DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
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Don Norman
Tracing the family histories of the Samples families of Clay County, WV is
very difficult, as two and perhaps three different lines have been discovered
during research. One Samples line can be traced to Ireland through two brothers
who were British soldiers captured at Yorktown, VA during the American
Revolutionary War, and the other can be traced to Ohio near the present site of
Pomeroy. The eldest member of the Samples family living in the Pomeroy area was
named Robert and he is not to be confused with a younger Robert Samples, brother
of Samuel Alexander Samples II.
1. SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Samuel Alexander Samples I was born about 1755, probably in
Ireland. He and his brother John Samples were soldiers in the
British Army and were captured when Lord Cornwallis' army surrendered
to General George Washington at Yorktown Virginia October 19, 1781.
The British soldiers captured after this battle were marched to a
prison camp at Charles Town, Virginia. They were not closely guarded
and were encouraged to escape, because the new Nation did not need any
more people to feed. Samuel and his brother escaped, but became
separated and never saw each other again.
Samuel and his wife Lucinda migrated to Adair City, Greenup
County, KY. They died there, leaving four small sons.
Children of Samuel Alexander I and Lucinda Samples.
2.
(1) Robert Samples
b.
1793
3.
(2) Samuel Alexander II
m. Jane Samples.
b.
1795
d.
1858.
4.
(3) Hiram
b.
m. Bathsheba Alderson.
1799
d.
1881
5.
(4) William
1799.
3.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES II
b.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Samuel Alexander Samples II was born at Adair City, Greenup
County, KY in 1795 and died in what is now Clay County, WV in 1858.
He was a son of Samuel Alexander Samples I and Lucinda. His parents
died young and he was apprenticed to a blacksmith named Henry Ralston.
He became dissatisfied with his taskmaster and ran away. He lived for
a while at Pomeroy, Ohio, where he met and married Jane Samples.
Jane was born in 1801, died November 8, 1883 in Clay County, WV.
She was a daughter of Robert A. Samples. Do not confuse Robert A.
Samples with Samuel's brother; they were different people. Although
the 1880 census lists Jane as having been born in Virginia, she may
have been born just across the river in Ohio. Ohio did not become a
State until 1803 and her birth may have been reported in Virginia.
The 1880 census for Clay County, WV, shows a 79 year old widowed Jane
1
Samples living with her son, Andrew Samples and states that both her
parents were born in Virginia.
Children of Samuel Alexander II and Jane (Samples) Samples.
6.
(1) William H.
b.
1821
7.
(2) John W.
m.Roseanna Jarrett.
b.
1822
8.
(3) Andrew "Doc"
m.Eveline Ashley
m.Rebecka King.
9.
(4) Polly Ann
m.never married.
b.
1826
b.
1827
10.
(5) Billy "Deef Billy"
m.never married.
11.
(6) Thomas
m.Virginia Paxton.
b.
1829
12.
(7) Jesse A.
m.Malnora Paxton.
b.
1831
13.
(8) Priscilla
m.William P. Paxton.
b.
1833
14.
(9) Salathiel "Lafe"
m.Melcina Ashley.
b.
1836
15. (10) Abraham
b.c.
1838
16. (11) Amanda
m.Lewis Burdette.
b.
1839
17. (12) Delilah
m.Andrew Jones.
b.
1841
18. (13) Sarah
b.Jan 10 1847
m.Joshua King Moore Aug 2 1865
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
d.
1905
d.c.
1863
d.Aug 12 1918
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Hiram Samples Sr. was born at Adair City, Greenup County, KY in 1799 and
died in Clay County WV in 1881. He was a son of Samuel Alexander Samples I and
Lucinda. His parents died young and he was apprenticed to a blacksmith named
Henry Ralston who had his shop in Ohio, directly across the River from Adair
City. Hiram became dissatisfied with his taskmaster and ran away. He went into
KY, where he courted and married Bathsheba Alderson, who was born in KY in 1809.
The family moved to Virginia, and settled near the present site of Clendenin. In
1840, Hiram bought 30 acres of land on Porters Creek, Nicholas County, VA, from
Charles Young. In 1855, he bought 606 acres on King Shoal Creek from Matthew
Geary. In 1856, he bought 306 acres on Porters Creek from Ralph Smith. All
this land was located within the present boundaries of Clay County, WV.
2
Children of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples.
19.
(1) William "Billy"
m.Sarah Griffith
b.Jul
Nov 11 1851
7 1830
d.Apr 17 1901
20.
(2) Harvey
m.Sarah Jane Jones.
b.Sep
6 1836
d.Mar 30 1927
21.
(3) Harrison
m.Caroline ?
b.
1839
d.Mar 11 1893
22.
(4) Allen.
m.Virginia Ellen King
b.Sep 29 1851
d.Apr 21 1900
23.
(5) Hiram Jr.
b.Dec 7 1843
d.Feb 25 1915
m.Mary ?(b.Dec 23 1860 d.May 26 1911)
24.
(6) Perry
m.Levina May White
25.
(7) Philander.
26.
(8) John.
m.Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Jones
27.
(9) Lucinda.
b.Aug 7 1845
Mar 15 1867
d.Mar
2 1877
28. (10) Margaret.
29. (11) Sophia.
In 1855, Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples died of a heart attack.
Marriage Book 1, page 12, in the Kanawha County Courthouse records the
August 7, 1857 marriage of a sixty year old Hiram Samples Sr. to
Elizabeth Hall, who was born in 1834.
Children of Hiram Sr. and Elizabeth (Hall) Samples.
30.
(1) Mary E.
b.
1861
31.
(2) Samuel W. "Long Sam"
b.
m.Melinda Dow Procious.
1868
d.
1962
32.
(3) Samantha
1867
d.
1958
33.
(4) Bertha
7.JOHN SAMPLES
SAMPLES
b.
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.
John Samples was born in 1822, son of Samuel Alexander II and Jane
(Samples) Samples. He married Roseanna Jarrett. Roseanna, a daughter of David
Jarrett, was born in 1830.
Children of John and Roseanna (Jarrett) Samples.
3
34.
(1) Samuel W."Nicholas County Sam", b.c.
m.Katherine King
35.
(2) Louisa
m. ? White.
36.
(3) Robert Owen
b. Jul 16 1850
m. Margaret Ashley
m. Martha Ellen McCann May 19 1884
37.
(4) Eli
38.
(5) Edward
b.c.
1855
m.Adelin Young, moved to Nebraska.
39.
(6) Leota
b.c.
1855
m.Maurice Smith, moved to Nebraska.
40.
(7) Elisa
b.
1860
m.Preston Phillips, moved to Nebraska.
41.
(8) Salathiel "Lafe"
b.
1862
m. ? White and moved to Nebraska.
42.
(9) Lewis
b.
1865
m.Mae White, moved to Nebraska.
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
SAMPLES
b.c.
1850
1850
b.
d. Jul 13 1923
1855.
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.
Andrew "Doc" Samples, a son of Samuel Alexander Samples II and Jane
(Samples) Samples, was born in 1826, died in 1905. He married Eveline Ashley.
Eveline, a daughter of John and Mary (Alford) Ashley, was born in 1835 and died
in 1878.
After Eveline's death, Andrew married a widow, Rebecka King. The 1880
Census for Clay County, WV lists two step children living in the Andrew Samples
household.
Children of Andrew and Eveline (Ashley) Samples.
43.
(1) Angeline
b.
m.Anderson "Lant" Walker.
1851
d.
1918.
44.
(2) Floyd Jacob "Big Floyd"b.
m.Indiana Walker.
1854
d.
1926.
45.
(3) Alexander
m.Mary V. Hart.
b.
1856
d.
1933
46.
(4) Ann F.
b.c.
1861
47.
(4). Mary Delilah
b.Jan 17 1859
m.Samuel A. Hart Jun 20 1878
48.
(5). Samuel Wesley
b.Mar 15 1862
4
d.Dec 27 1927
d.Nov 19 1942
m.Ruth Annie Whitworth
49.
(6) Hiram "Hide"
m. Angeline -------
b.
1868
50.
(7) John Goshorn
b.Feb
m.Lucinda Ella Hart Jan 25 1892
1869
d.Feb
6 1956
Children of ----- and Rebeka (-----) King.
(Step children of Andrew Samples.)
51.
(1) Charlity King
b.
1870.
52.
(2) Jasper King
b.
1873.
Children of Andrew and Rebecka (King) Samples.
53.
(1) Fonda Ann
m.Buena Vista "Boone" Samples.
11.THOMAS SAMPLES
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.
Thomas Samples, a son of Samuel Alexander II and Jane (Samples)
Samples, was born in 1829. He married Virginia Paxton. Virginia, a
daughter of Thomas and Dicena (Cartwright) Paxton, was born in
Nicholas County VA (WV) in 1835.
In 1855, Thomas and Virginia, in partnership with Virginia's
brother, George Washington Paxton and George's wife, Matilda, acquired
1400 acres of land in Nicholas County, VA from William and Sarah
Vineyard. This land was situated along Twistabout Creek, Elk River,
Dismal Creek and Horners Fork Creek. Part of this Land was sold to
the Swan, Brown and Goshorn land Company February 15, 1859 and the
remainder sold in smallish portions at other times.
