett

2.2.2. Ora Doggett

2.2.3. Emma Doggett

2.2.4. Sylvester Doggett

3. Margaret B. Sample
born: 15 June 1831 - Greene County, Tennessee
died: 12 March 1894 -
married: 16 December 1858 - Jefferson County, Tennessee
husband: James K. P. Ellis

Children of Margaret B. Sample Ellis and James K. P. Ellis:

3.1. John I. Ellis
born: Hawkins County, Tennessee

3.2. William Ellis

3.3. Mary E. Ellis

3.4. S. E. Ellis

3.5. Ida M. Ellis

3.6. James Frank Ellis
wife: ? ?

Child of James Frank Ellis and ? ?:

3.6.1. Walter F. Ellis

3.7. George Finis Ellis
born: 22 October 1866
died: 18 May 1932
married: 19 December 1893
wife: Ella Lou Johnson

Children of George Finis Ellis and Ella Lou Johnson Ellis:

3.7.1. Mabel Margaret Ellis
born: 17 October 1894
died:

3.7.2. William Finis Ellis
born: 11 April 1902
died:
married: 7 March 1925
wife: Sadie Margaret Seabaugh

3.7.3. Daisy Lou Ellis
born: 9 June 1904
died:
married: 25 December 1934
husband: Horace K. Zimmerman

3.7.4. Benjamin Franklin Ellis
born: 25 May 1917
married: 18 September 1939
wife: Dorothy Mae Hartle

4. Mary Sample
born: 6 October 1833 - Jefferson County, Tennessee
died: 19 May 1871 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
married: 17 May 1855 - Jefferson County, Tennessee
husband: Henry M. Richard

Children of Mary Sample Richard and Henry M. Richard:

4.1. Finis Ewing Richard
born: 19 June 1866 - Greene County, Tennessee
died: 8 February 1936 - McLoud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
married: 21 September 1897 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
wife: Marthina Emmaline Peery

Children of Finis Ewing Richard and Marthina Emmaline Peery Richard:

4.1.1. William R. Richard
born: 2 June 1899 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 21 June 1899 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri

4.1.2. Ewing Peery Richard
born: 11 May 1900 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 9 November 1900 - McLoud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

4.1.3. Louis Henry Richard
born: 14 May 1901 - McLoud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
died: 2 June 1901

4.1.4. Alma Margaret Richard
born: 27 August 1902 - McLoud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
died: 27 August 1995 - Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

4.1.5. Robert Donald Richard
born: 20 October 1904 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 1982
married: 4 April 1931
wife: Cecil Bently

4.1.6. Mary Richard
born: 23 December 1905 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 12 March 1906 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri

4.1.7. Charles Melvin Richard
born: 11 July 1907 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 1 August 1977 - Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma

4.2. John William Richard
born: 14 February 1856 - Greene County, Tennessee
died: 10 May 1936 - Parks, Dundy County, Nebraska
married: 2 March 1888 - Gentry County, Missouri
wife: Salina Wilson

Children of John William Richard and Salina Wilson Richard:

4.2.1. Mollie Richard
born: Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska
husband: ? Baney

4.2.2. Olive Richard
born: Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska
husband: ? Morrison

4.2.3. Jasper Finis Richard
born: Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska

4.2.4. Emma Richard
born: Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska
husband: ? Penn

4.2.5. Gladys Richard
born: Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska
husband: ? McGlashan

4.3. Emma R. Richard
born: 20 March 1857 - Greene County, Tennessee
died: 16 February 1920
married: 25 December 1884
husband: Lewis C. Hulet

Children of Emma R. Richard Hulet and Lewis C. Hulet:

4.3.1. James E. Hulet
born: 1 October 1885 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 4 June 1955

4.3.2. Charles Marshall Hulet
born: 11 December 1887
died: 31 March 1971 - Grant City, Worth County, Missouri

4.3.3. Margaret Isabel Hulet
born: 10 March 1892 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 9 August 1977 - Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
husband: Day Logan McCrary

4.3.4. Nellie Amanda Hulet
born: 4 August 1888 - Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died: 25 July 1890

4.4. Martha Isabelle Richard
born: 25 December 1858 - Greene County, Tennessee
died:
husband: ? Mahoney

5. Isaac Harmon Sample
born: 15 October 1835 - Tennessee
died: 20 January 1891 - Bollinger County, Missouri
married: 28 October 1860 -
wife: Mary Ann Grindstaff
[daughter of David Grindstaff and Mary Masters]

Children of Isaac Harmon Sample and Mary Ann Grindstaff Sample:

5.1. Mary Elizabeth Sample
born: 25 August 1861
died:
married: 10 January 1892 - Bollinger County, Missouri
husband: Daniel R. Seabaugh

5.2. John William Sample
born: 24 August 1862
died: 23 October 1953
married: 6 February 1887 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Sophia Dolle

Child of John William Sample and Sophia Dolle Sample:

5.2.1. Emma Ettie Sample
born: 17 December 1887
died: 12 May 1962

5.3. Sarah Ann Sample
born: 4 October 1864
died: 7 October 1866

5.4. Isaac Peter Sample
born; 10 April 1867
died:
married: 13 March 1896 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Mary Ann Cook

Children of Isaac Peter Sample and Mary Ann Cook Sample:

5.4.1. Esther Sample

5.4.2. Ruby Sample

5.4.3. Jake Sample

5.4.4. Hazel Sample

5.4.5. Dewey Sample

5.4.6. Earl Sample

5.4.7. Truman Sample

5.4.8. Luther Sample

5.5. Orlando Sample
born: 17 March 1870
died: 6 October 1892
married: 1 November 1891 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Clara J. Dolle

Child of Orlando Sample and Clara J. Dolle Sample:

5.5.1. Hettie Mae Sample
born: 25 May 1892
died:

5.6. George Marion Sample
born: 13 September 1872
died: 14 September 1907
married: 14 May 1896
wife: Nettie Idyl Conrad

Children of George Marion Sample and Nettie Idyl Conrad Sample:

5.6.1. William Rudolph Sample
born: 2 December 1896
died: 5 March 1984

5.6.2. George Edward Sample
born: 16 January 1904
died: 18 October 1905

5.6.3. Theodore Sample
born: 19 October 1904
died: 6 October 1905

5.6.4. Edna Maud Sample

5.6.5. John Harmon Sample

5.6.6. Marion Elmer Sample

5.6.7. Mary Dora Sample

5.6.8. Pearl Irene Sample

5.7. David Rudolph Sample
born: 1 March 1875 - Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 14 July 1953 - Bollinger County, Missouri
married: 5 March 1905 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Ovanda Mae Knowles
[daughter of James Knowles and Laura Wilson]

Child of David Rudolph Sample and Ovanda Mae Knowles Sample:

5.7.1. Charles David Sample
born: 12 December 1912
died: 29 November 1992 - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
married: 6 May 1939 - Benton, Scott County, Missouri
wife: Mable Evangeline Baker
[daughter of Charles Baker and Mary Bell]

Children of Charles David Sample and Mable Evangeline Baker Sample:

5.7.1.1. David Lee Sample

5.7.1.2. Charles Edward Sample

5.7.1.3. Laura Mae Sample

5.8. Edward Garfield Sample
born: 11 November 1878
died:
wife: Clara J. Dolle

Child of Edward Garfield Sample and Clara J. Dolle Sample:

5.8.1. John Isaac Sample
born: 12 September 1901
died: 18 June 1903

6. William A. Sample
born: 6 November 1837 - Tennessee
died:
married: 3 April 1859 - Jefferson County, Tennessee
wife: Elizabeth A. Cochran

Child of William A. Sample and Elizabeth A. Cochran Sample:

6.1. G. W. Sample
born: c1860
died:

7. infant son Sample
born: 7 September 1840
died: 7 Septmeber 1840

8. Robert B. Sample
born: 16 April 1842 - Tennessee
died:
married: 13 December 1868 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Jane Long

9. Emma Harriet Sample
born: 12 June 1845 - Tennessee
died:

10. Abraham Burl "Abe" Sample
born: 16 June 1847 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 9 October 1917 - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
married: 26 November 1868 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Louise Elmine Baker

Children of Abraham Burl "Abe" Sample and Louise Elmine Baker Sample:

10.1. infant son Sample

10.2. Victoria Sample
husband: Joseph Cullom Eaker
[son of Henry Eaker and Sarah Willis]

Children of Victoria Sample Eaker and Joseph Cullom Eaker:

10.2.1. Dallas Eaker
born:
died: 1930

10.2.2. Henry Eaker
born:
died: 1970

10.2.3. Lee Eaker

10.3. Willie Sample

10.4. Bertha Catherine Sample
born: 18 October 1869
died:

10.5. Charles William Sample
born: 18 May 1873 - Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 21 February 1940 - Bollinger County, Missouri
married: 1 February 1894 - Bollinger County, Missouri
wife: Ida Margaret Seabaugh

Children of Charles William Sample and Ida Margaret Seabaugh Sample:

10.5.1. Esther Etta Lake Sample
born: 1 September 1894 - Bollinger County, Missouri
died: 2 August 1972 - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