Children of Thomas and Virginia (Paxton) Samples.
54.
(1) America Victoria
m.George Whitney.
b.
1857
55.
(2) Caroline
m.Cornelius Davis.
b.
1859
56.
(3) Hayes Alexander
m.Lydia Walker
b.
1866
57.
(4) William
b.c.
1868
58.
(5) Morrill W.
b.
1869
13.PRISCILLA SAMPLES
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
d.
1936
3.SAMUEL A.
Priscilla Samples, a daughter of Samuel A. II and Jane (Samples)
Samples, was born in 1833. She married William Patterson Paxton.
5
William, a son of Thomas and Dicena (Cartwright) Paxton, was born
December 4, 1829 and died 1910.
Children of William Patterson and Priscilla (Samples) Paxton.
59.
(1) Thomas S.
m.Eliza E. Samples
b.
60.
(2) Jane D.
m.Miles Carper
b.Nov 13 1853
61.
(3) Lyle
m. Nancy Smith
b.
62.
(4) Amanda
m.Charles W. Carper
b.Jul
63.
(5) Melissa A.
m.Henry F. Smith
b.
1861
64.
(6) Virginia Bell
m.Jacob Evans
b.
1863
65.
(7) Ellen
m.Jacob Markle
b.Oct 13 1866
66.
(8) Indiana
m.Scott John Corbett
b.Mar 13 1868
67.
(9) Silas Whitney
m.Eulalie Chapman
b.
68. (10) George Sheldon
m.Ann Procious
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
SAMPLES
1851
1856
6 1858
1870
b.Oct
2 1873
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.
Salathiel "Lafe" Samples, a son of SAMUEL Alexander II and Jane (Samples)
Samples, was born in August 1836. He married Melcina Ashley. Melcina, a
daughter of John and Elizabeth Ashley, was born in VA in April 1847.
Lafe served in Co."C" 7th W.Va. Cavalry in the Civil War.
Children of Salathiel and Melcina (Ashley) Samples.
69.
(1) William Dorrell
b.
1866.
70.
(2) Samantha A.
m.? Walker.
b.
1869
71.
(3) Flora Sadie
m.Walter Craig
m.Walter Myers
b.
1872
72.
(4) Eliza S.
m.Bratton M. Samples.
b.Jan 30 1873
6
d.Jun
3 1937
73.
(5) George
m.Martha Samples
b.Jul
74.
(6) Van
b.c.
1881
75.
(7) Curt
b.c.
1883
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
SAMPLES
4 1881
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
d.Apr
3
1932
1.SAMUEL A.
Abraham Samples, a son of Samuel A. II and Jane (Samples)
Samples was born about 1838 and died in the Civil War. His wife
is unknown.
Children of Abraham Samples.
76.
(1) Samuel "Short Sam"
b.
m.Louisa Lydia Tanner.
1851
77.
(2) Ranson
m.Nancy ?
1854
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
ALEXANDER SAMPLES
b.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL
William "Billy" Samples, a son of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson)
Samples, was born in Ohio July 7, 1830 and died in Clay County WV April 17,
1901. He married Sarah Griffith in Kanawha County VA (WV) November 11, 1851.
Sarah, a daughter of William and Mahala (King) Griffith, was born January 16,
1830 and died February 15, 1899.
Children of William and Sarah (Griffith) Samples.
78.
(1).
79.
Hansford
b.
1853
(2). Brooks L.
m.Sophia Woods
b.
1855
80.
(3). William Dow
b.May 22 1857
81.
(4). Windsor D.
m.Annie “Puss” Young
m.Anna Christine
b.Jan 30 1860
82.
(5). Charlie Patrick
m.Mary E. Griffith
b.
83.
(6). Martha L
b.Aug 20 1865
84.
(7). Mary Estaline
b.Feb 20 1868
d.Jan
85.
(8). Harrison G.
b.Nov 27 1870
d.Sep 27 1875
86.
(9). Hermine
b.
d.Sep 27 1875
1862
1871
7
d.
1892
d.Jun 24 1864
d.Feb 15 1947
8 1888
87. (10). Henrietta
b.Dec 29 1874
88. (11). Loartta
b.
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
SAMPLES
d.Mar 20 1901
1875
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A.
Harvey "Uncle Harve" Samples was born September 6, 1836 and died March 30,
1927. He was a son of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples. He married
Sarah Jane Jones who was born October 19, 1838 and died October 1, 1917. She
was a daughter of John and Sarah Jane (Samples) Jones and a grand daughter of
Peter Samples.
In 1858, Harvey Samples was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Clay County, VA,
under Sheriff Christopher C. Campbell. In 1866, Harvey was elected Sheriff of
Clay County and served a term. During the years 1881 to 1883, Harvey was a
member of the West Virginia State Senate. The capitol of WV was then in
Wheeling and Harvey traveled to and from the capitol on the steamboats plying
the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. Harvey was a member of the House of Delegates
during 1887.
Harvey and his son, Bratton M. Samples, were partners in timber, milling
and merchandising. They owned a large sawmill, a feed grinding mill, and a
general store. They also engaged in farming and kept cattle, hogs and poultry.
H. Samples and Son sent several large log rafts down the Elk River. They also
sent flat boats loaded with saw lumber, barrel staves, barrel hoops, raw furs,
chickens, eggs and other produce. The rafts and boats were sold either as logs
or as lumber and the voyagers returned in dugout canoes that they had carried
along on top of the boats or rafts. When the Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton
Railroad was completed around 1894, the river boating era ended.
Children of Harvey and Sarah Jane (Jones) Samples.
89.
(1). Van Dorrel
b.
1857
d.
1892.
90.
(2). Buena Vista, "Boone"
m. Fonda Ann Samples
b.
1858
d.
1957.
91.
(3). James E.
b.
m.Levina May (White) Samples
1860
d.
1937.
92.
(4). Sarah
m. ? Brawley.
b.
1862
d.
1884
93.
(5). Lewis H.
m. Annie J. ------
b.
1864
d.
1942.
94.
(6). Ophelia V.
m.never married.
b.
1866
95.
(7). Bratton M.
m.Elisa Samples
b.
1867
d.
1952.
21.HARRISON SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
8
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Harrison Samples, a son of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples was
born in 1839 and died March 11, 1893. He married Caroline -----. Caroline was
born in VA about 1836.
Children of Harrison and Caroline Samples.
96.
(1) Sidney J.
m. Kessiah E. ------
b.Oct 13 1860
97.
(2) Henry A.
b.
1863.
98.
(3) Susan
b.
1865.
99.
(4) Biddian
b.
1867.
100.
(5) Castoline
b.
1870.
101.
(6) Allen
b.
1873.
102.
(7) Loverna
b.
1874.
103.
(8) Elviree
b.
1877.
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
d.Feb 29 1924
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER
Allen Samples, a son of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples, was born
September 29, 1851 and died in Clay County WV April 21, 1900. He married
Virginia Ellen King. Virginia, a daughter of Ralph and Mahala King, was born in
Clay County VA (WV) February 21, 1857 and died October 9, 1938.
Known children of Allen and Virginia Ellen (King) Samples.
104.
(1). Glendora Emma
m.John Morgan Mullins
105.
(2). Minnie Ada
b.Aug
m.Joseph Samples Oct 6 1900
9 1880
d.Nov 20 1956
106.
(3). Edward Ray
m.Cora Lee Keeney
b.Mar
Sep 18 1907
4 1883
d.Jul
107.
(4). Anette Pribble
b.Jun
6 1885
d.Oct 11 1906
108.
(5). Mark Wesley
b.Oct 15 1887
d.Feb 12 1926
109.
(6). Maude
b.Dec 15 1890
m.Richard Everest Jones Jan 16 1912
d.Mar 21 1968
110.
(7). Eva Myrtle
m.Ulva Loy Crawford
d.Aug
23.HIRAM SAMPLES JR.
SAMPLES
b.Mar 21 1877
Oct 18 1899
b.Mar 13 1893
Aug 27 1913
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
9
d.May 30 1953
5 1958
8 1984
1.SAMUEL A.
Hiram Samples Jr., a son of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples,
was born December 7, 1843. He married Mary H. "Polly" Stone, who was born
December 23, 1850. He served in Co."G" 9th W.Va. Infantry during the Civil War.
Mary died May 26, 1911 and Hiram February 25, 1915.
Children of Hiram Jr. and Mary (Stone) Samples.
111.
(1). Delbert
b.
1869.
112.
(2). Nancy
b.
1870.
113.
(3). Calvin
b.Mar
3
1872
d.Jan 18 1903
114.
(4). Amanda
b.Aug
2
1874
d.Jul
115.
(5). William W.
b.Aug 27 1874
116.
(6). Tora, (Victoria ?)
b.
1878.
117.
(7). Irland
b. Feb
1880
118.
(8). Thurl
b. Jun
1882
119.
(9). Melissa A.
b. Mar
1885
b. Feb
1887
120. (10). Alice
121. (11). Howard C.
m.Ethel Samples
b.Jun 14 1889
Dec 11 1911
122. (12). Elliot
24.PERRY SAMPLES
SAMPLES
b. Sep
6 1896
d.Feb 5 1910
d.Mar 17 1971
1894
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER
Perry Samples, a son of Hiram Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples, was
born in Nicholas County VA (WV) August 7, 1845 and died in Clay County WV March
2, 1877. Perry served the Union in the Civil war in Co.B 3rd W.Va. Cavalry. He
married Lavina May White. Lavina, a daughter of Lewis Jackson and Meriba
Catherine (Elswick) White, was born in Kanawha County VA (WV) in 1850 and died
in Clay County WV January 5, 1933. After Perry's death, Lavina married James E
Samples.
Children of Perry and Lavina May (White) Samples.
123.
(1) Philander
m.Ida Hayes
b.Mar
7 1868
124.
(2) Lewis Melvin
m.Narda Smith
b.Sep 29 1869
125.
(3) John Wesley
m.Molly Foster
b.Jan 14 1871
126.
(4) Lina May
m.Terry Doyle Samples
b.Mar
9 1873
10
127.
(5) Walter V.
b.Jan 28 1875
m.Bertha Florence Smith 1900
m.Mamie Bell Smith
1903
128.
(6) Richard E.
26.JOHN SAMPLES
SAMPLES
b.c.
d.Oct 31 1976
1877
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER
John Samples, a son Sr. and Bathsheba (Alderson) Samples, was
probably born about 1835. He married Elizabeth Margaret "Peggy"
Jones. Elizabeth, a daughter of Lewis Jones, was born about 1832.
John allegedly served the Union in the Civil War and was captured
by Confederates and escaped from them enroute to a prison camp. He
was pursued by Confederate provost guards and hid under a rock cliff
in his own pasture field. He contracted pneumonia and died between
1866 and 1870.
Elizabeth married a widower, John Mullins, sometime after 1870.
Children of John and Elizabeth Margaret "Peggy" (Jones) Samples.
129.
(1). Cluster M.
130.
(2). Elizabeth E.
131.
(3). Sarah
b.c.
1861
132.
(4). Lucinda
b.c.
1864
133.
(4). Felista
b.c.
1866
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
b.c.
1856
b.c.
1860
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Samuel W. "Long Sam" Samples, a son of Hiram Sr. and Elizabeth (Hall)
Samples, was born in November 1868 and died in 1962.
He married Melinda Dow
Procious. Melinda, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Furlong) Procious, was
born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, in November 1874 and died in 1962.
"Long Sam" Samples bought 140 acres of land from Joshua and Sarah Moore on
January 17, 1881. "Long Sam" was fifteen years old at the time.
"Long Sam" Samples was only one of four Samuel W. Samples' that lived in
the Twistabout community during his life time. The others were, "Short Sam",
"Nicholas County Sam" and "Lying Sam." "Long Sam" and "Short Sam" were neighbors
and were never know to agree on anything, except that there should be a fence
between their properties. However, each had his inflexible idea of where the
property lines ran, and each built a fence where he thought the line laid.
These two fence were from eight to twelve feet apart, leaving a lane between
then that was about a half mile long and that was locallyknown as "Samples
Lane."
Children of Samuel W. and Melinda Dow (Procious) Samples.
134.
(1) Leslie H.
m.Golda Paxton.
b. Nov
11
1895
d.
1963
135.
(2) Elmer A.
b.May 27
m.Minnie Davis Jan 17 1927
1897
d.Oct
136.
(3) Harvey
b. Oct
1898
d.
137.
(4) Burvin
m.Banie Townsend
b.c.
1904
138.
(5) Leroy
b.c.
1911
139.
(6) Virgil Glen
b. Jun 9 1913
140.
(7) Letita Vale
b.
m.Leonard Brinton Samples
141.
(8) Reefie
m.Stanley Deen
142.
(9) Velma C.
m.Harold Foreman
143. (10) Inez
m.Agee Withrow
1894
b.
1904
` b.Aug 30 1906
144. (11) Alta
b.
1909
145. (12) Pauline
b.c.
1919
9 1971
1925
d. Dec 1 2007
d.Jul 16 1993
d.Nov
d.Jan
9 1987
1 2003
34.SAMUEL "NICHOLAS COUNTY SAM" SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Samuel "Nicholas County Sam" Samples was born about 1850, son of
John and Roseanna (Jarrett) Samples. He married Katharine King.
Children of Samuel "Nicholas County Sam" and Katherine (King) Samples.
146.
(1) Robert
147.
(2) Charles,
148.
(3) Harvey
149.
(4) Nilla
150.
(5) Cora
151.
(6) Laura
b.c.
1875
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A.
Robert Owen Samples a son of John and Roseanna (Jarrett) Samples, was born
in VA (WV) July 16 1850 and died July 13 1923. He married Margaret Ashley.
12
He married Martha Ellen McCan May 19, 1884. Ellen, a daughter of Patrick and
Isabella Ann (Geary) McCan, was born in Meigs County, OH July 31, 1858 and died
in Kanawha County Wv June 20 1946.
Robert fathered two children before marriage.
Children of Robert Owen Samples and Hester Lurendia Paxton.
152.
(1) Abner Jehu "Hugh"
m.Alice Laura Dodd.
153.
(2) Mary Estella
m. Jake Snyder
b.
1870
d.
1944
Children of Robert Owen and Margaret (Ashley) Samples.
154.
(1) Squire Vincent
b.c.
m.Virginia White
m.Fannie (Foster)[Reynolds]
155.
(2) Lewis Edward
156.
(3) William Harvey
1875
Children of Robert Owen and Martha Ellen (McCan) Samples.
157.
(1). Charles Francis
b. Feb 17 1885
158.
(2). Lilly Margaret
b. Dec 5 1887
m. Holy Melitis Schafer Dec 13 1903
159.
(3). Ona Isabella
b. Jun 14 1890
m. Weldon Lewis White Jun 12 1910
d. Oct 12 1991
160.
(4). Eva Rosanna
d. Jul
161.
(5). Ressie Owen
b. Dec 29 1900 d.Oct 27 1992
m. Emma Macil Jones Sep 11 1921 (Jul 24 1899-May 26 1883)
b. Jun 21 1897
40.ELISA SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
d. Jun 28 1924
4 1897
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
Elisa Samples was born in 1860, daughter of John and Roseanna
(Jarrett) Samples. She married Preston Phillips. The 1880 Census
shows Preston and Elisa living in her father's house. Dawson's
"TWISTABOUT AND THEREABOUT" says that they later moved to Nebraska.
Children of Preston and Elisa (Samples) Phillips.
162.
(1) Cena A.
b.Jan
1880.
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
13
Floyd Jacob Samples was born in 1854, died in 1926. He was a son of Andrew
and Melcina (Ashley) Samples. He married Indiana Walker, who was born in 1857,
died 1925, daughter of William Patterson and Delilah (Samples) Walker.
Children of Floyd Jacob and Indiana (Walker) Samples.
163.
(1) Anna Laurie
b.Apr
m.George David Samples.
1 1877
d.
164.
(2) Robert A.
b.Jan 19 1879
d.Feb
165.
(3) William Lovell
m.Alma McKown.
b.Jun 13 1881
d.
1952
166.
(4) Anderson
b.Oct 28 1883
m.Ophelia Victoria Corbett.
d.
1958
167.
(5) Martha E.
m.George Samples.
b.Dec 16 1886
d.Jun 17 1971
168.
(6) Florence
m.Albert Pauley.
b.Jun 15 1888
169.
(7) James
b.May
m.Emma Burdette Dec 27 1914
170.
(8) Minnie
m.Frank Ferrell
m.Okey Cummings
m.Jesse Mullins.
b.Jun 15 1892
171.
(9) Myrtle Jane
b.May 13 1894
d.Jan 10 1988
172. (10) Frona May
m.Alfred M. Sams.
b.May
2 1896
d.July 10 1983
173. (11) Victoria A.
m.William Stump.
b.Nov
1 1900
1 1890
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
1935
5 1916
d.Oct 26 1959
3.SAMUEL A.
Alexander Samples was born in VA in July 1856 and died in 1933. He was a
son of Andrew "Doc" and Eveline (Ashley) Samples. "Alex" fathered an out of
wedlock child by Mary M. Paxton, daughter of Abner Jehu and Hester (Elmore)
Paxton before marriage.
"Alex" married Mary V. Hart. Mary, a daughter of John D. and Margaret
(Samples) Hart, was born in May 1856 and died in 1941.
Child of Alexander Samples and Mary M. Paxton.
174.
(1) Floyd Jacob "Little Floyd b.
1870
m. Irena Simmons aka Rena McCune
Children of Alexander and Mary V. (Hart) Samples.
14
d.
1947
175.
(1) Martha A.
b.Sep
m.Martin Luther Foreman.
1880
176.
(2) Addie
m.William Procious.
b.Jan
1881
d.
1950.
177.
(3) Burton Andrew
m.Carrie Markle.
b.Mar
1882
d.
1953
178.
(4) Bertha Ella
m.Adrian E. Hill.
179.
(5) Ola
m.Lan Given.
b.Jul
1888
180.
(6) Leonard Brinton
m.Letita Vale Samples
b.Feb
1891
181.
(7) Roy
b.May
1895
182.