10.5.2. Charles William Sample

10.5.3. Dona Blanche Sample
born: 1899
died: 15 April 1983
married: 2 October 1913
husband: Otto Kitchen

10.6. James K. Polk Sample
born: 6 December 1876
died:

10.7. Manuel E. Sample
born: 4 October 1880
died:

10.8. Ira Elizabeth Sample
born: 27 May 1883
died:

10.9. Lora Grace Sample
born: 9 May 1887
died:

10.10. George Abraham Sample
born; 9 May 1888
died:

10.11. DeWitt Talmadge Sample
born: 20 July 1891
died:
wife: ? ?

Child of DeWitt Talmadge Sample and ? ?:

10.11.1. Olma Sample

10.12. Mosey Ellis Sample
born: 9 June 1893
died: 4 June 1975
wife: Anna Luevenie Eaker
[daughter of William Eaker and Mary Wilkerson]

Children of Mosey Ellis Sample and Anna Luevenie Eaker Sample:

10.12.1. Tinnie Irean Sample
born: 1 November 1913

10.12.2. Inia Ellis Sample
born: 27 February 1919

10.13. Newton Burl Sample
born: 8 May 1895
died: 1947

11. George Hoyle Sample
born: 31 August 1851 - Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
died: 1 February 1915 - Missouri
married: 4 March 1873 - Hamblen County, Tennessee
wife: Martha Ann Silvers

Children of George Hoyle Sample and Martha Ann Silvers Sample:

11.1. George Alexander Sample

2nd marriage of William A. Sample: c1860
2nd wife of William A. Sample: Anna Williams
born:
died:

Child of William A. Sample and Anna Williams Sample:

12. Ezekiel Alexander Sample
born: 4 June 1861 - Tennessee
died: 18 November 1928
wife: Ada Caroline Smith

Child of Ezekiel Alexander Sample and Ada Caroline Smith Sample:

12.1. Ethel Ada Sample
born: 5 July 1892
died: 7 July 1980
husband: George Rhodney Wilson

Child of Ethel Ada Sample Wilson and George Rhodney Wilson:

12.1.1. E. A. Wilson
born: 12 September 1918
died: 26 March 1930

3rd marriage of William A. Sample: 9 November 1871
3rd wife of William A. Sample: Sarah Ellen Silvers
born: 27 November 1845 - Virginia
died: 18 February 1928 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
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Children of William A. Sample and Sarah Ellen Silvers Sample:

13. John Silver Sample
born: 18 September 1874 - Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee
died: 3 October 1942 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Lynnhurst Cemetery
married: 17 September 1902 - Knox County, Tennessee
wife: Harriet Elizabeth Banker
born: 8 April 1885 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 29 August 1975 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Lynnhurst Cemetery

Children of John Silver Sample and Harriet Elizabeth Banker Sample:

13.1. Edward Banker Sample
born: 22 May 1904 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 30 April 1995 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Lynnhurst Cemetery
1st marriage: 15 September 1926 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
1st wife: Albertina Scheitlin
born: 29 January 1906 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 24 January 1933 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

2nd marriage of Edward Banker Sample: 20 March 1936 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
2nd wife: Evelyn Dupre England
born: 12 January 1906 - Alabama
died: 30 October 1981 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

3rd marriage of Edward Banker Sample: 22 November 1983 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
3rd wife: Claudia Parry

13.2. William Mitchell Sample
born: 26 August 1909 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 19 July 1999 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Lynnhurst Cemetery
married: 16 June 1932 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
wife: Mary Leigh Smith
born: 28 July 1904 - Georgia
died: 25 May 1996 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Lynnhurst Cemetery

13.3. Helen Virginia Sample
born: 2 January 1914 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 6 February 1991 - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Masoleum - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
husband: Roy Frederick Bell
born: 13 July 1911 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
died: 4 July 1999 - Evansville, Vanderburg County, Indiana
buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Masoleum - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Child of Helen Virginia Sample Bell and Roy Frederick Bell:

13.2.1. Harriet Anne Bell
husband: Clayton Leroy Anderson

14. Tegelutes Sample
born: 21 August 1877 - Hamblen County, Tennessee
died: 17 August 1938 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee

15. Cicero Tullius Sample
born: 26 August 1879 - Hamblen County, Tennessee
died: 9 November 1956 - Knox County, Tennessee
buried: Mays Chapel - Knox County, Tennessee
married: 12 February 1902 - Loland, Tennessee
wife: Josie Olive Owen
born: 31 January 1880
died: 26 October 1959
buried: Mays Chapel - Knox County, Tennessee