(8) Ocie Eveline
m.Cecil Paxton.
b.Jun
1898
b.Aug
1885
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
d.
1937
d.
1909.
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Samuel Wesley Samples, a son of Andrew and Eveline (Ashley) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV March 15, 1862 and died there November 19, 1942. He
married Ruth Annie Whitworth. Ruth was a daughter of Thomas Lewis and Oney
Morris (St. Clair) Whitworth.
Sam was sometimes referred to as "Lion Sam" because he had once captured a
monkey that had escaped from a carnival. There were four men named Sam Samples
living in the general vicinity and they were known as "Long Sam", "Short Sam",
"Nicholas County Sam" and "Lion Sam".
Children of Samuel Wesley and Ruth Annie (Whitworth) Samples.
183.
(1). Bert Thomas
b.Aug 24 1890
m.Willie Rachel Cloud Apr 2 1913
d.May
184.
(2). John Arthur
m.Bertha Young
b.June
1892
d.
1922
185.
(3). Guy
m.Ethel -----
b.Sep
1893
d.c.
1948
186.
(4). Clara Evelyn
m.James H. Deaner
187.
(5). Matilda Lee
b.Oct
1896
188.
(6). Roy
m.Minnie Hobbs
b.
1900
b.Sep 15 1895
56.HAYES ALEXANDER SAMPLES
11.THOMAS SAMPLES
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
15
5 1955
d.Aug 30 1957
d.before 1910
3.SAMUEL A.
Hayes Alexander Samples, a son of Thomas and Virginia (Paxton)
Samples, was born in 1866 and died in 1936. He married Lydia Walker.
Known children of Hayes Alexander and Lydia (Walker) Samples.
189.
(1). Ethel
m.Howard Samples
Dec 11 1911
73.GEORGE SAMPLES
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A.
George Samples was born in July 4, 1881 and died April 2, 1933.
He was a son of Salathiel "Lafe" and Melcina (Ashley) Samples. He
married Martha Samples, a daughter of Floyd Jacob and Indiana (Walker)
Samples. Martha was born December 16, 1886 and died June 17, 1971.
Children of George and Martha (Samples) Samples.
190.
(1) Raymond
m.Pearl Samples.
b.
1904
191.
(2) Earnest
192.
(3) Clark
b.
1908
193.
(4) Lafe
m. “Pet” (Hall) Smith
b.
1910
194.
(5) Patrick
b.
1914
195.
(6) Andrew "Doc"
m. Maxine Procious.
b.
1918
196.
(7) Nathan
m. Elvie Coleman
b. Sep
197.
(8) Luke
m. Dorothy Kerns.
b.
1926
198.
(9) Orville
m. Evelyn Pauley
b.
1927
199. (10) Frona
m. Leonard Procious
b.c.
1912
200. (11) Lola
m. Joshua Woody
b.c.
1924
d.May 31 1925.
8 1921
d.
d. Nov 14 2004
d. Jul 28 2002
201. (12) Lula, died in childhood.
202. (13) Virginia, died in childhood.
76.SAMUEL "SHORT SAM" SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
16
1978
Samuel "Short Sam" Samples was born in 1851, a son of Abraham Samples, who
died in the Civil War. "Short Sam" fathered an out of wedlock child before his
marriage.
"Short Sam" married Louisa Lydia Tanner. They raised a boy that Eliza had
before their marriage. Louisa was a daughter of John and Margaret (McElwain)
Tanner.
Child of Samuel Samples and Hester Luerendia Paxton.
203.
(1) George David
m.Anna Laurie Samples
b.
1872
d.
1930
Child of Louisa Lydia Tanner.
204.
(1) Odie Tanner
Children of Samuel and Louisa Lydia (Tanner) Samples.
205.
(1) Jesse A.
b. Oct
m.Cora McCune
m.Fannie Priscilla Corbett
1876
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
II 1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Ranson Samples was born in 1854, a son of Abraham Samples.
He married Nancy Tanner. Nancy was a daughter of John and Margaret
(McElwain) Tanner.
Children of Ranson and Nancy (Tanner) Samples.
206.
(1) William B.
b.
1874
207.
(2) James Curtis
b.Mar 25 1876
m.Savina Mollohan Aug 12 1897
208.
(3) John E.
b.Dec
d.Dec 14 1953
1879
81.WINDSOR D. SAMPLES 19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
Windsor D. Samples, a son of William and Sarah (Griffith) Samples, was
born in Clay County VA Janaury 30, 1860. He married Annie “Puss” Young. Abbie
was born in WV in June 1870. His second wife was Anna Christine ----.
The family is listed in the 1900 Clay County WV census. They had been
married 6 years. Annie was the mother of 4 children, with 3 living.
Known children of Windsor D. and Annie (Young) Samples.
209.
(1). Wesley E.
b. Nov
1894
210.
(2). Graves H.
b. Nov
1897
211.
(3). Windsor D. Jr.
b. Sep
1899
17
212.
(4). Sarah
m. Robert A. Roller
b. Nov 19 1906
d. Aug 18 2003
82.CHARLIE PATRICK SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Charlie Patrick Samples, a son of William and Sarah (Griffith) Samples, was
born in 1862 and died February 15, 1947. He married Mary E. Griffith. Mary was
born in WV in April 1872.
Children of Charlie Patrick and Mary E. (Griffith) Samples.
213.
(1). Roscoe
m.Emma Mullins
b.Oct 26 1889
Dec 18 1912
214.
(2). Everet J.
b. Sep
1891
215.
(3). Myrtle
b. Apr
1895
216.
(4). Sarah A.
b. May
1898
217.
(5). Michael D.
m. Marie -----
b. Feb
1900
d.Oct
1974
90.BUENA VISTA "BOONE" SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Buena Vista "Boone" Samples, a son of Harvey and Sarah Jane (Jones)
Samples, was born in 1858 and died in 1957. Boone married Fonda Ann Samples.
Fonda, a daughter of Andrew "Doc" and Rebecka (King) Samples, was born in VA
about 1860.
The listing for this family in the 1900 Clay County Wv census has only
initials for each family member.
Children of Buena Vista and Fonda Ann (Samples) Samples.
218.
(1). C.D. (f).
b. Feb
219.
(2). Okey O.
m.Bertie Mathney.
220.
(3). W.W. (m).
b. Jan
1886
221.
(4). Lee D.
b. Jun
1890
222.
(5). A.F. (f).
b. Jun
1894
223.
(6). Wade
b. Feb
1897
224.
(7). E. (m).
b. Jun
1899
225.
(8). Golda
m.? Thompson
b.c.
1903
226.
(9). Glenna
b.c.
1905
b.Sep 24 1883
18
1881
d.Feb 17 1976
91.JAMES E. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
SR. 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES
James E Samples, a son of Harvey and Sarah Jane (Jones) Samples, was born
in Clay County Virginia (WV) in 1860 and died in 1937. He married Lavina May
(White) Samples February 10, 1878. Lavina, a daughter of Lewis Jackson and
Meriba Catherine (Elswick) White, was born in Kanawha County VA (WV) in 1850 and
died in Clay County WV January 5, 1933. She was the widow of Perry Samples.
Children of James E. and Lavina May (White) [Samples] Samples.
227.
(1). Elton
b.
228.
(2). James Russell
229.
(3). Maydo
m.Charles E. Osborn
230.
(4). Chessie
1879
d.child
93.LEWIS H. SAMPLES
SAMPLES
b.
1883
d.child
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A.
Lewis H. Samples, a son of Harvey and Sarah Jane (Jones) Samples, was born
in Clay County WV in February 1864 and died in 1942. He married Annie J. -----.
She was born in WV in February 1869.
Known children of Lewis H. and Annie J. Samples.
231.
(1). T.M.
(f)
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
SAMPLES
b. May
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
1891
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR. 1.SAMUEL A.
Bratton M. Samples was born September 23, 1867 and died October 30, 1951.
He was a son of Harvey and Sarah Jane (Jones) Samples. He married Eliza
Samples. Eliza, a daughter of Salathiel and Melcina (Ashley) Samples, was born
January 20, 1873 and died June 3, 1937.
Bratton worked with his father in the timber and mercantile business under
the name of "H. SAMPLES & SON." When his father retired, Bratton continued to
operate a general store in the same location until the building was destroyed by
fire. Bratton built a new store building on State Route 4 at the foot of the
Dulls Creek mountain. The Procious Post Office was moved to this new building
and Bratton became postmaster. When he retired, he sold the building to Stanley
Dean who in turn sold to Molly Procious. When Molly retired, the building was
demolished.
On one of Bratton's business trips to Charleston, the steamboat he was
riding on exploded and broke his leg. This was probably "THE BOB HENRY" that
exploded in Blue Creek in 1888. Although Blue Creek is not on the direct route
between Procious and Charleston, passengers usually go where the boat goes.
Children of Bratton M. and Eliza (Samples) Samples.
232.
(1) Lonnie Bratton
b.Feb 18 1896
m.Bessie Freda Hart
m.Golda (Procious [Rogers]).
19
d.Mar 12 1952
233.
(2) Lola
m.James Chase
m.Basil Mullins.
b.
1901
234.
(3) Lois
b.
m.William P. Hershberger.
235.
(4) Van Dorrel
m.Florence Reynolds.
236.
(5) William Curtis
b. Nov
m. Phyllis Pauline Walker
237.
(6). Romie
m.Freda Samples
m.Virginia King.
238.
(7) Harvey
m. Lenore Massey.
b.Jan 28 1915
d.Mar 9 1981
239.
(8) Freddie
b.Mar 18 1899
d.Dec 28 1900.
1903
b.Mar 20 1907
9 1909
b.
d.Jul
d.
5 1991
1954
d.Dec 28 1935
d.Jun 22 1988
1912
Child raised by Bratton M. and Eliza (Samples) Samples.
240.
(1) Ruby Cunningham
m.Eugene Given
b.
1915
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES
Edward Ray Samples, a son of Allen and Virginia Ellen (King) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV March 4, 1883 and died July 5, 1958. He married Cora Lee
Keeney September 18, 1907. Cora, a daughter of Harrison Columbus "Lum" and
Jenaetta (Estep) Keeney, was born July 28, 1881 and died Febraury 21, 1956.
Children of Edward Ray and Cora Lee (Keeney) Samples.
241.
(1). Grace
m.Odbert Hart
b.c.
1908
242.
(2). Cecil
m.Pribble Salisbury
b.c.
1911
243.
(3). Lulu
m.George Wolfe
b.c.
1912
244.
(4). Lawrence
m.Faye Strickland
m.Alma (Jones) Holcomb
b.c.
1914
245.
(5). Orvis
m.Agnes Abbot
b.c.
1916
246.
(6). Halcy
m.Dean Marks
b.c.
1919
20
247.
(7). Esther
m. Sherwood Parish
b.
1921
248.
(8). Roberta
m.Reo Miller
b.c.
1923
249.
(9). James Ray
m.Naomi Ruth Strickland
b.c.
1926
109.MAUDE SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
d.Sep
1 1994
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
Maude Samples, a daughter of Allen and Virginia Ellen (King)
Samples, was born December 15, 1890 in Clay County WV. She married
Richard Everest Jones January 16, 1912. Richard, an adopted son of
Andrew Foster and Delilah (Samples) Jones was born July 7, 1887 and
died September 29, 1970. He was a son of Jesse Shamblin Cochran and
Lyda King.
Children of Richard Everest and Maude (Samples) Jones.
250.
(1). Opal
251.
(2). Virginia
252.
(3). Marie
253.
(4). Burton
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES JR.
SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES
Howard Samples, a son of Hiram Jr. and Mary (Stone) Samples, was born June
14, 1889 and died March 17, 1971. He married Ethel Samples, a daughter of Hayes
Alexander and Lydia (Walker) Samples December 11, 1911.
Children of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples.
254.
(1). Hubert Beecher
m.Elizabeth Frazier
b. Nov 19 1912
d. Dec 18 2004
255.
(2). Burlie Ed
m. Janice Wooster
b.
1914
d. Aug 26 2004
256.
(3). Harry
m.Freda Hill
b.c.
1916
257.
(4). Forrest
m.Inez Johnson
b.
1918
d.May 29 1992
258.
(5). Frear
m.Betty Whiffen
b.
1919
d.Nov 20 1992
259.
(6). Nina Mae
21
260.
(7). Paul
m.Almeda Hanshaw
b.c.
1923
261.
(8). Fenton
b.c.
1925
262.
(9). Reba
m.Sidney Engle
b.c.
1929
125.JOHN WESLEY SAMPLES
24.PERRY SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
d.Aug 23 1944
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
John Wesley Samples, a son of Perry and Lavina May (White) Samples, was born
Janaury 14, 1871. He married Molly Foster. Molly was born in April 1871.
Known children of John Wesley and Molly (Foster) Samples.
263.
(1). G.M. (f)
b.Aug
1891
264.
(2). P.B. (m)
b.Mar
1893
265.
(3). O.G. (f)
b.Aug
1896
266.
(4). Homer Thornton
b.Mar 26 1900
m.Dolly LuVada Brannon Jun 13 1922
127.WALTER VERNON SAMPLES
24.PERRY SAMPLES
SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
d.Jan 25 1931
4.HIRAM
Walter Vernon Samples, a son of Perry and Levina May (White)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV January 28, 1875 and died at
Lancaster, Ohio October 31, 1976. Walter married Bertha Florence
Smith in Clay County October 3, 1900. After Florence's death, Walter
married her sister, Mamie Bell Smith, in Clay County June 15, 1903.
Mamie, a daughter of William Albinson and Mary Amelia (McCan) Smith,
was born in Clay County April 17, 1886 and died June 24, 1971 at
Lancaster, Ohio.
Known children of Walter Vernon and Mamie Bell (Smith) Samples.
267.
(1) Gladys May
b.Nov
m.Harley Gainer Dec 1 1923
268.
(2). Mabel Ruth
m.James Ashworth Carr
b.Jun 20 1906
d.Mar 21 1964
269.
(3). Rowland Gray
m.Dorothy Allison
b.Oct 19 1907
d.Nov 18 1977
270.
(4). Musette
m.James R. Berry
b.Mat
271.
(5). Mary Virginia
m.John Johnson
m.John Henry
b.Oct 29 1915
22
8 1904
6 1910
d.Sep
8 1979
272.
(6). Fred lee
m.Mary P. Gernovich
134.LESLIE H.SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
b.Nov 24 1925
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Leslie H. "Bud" Samples was born in Clay County WV in November 1895 and
died October 24, 1963. He was a son of Samuel W. "Long Sam" and Melinda Dow
(Procious) Samples. "Bud" served in the Marine Corps for the duration of World
War I. He married Golda Paxton. Golda, a daughter of Silas Whitney and Eulalia
(Chapman) Paxton.
Children of Leslie H. and Golda (Paxton) Samples.
273.
(1). Gordon
m. Ramonia Arbogast
135.ELMER A.SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
b.
1932
d.Mar 20 2002
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Elmer A. Samples was born May 2, 1897 and died Oct 9, 1971. He was a son of
Samuel W. "Long Sam" and Melinda Dow (Procious) Samples. Elmer served in the
Army during World War I.
He married Minnie Davis January 17, 1927. Minnie, a daughter of Benjamin
and Ellen (Butcher) Davis, was born December 25, 1907 and died May 10, 2011.
Children of Elmer A. and Minnie (Davis) Samples.
274.
(1) Gerald Blaine
m.Lorena Geraldine Brown
275.
(2) Mervyn Kent
b.Jul 11 1929
m.Norma Stewart May 20 1951
276.
(3) Janet Joann
b.Jul 19 1931
m.Harold Burdette Mar 11 1951
277.
(4) Barbara Joyce
m.Mark Tucker
b.Feb 16 1933
278.
(5) Myron Dale
m.Marilyn Arbuckle
b.Apr
9 1936
279.
(6) Randall Lane
m.Sandra Sleeth Sep
b.Jan
5 1972
6 1941
280.
(7) Judith Lynn
m.Lewis Flesher
137.BURVIN SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
b.Oct 18 1927
d. May 13 2009
d. Dec 29 2004
b.Sep 13 1942
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Burvin Samples was a son of Samuel W. "Long Sam" and Elizabeth
(Hall) Samples. He married Banie Townsend. Banie was born in Clay
23
County WV May 26, 1915 and was killed by logs rolling off a truck as
she was walking beside the road August 15, 1940.
Children of Burvin and Banie (Townsend) Samples.
281.
(1) Howard Lee
b.c.
1928
282.
(2) Patricia
m. James Martin Boggs
b.c.
1930
283.
(3) Lowell
143.INEZ SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM
Inez Samples, a daughter of Samuel W. and Melinda Dow (Procious)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV August 30, 1906 and died in Kanawha
County WV January 1, 2003. She married Agee Withrow. He was born in
Putnam County, WV about 1898 and died at Charleston, Kanawha County,WV
April 4, 1989.
Children of Agee and Inez (Samples) Withrow.
284.
(1). Curtis Neil
285.
(2). Reva
m.----- McCune
286.
(3). Vada
m. ----- Shackleford
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH" SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
Abner Jehu "Hugh" Samples was born in 1870, died in 1944. "Hugh" was an out
of wedlock son of Robert Owen Samples and Hester Luerendia Paxton. "Lou" was a
daughter of Abner Jehu and Hester (Elmore) Paxton. He married Laura Alice Dodd.
Alice, a daughter of William Remley and Caroline (Paxton) Dodd, was born October
30, 1874, died August 29, 1926,
Children of Abner Jehu and Laura Alice (Dodd) Samples.
287.
(1) Grover Abner
m.Eva Crouse.
b.Dec 12 1894
288.
(2) Enos Franklin
m.Hazel Davis
b.Feb
289.
(3) Amos Monroe "Dick"
m.Vanna Paxton
b.Jul 24 1897
290.
(4) Eugene Garland
m.Maysel Marie Eagle
b.Dec
291.
(5) Dessie Dvell
m.Jess Grose.
b.Oct 12 1900
6 1890
5 1917
24
d.Dec 30 1980
d.Feb 19 1980
d.Nov 30 1971
292.
(6) Eva Dale
b.Jun 27 1903
m.Jacob B. Samples
m.Archibald Quinten Samples
m.Rexford Harrah
m.Homer King.
293.
(7) Hallie May
b.May 31 1905
m.Theodore "Ted" Burdette.
294.
(8) Verba Gladys
m.Monroe Arbogast.
b.Apr 28 1908
d.May 22 1993
295.
(9) Flavey Adeline
b.Jun 21 1910
m.William Bircher Eagle
m.Joe Dawson.
d.Jun 22 1993
d.Feb 26 1974
296. (10) Ruby Ellen
m.Tommy A. Samples.
b.Apr 26 1913
d.Dec 17 2003
297. (11) Delphia Marie
m.Gay August O'Dell.
b.
d. Feb 18 1007
1914
154.SQUIRE VINCET SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Squire Vincet Samples was born about 1875, son of Robert Owen and Margaret
(Ashley) Samples. He married Virginia White. Virginia, a daughter of Lewis
Jackson and Meriba Catherine (Elswick) White, was born in Clay County WV in 1872
and died there in 1908.
After Virginia's death, Squire married Fannie (Foster) [Reynolds], who had
been married twice.
Children of Squire Vincet and Virginia (White) Samples.
298.
(1) Robert
299.
(2) Okey
300.
(3) Harley
301.
(4) Mary
302.
(5) Jane
303.
(6) Pearl
m.Raymond Samples.
304.
(7) Annie
m.Flemm Quinn.
Children of Fannie (Foster) [Reynolds] Samples by previous
marriages.
305.
(1) Homer Foster
25
306.
(2) Laura Foster
m. ? Cobb.
307.
(3) Mary Foster
m.Lester Thomas.
308.
(4) Staten Reynolds
Children of Squire Vincet and Fannie (Foster) [Reynolds] Samples.
309.
(1). LEE
b.c.
1917
310.
(2) Maysel
m. ? Williams
b.c.
1911
311.
(3) Vida H.
m.Howard Butcher.
b.c.
1914
165.WILLIAM LOVELL SAMPLES 44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
William Lovell Samples, a son of Floyd Jacob and Indiana (Walker) Samples,
was born in Clay County WV June 13, 1881 and die din 1952. He married Alma
McKown. William also father ed a child of Hanna Suannna Wyant. Hanna, a daughter
of Edward M. and Hannah Wyant, was born in Clay County in June 1894.
Child of William Lovell Samples and Hanna Susanna Wyant.
312.
(1). Richard Samples
m. Inez V. Demoss
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
b.May 24 1921
d.Nov
8 2003
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Anderson Samples was born October 28, 1883 and died 1956, son of
Floyd Jacob "Big Floyd" and Indiana (Walker) Samples. He married
Ophelia Victoria Corbett, daughter of Scott and Indiana (Paxton)
Corbett.
Children of Anderson and Victoria (Corbett) Samples.
313.
(1) Jacob B.
m. Eva Samples
b.
314.
(2) Clemon, died in early childhood.
315.
(3) Tommy A.
m.Ruby Samples
316.
(4) Bessie, died in early childhood.
317.
(5) Clara, died in early childhood.
318.
(6) Golda
m.Woodrow Sams
b.
26
1905
d.
1941
1909
d.
1976
319.
(7) Aretta
m.Walter Sanford
m.Frank Blake.
169.JAMES SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
26.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
James Samples, a son of Floyd Jacob and Indiana (Walker) Samples, was born
May 1, 1890 and died October 26, 1959. He married Emma Burdette December 27,
1914. Emma, a daughter of Henry Taylor and Hester Lurendia (Paxton) Burdette,
was born August 12, 1892 and died May 19, 1953.
Children of James and Emma (Burdette) Samples.
320.
(1) Harolin, died in early childhood.
332.
(2) Roscoe
b.c.
1918
322.
(3) Clifton
b.c.
m. Jenette King Mar 26 1949
1925
323.
(4) Dorothy
1932
172.FRONA MAY SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
b.c.
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
Frona May Samples was born May 2, 1896, a daughter of Floyd Jacob
"Big Floyd" and Indiana (Walker) Samples. On August 14, 1921, Frona
married Alfred Merritt Sams, who was born in Fremont County Iowa, near
Sidney, November 13, 1895, a son of George B. and Mary Elizabeth
(Merritt) Sams. Alfred died February 19, 1973, and Frona July 10,
1983. They are buried in the Sams Cemetery at Procious, WV.
Children of Alfred Merritt and Frona May (Samples) Sams.
324.
(1) George Jacob
b.Aug 17 1923
d.May 31 1958.
325.
(2) Abraham Clotten
b.Nov 28 1925
d.Dec 18 1944
326.
(3) Nina Mary Sams
m.Denvil Dow Brown.
b.Apr 29 1928.
327.
(4) Malissa Sams
m.Edward Crawford
m.Frank Kerr.
b.Nov 30 1929
328.
(5) James Adrian
m.Leona Dobbins.
b.Nov 15 1931
329.
(6) Nona May
b.Nov 19 1933
m.Donald E. Norman Nov 21 1953
d. Mar 6 2010
330.
(7) Shirley Edith
b.Nov 17 1935
m.Carl Farmer Aug 18 1956
d.Jan
27
d.Jun 27 1983
6 1997
174.FLOYD JACOB "LITTLE FLOYD" SAMPLES
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
Floyd Jacob "Little Floyd" Samples was born about 1870 and died in 1947.
He was an out of wedlock child of Alexander Samples and Mary M. Paxton, daughter
of Abner Jehu and Hester (Elmore) Paxton. He married Irena Simmons. Irena, also
know as Rena McCune, was a foster daughter of William H. and Mary J. McCune. She
was born in WV in February 1891.
"Little Floyd" was a hunch back and very small and short. He worked as a book
keeper for a lumber company and taught school for several years. He was a
storekeeper and postmaster of the Paxton Post Office on Horner's Fork Creek.
Children of Floyd Jacob "Little Floyd" and Irena (Simmons) Samples.
331.
(1). Archibald Quinten
m.Eva Samples
b.Sep
332.
(2). Quincy
333.
(3). Tallda
334.
(4). Kermit
b.c.
1923
335.
(5). Othel
b.c.
1929
336.
(6). Oliver
337.
(7). Pearl
m.Clyde Eagle.
b.c.
b.c.
6 1907
d.Jul 6 1966
1911
1917
175.MARTHA A. SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES 3.SAMUEL A.
Martha A. Samples was born in 1880, daughter of Alexander and
Mary V. (Hart) Samples. She married Martin Luther Foreman. Martin, a
son of Joseph and Angeline (White) Foreman, was born in 1879 and died
in 1963.
Children of Martin Luther and Martha A. (Samples) Foreman.
338.
(1) Harold L.
m.Velma Samples
339.
(2) Howard
340.
(3) Joe
341.
(4) Bertha
342.
(5) Letita
176.ADDIE SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
28
Addie Samples was born in January 1881 and died in 1950. She was
a daughter of Alexander and Mary V. (Hart) Samples. Addie married
William Procious, a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Furlong) Procious, who
was born in 1875 and died in 1948.
Children of William and Addie (Samples) Procious.
343.
(1) Leonard
m.Frona Samples.
344.
(2) Stella
m.Earnest Thomas
345.
(3) Golda
m.Clemon Rogers
m.Lonnie Bratton Samples
346.
(4) Dahlia
m.Spencer Hart
347.
(5) Beulah
m.Fred Carper
b.Mar 17 1912
d.Aug 15 2000
177.BURTON ANDREW SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Burton Andrew Samples was born in March 1882 and died in 1953. He was a son
of Alexander and Mary V. (Hart) Samples. He married Carrie Markle. Carrie, a
daughter of Jacob and Ellen (Paxton) Markle, was born Clay County in February
1886 and died 1952,
Children of Burton Andrew and Carrie (Markle) Samples.
348.
(1) Bruce
b.
m. Ruth (Bumgardner) Pauley
349.
(2) Loyal
m. Nena T. Dillon
b.c.
1914
350.
(3) Otto
b.c.
1921
351.
(4) Georgia
b.c.
1926
183.BERTHA ELLA SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1912
d.Dec 21 1984
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
d. Jan 1 1999
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
Bertha Ella Samples was born about 1881, daughter of Alexander
and Mary V. (Hart) Samples. She married Adrian E. Hill.
Children of Adrian E. and Bertha Ella (Samples) Hill.
352.
(1) Waitman
m.Vida Samples
b.1913
d.Jun 17 1989
29
179.OLA SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Ola Samples was born in July 1888 and died in 1937. Ola was a
daughter of Alexander and Mary V. (Hart) Samples. She married
Lan Given, a son of Perry and Mary Given, who was born in 1884
and died in 1941.
Children of Lan and Ola (Samples) Given.
353.
(1) Donald
354.
(2) Arnold
m.Blanche Daubenspeck
355.
(3) Russell
356.
(4) Eugene
m.Ruby Cunningham
357.
(5) Charles
358.
(6) Mack
359.
(7) Bill
360.
(8) Bob
361.
(9) Nona
m.Dan Carper
d.Aug 22 1924
362. (10) Josephine
m.George Jarrett
180.LEONARD BRINTON SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Leonard Brinton Samples, a son of Alexander and Mary V. (Hart) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV in February 1891. He married Letita Vale Samples. Letita,
a daughter of Samuel W. and Melinda Dow (Procious) Samples, was born in Clay
County in 1894 and died July 16, 1993.
Known children of Leonard Brinton and Letita Vale (Samples) Samples.
363.
(1). Owen
m. Alta Jenkins
b.c.
1913
364.
(2). Ralph
b.c.
1917
365.
(3). Freda
b.c.
1920
366.
(4). Wanda
b.c.
1921
182.OCIE EVELINE SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
30
Ocie Eveline Samples, a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Hart)
Samples, was born in June 1898. She married Cecil William Paxton
December 1, 1917. Cecil, a son of Silas Whitney and Eulalia (Chapman)
Paxton, was born January 17, 1893 and died November 13, 1939.
Children of Cecil William and Ocie Eveline (Samples) Paxton.
367.
(1). Dorcas Virginia
m.George Russell
b.Dec 14 1919
368.
(2). Marie
m.Earl Dye
369.
(3). Charles Carl
b.Jun
370.
(4). Howard Curtis
b.Mar 25 1929
371.
(5). Stanford
5 1925
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Bert Thomas Samples, a son of Samuel Wesley and Ruth Annie
(Whitworth) Samples, was born in McDowell County WV August 24, 1890
and died in Raleigh County WV May 5, 1955. He married Willie Rachel
Cloud in Summers County WV April 2, 1913. Willie is a daughter of
Franklin Pierce and Nancy Alice (Fink) Cloud.
Children of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel (Cloud) Samples.
372.
(1). Ruth Alice
b.Jul 25 1915
d.May 13, 1931
373.
(2). Hilda Lee
b.Dec
d.Dec 17 1916
374.
(3). Frances Kathleen
b.Dec 17 1917
m.Thomas George Gordon Sep 30 1939
375.
(4). Helen Eugenia St. Clair b.Jan
m.Michael Kennedy
376.
(5). Marlin Samuel "Tommy"
b.Feb 26 1922
d.Cot
377.
(6). Bert Thomas
b.Mar 22 1924
d.Feb 22 1944
378.
(7). William Cloud
m.Theda Cox
b.Nov
379.
(8). Marvin Harold
m.Alvirda Virginia Bowen
b.May 23 1928
380.
(9). Gustava Ann
m.Francis Miller
b.Apr 13 1931
381. (10). Franklin Pierce
m.Lora Husted Gosser
8 1916
9 1920
1 1926
b.Jan 22 1933
31
2 1975
d.Mar 24 1998
382. (11). Leslie Jane
m.Robert A. Bell
m.Jesse Hoose
b.Feb 14 1936
383. (12). James Ross
b.Jul 24 1938
m.Edith Marie Murphy Dec 19 1964
184.JOHN ARTHUR SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
John Arthur Samples, a son of Samuel Wesley and Ruth Annie
(Whitworth) Samples, was born in June 1892 and died in Summers County
WV in 1922. He married Bertha Young.
Children of John Arthur and Bertha (Young) Samples.
384.
(1). Clyde Morris
185.GUY SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
Guy Samples, a son of Samuel Wesley and Ruth Annie (Whitworth)
Samples, was born in September 1893 and died about 1948. He married
Ethel ----.
Children of Guy and Ethel Samples.
385.
(1). Beatrice
186.CLARA EVELYN SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW
SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Clara Evelyn Samples, a daughter of Samuel Wesley and Ruth Annie
(Whitworth) Samples, was born September 15, 1895 and died August 30,
1957. She married James H. Deaner.
Children of James H. and Calra Evelyn (Samples) Deaner.
386.
(1). Anna
m.David Runnion
387.
(2). Margie
m.Paul Jordan
388.
(3). Guy H.
b.Mar 17 1923
d.Jun 12 1990
m.Phyllis Louise Smith July 07, 1946, Clay County WV.
188.ROY SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
Roy Samples, a son of Samuel Wesley and Ruth Annie (Whitworth)
Samples, was born in 1900. He married Minne Hobbs.
32
Children of Roy and Minnie (Hobbs) Samples.
389.
(1). Rose Marie
390.
(2). William
190.RAYMOND SAMPLES
73.GEORGE SAMPLES
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A.
Raymond Samples, a son of George and Martha (Samples) Samples, was born in Clay
County WV in 1904. He married Pearl Samples. Pearl was a daughter of Squire
Vincet and Virginia (White) Samples.
Children of Raymond and Pearl (Samples) Samples.
391.
(1). Stanley Lee
m. Martha ------
392.
(2). George James “Bucky”
393.
(3). Opal Cathy
m. ------ Mullins
394.
(4). Ellen
m. ----- Hanshaw
395.
(5). Ethel
m. ----- Mullins
396.
(6). Pearl “Pug”
m. ----- DeBoard
196.NATHAN LYAL SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
b. Sep 28 1924
73.GEORGE SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
d. Feb
8 2005
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
Nathan Loyal Samples, a son of George and Martha (Samples) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV September 8, 1921 and died in Columbus, GA November 14,
2004. His first wife is unknown. He married Elvie Coleman.
Adopted children of Nathan Loyal Samples.
397.
(1). Fred T. Knapp
398.
(2). Susan K.
m. Phil Celeste
198.ORVILLE SAMPLES
73.GEORGE SAMPLES
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Orville Samples, a son of George and Martha (Samples) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV in 1927 and died in Kanawha County WV July 28,
2002. He married Evelyn Pauley. Evelyn, a daughter of Troy and Birtha Pauley,
was born in WV in 1933 and died in Elkview, May 21 2014.
Children of Orville and Evelyn (Pauley) Samples.
33
399.
(1). Sandra
m. ----- Jenkins
400.
(2). Vicki
m. ----- Rhodes
401.
(3). Steve
m. Libby ------
402.
(4). Mike
m. m. Darlene ----
199.FRONA SAMPLES
73.GEORGE SAMPLES
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Frona Samples was born about 1912, daughter of George and Martha
(Samples) Samples. She married Leonard Procious. Leonard, a son of William and
Addie (Samples) Procious, was born about 1910.
Children of Leonard and Frona (Samples) Procious.
403.
(1) Jerry
203.GEORGE DAVID SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
b.
1941
76.SAMUEL "SHORT SAM" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
George David Samples was born 1872 and died in 1930. He was an out of
wedlock son of Samuel "Short Sam" Samples and Hester Luerendia Paxton. "Dave"
married Anna Laurie Samples, a daughter of Floyd Jacob "Big Floyd" and Indiana
(Walker) Samples. She was born in 1877 and died in 1935.
Children of George David and Anna Laurie (Samples) Samples.
404.
(1) Dahlia
b.
1902
d.
1925
405.
(2) Cora
m.Richard Davis
b.
1904
d.
1972
406.
(3) Quincy
m.Helen Cottrell
b.
1908
407.
(4) Wilson G.
m.Mae King
b.c.
1914
408.
(5) Indiana
m. Ira Starcher
m. Ardillon Falls
m. Frank Ramsey
m. Harold Moore
b.
409.
(6) Loren
b.c.
1916
b.c.
34
1918
d. Dec 20 2009
1916
205.JESSE A. SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
76.SAMUEL "SHORT SAM" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
Jesse A. Samples was born in 1876, son of Samuel "Short Sam" and Louisa
Lydia (Tanner) Samples. He married Cora McCune. After Cora died of
tuberculosis, Jesse married Fannie Priscilla Corbett, a daughter of Scott John
and Indiana (Paxton) Corbett. She was born August 20, 1890 and died December 16,
1957.
Children of Jesse A. and Cora (McCune) Samples.
410.
(1) Amy
m. ? Stone
411.
(2) Plezzie, died in childhood.
412.
(3) Julia
b.c.
1913
Children of Jesse A. and Fannie Priscilla (Corbett) Samples.
413.
(1) Jesse A. Jr.
b.c.
1919
d.
414.
(2) Ransom Scott
m. Erma M. ?
b.
1921
d.Sep 16 1986
415.
(3) Fred G.
b.c.
1929
416.
(4) Irwin Whitney
b.c.
1930
417.
(5) Bynerd Lee
418.
(6) Fannie Virginia
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
1986
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
James Curtis Samples, a a son of Ranson and Nancy (Tanner) Samples, was born
March 25, 1876 and died December 14, 1953. He married Savina Mollohan August 12,
1897. Savina, a daughter of Annis Baxter and Isabel (Burkhammer) Mollohan, was
born March 25, 1881 and died December 18, 1953.
Children of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan) Samples.
419.
(1). Cora Elizabeth
m.Emery Workman
b.Sep 24 1899
420.
(2). James Corbett
m. Mattie Butcher
b.Sep 15 1901
421.
(3). Ocie May
m.Ira Scott Lewis
b.Jun 25 1904
d.Dec
422.
(4). Will Grant
m.Myrtle Duffield
b.Oct 25 1906
d.Feb 18 1958
423.
(5). Annis Sherman
b.Jan 17 1908
35
d.Jul 12 1982
6 1999
424.
(6). Gussie Gay
b.Mar 15 1911
m.Troy Jennings King May 18 1928
d.Nov 22 2003
425.
(7). Lanta Thurman
m.Violet Hall
d. Jun 30 2005
426.
(8). Walter Emerson
m.Bernice Walker
427.
(9). Russell Ransom
m.Clara Belle Nottingham Nov
b.Feb 24 1913
b.Feb 20 1915
d.Mar 14 2003
3 1934
212.SARAH SAMPLES
81.WINDSOR D. SAMPLES 19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Sarah Samples, a daughter of Windsor D. and Annie (Young) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV November 19, 1906 and died in Kanawha County WV August
18, 2003. She married Robert A. Roller, who preceded her in death.
Child of Robert A. and Sarah (Samples) Roller.
428. (1). Larry
m. Karen A. Shirley
213.ROSCOE SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
82.CHARLIE PATRICK SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
Roscoe Samples, a son of Charlie Patrick and Mary E. (Griffith) Samples, was
born October 26, 1889 and died in October 1974. He married Emma Mullins
December 18, 1912. Emma, a daughter of James Logan and Mary (White) Mullins,
was born in Clay County WV September 1893 and died in March 1983.
Children of Roscoe and Emma (Mullins) Samples.
429.
(1). Delma
m.Sam Allen
b.Sep 22 1913
430.
(2). Avis
b.c.
431.
(3). Beulah Theresa
b.Apr 20 1915
432.
(4). Charles Denver ‘Buck’
b.Sep
m.Stella Boggs Mar 30 1951
433.
(5). Reva
m.Charles Wilson
434.
(6). Warner Logan
m.Wavy J. Smith
435.
(7). Roscoe Jr.
m.Edith ------
436.
(8). Fleary
m. Aulene Hart Jun 25 1955
1926
9 1916
b.Jun 14 1919
b.Dec
Apr 7 1941
9 1921
b.Dec 13 1923
36
d.Nov 15 1995
437.
(9). Emogene
m. Paul Sweeney
217.MICHAEL D. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
b.Apr
7 1930
82.CHARLIE PATRICK SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
Michael D. Samples, , a son of Charlie Patrick and Mary E. (Griffith)
Samples, was born in February 1900. He married Marie -----.
Known children of Michael D. and Marie Samples.
438.
(1). Arlene `
m. Clinton R. Graham
m. James L. Hayes
439.
(2). Corene
m. ----- Munday
219.OKEY O. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
b. Jun 25 1932
d. Oct 15 2012
90.BUENA VISTA "BOONE" SAMPLES 20.HARVEY SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Oakie O. Samples, a son of Buena Vista "Boone" and Fonda Ann
(Samples) Samples, was born September 24, 1883. He married Bertie
Matheney, a daughter of Enos and Mary Lundie (Foreman) Matheney. Oakie
died February 17, 1976.
Children of Oakie O. and Bertie (Matheney) Samples.
440.
(1) Vidah
m.Waitman
b.c.
1913
Hill
441.
(2) Chester Boone
b.Oct 24 1914
m.Kathleen Smith May 2 1942
d.Nov 30 1994
442.
(3) Wayne C.
m. Virginia Ruth -----
b. Dec 2 1919
d. Jul 24 2010
443.
(4) Waitman B.
b.c.
1920
444.
(5) Opal Madeline
m.---- Smith
b.
1920
445.
(6) Maxine
m.? Mullins
b.c.
1923
446.
(7) Clark H.
m. Olgra Virginia Woods
b.c.
1929
447.
(8) Dale Lee
448.
(9) Mabel
m.----- Samples
449. (10) Betty
37
d.Sep 11 1997
d. Apr 23 2010
m.? Snyder
450. (11) Gertie
m.? Nichols
451. (12) Dottie
m.? Taylor
452. (13). Hallie
232.LONNIE BRATTON SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Lonnie Bratton Samples was born in 1896, died 1952. "Lon" was the son of
Bratton and Eliza (Samples) Samples. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1914
and served through World War I. "Lon" first married Bessie Freda Hart, born
1899, died 1936, daughter of Samuel Hart. After Bessie Freda (Hart) Samples
death in 1936, Lonnie married Golda Myrtle (Procious) Rogers. Golda, a daughter
of William and Addie (Samples) Procious, was born in Clay County WV in 1908 and
died there July 5, 2008. She was the widow of Clemon Rogers.
Children of Lonnie Bratton and Bessie Freda (Hart) Samples.
453.
(1) Gail Andrew
m. Helen Lenora Thomas
b.Mar 28 1920
d.Mar 10 2005
454.
(2) Glen Bratton
m.Claris Hamrick
b.
1922
455.
(3) Faye Jane
m.Ora Edgle Adkins
b.
1924
456.
(4) Helen Mary
m.Roy Markle
b. Mar 19 1927
457.
(5) Kester Kermit (twin)
m.Garnet Cougar
b.
1931
458.
(6) Lester Lonnie (twin)
m.Lucille Hively
b.
1931 (twin)
459.
(7) Romie Robert
m.Greta Hanshaw
b.
1931
d. Feb
1 2004
Children of Lonnie Bratton and Golda (Procious [Rogers]) Samples.
460.
(1) Lola Jean
m.John Smith
b.
1946
461.
(2) Lonnie Bratton Jr.
m.Kathy Ward
b.
1947
235.VAN DORREL SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
38
Van Dorrel Samples was born in 1907, died 1935. He was a son of Bratton M.
and Eliza (Samples) Samples. He married Florence Reynolds, who was also born in
1907.
Children of Van Dorrel and Florence (Reynolds) Samples.
462.
(1) Clyde
b.c.
1926
463.
(2) Geneva
b.c.
1928
464.
(3) Hilda
b.
1930
465.
(4) Howard
219.WILLIAM CURTIS SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES
SR. 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
d.Dec 20 1956
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
William Curtis Samples, a son of Bratton M. and Eliza (Samples) Samples,
was born in Clay County WV November 9, 1909 and died in Gainesville, FL June 22
1988. He married Phyllis Pauline Walker. Phyllis, a daughter of Daniel Dennis
and Stella Elizabeth (Harper) Walker) was born in Kanawha County WV May 16 1916
and died in Gainesville January 19, 1999.
Children of William Curtis and Phyllis Pauline (Walker) Samples.
466.
(1). Carolyn Sue
m. ---- Thoburn
b. Sep 29 1938
467.
(2). Nancy Lynn
m. ----- McGuigan
b. Sep 25 1945
238.HARVEY SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR. 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Harvey Samples, a son of Bratton M. and
in Clay County, WV January 28, 1915 and died
Lenore Massey. Lenore, a daughter of Thomas
was born in Clay County November 8, 1919 and
20, 2006.
Eliza (Samples) Samples, was born
there March 9, 1981. He married
and Cora Ellen (Mullins) Massey,
died in Kanawha County WV February
Children of Harvey and Lenore (Massey) Samples.
468.
(1). Carol June
m. Larry Rush
469.
(2). Barbara
m. Joe Farley
470.
(3). Connie
m. Kermit Ferrell
471.
(4). Sharon
m.----- McKowen
472.
(5). Jacqueline
m. James Douglas
39
473.
(6). Christina
m. Daniel Walker
474.
(7). Buddy Gale
m. Jean Hope Thomas
475.
(8). William Bratton
m. Hazel Hunt
m. Judy ------
476
(9). Harvey Jr.
m. Anna Lyons
b.
1939
d.May 25 1989
b. Aug 25 1940
d. Aug 4 2009
241.GRACE SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Grace Samples was a daughter of Edward Ray and Cora Lee
(Keeney) Samples. She married Odbert Hart.
Children of Odbert and Grace (Samples) Hart.
478.
(1). Robert
478.
(2). Juanita
479.
(3). Nina
480.
(4). Aulene
481.
(5). Willis Edward
m.Betty Lou Boswell
482.
(6). Vivian
483.
(7). Joseph
b.Jun 14 1940
d.Aug 26 1991
242.CECIL SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Cecil Samples is a son of Edward Ray and Cora Lee (Keeney)
Samples. He married Pribble Salisbury.
Children of Cecil and Pribble (Salisbury) Samples.
484.
(1). Frances
485.
(2). Jean
486.
(3). Neva
487.
(4). Cecil Ray
488.
(5). Patricia
489.
(6). John
40
243.LULU SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Lulu Samples, a daughter of Edward Ray and Cora Lee (Keeney)
Samples, married George Wolfe.
Children of George and Lulu (Samples) Wolfe.
490.
(1). Naomi
491.
(2). Charles
492.
(3). Juanita
244.LAWRENCE SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Lawrence samples, a son of Edward Ray and Cora Lee (Keeney)
Samples, married Faye Strickland. After Faye's death from cancer,
Lawrence married Alma (Jones) Holcomb. Alma was born in 1918 and died
in Kanawha County WV Jun 16 1997.
Children of Lawrence and Faye (Strickland) Samples.
493.
(1). Joe
494.
(2). Susie
495.
(3). Doug
245.ORVIS SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Orvis Samples, a son of Edward Ray and Cora Lee (Keeney)
Samples, married Agnes Abbot. The family lives at Belle, WV.
Children of Orvis and Agnes (Abbot) Samples.
496.
(1). Larry
497.
(2). Steve
498.
(3). Sharon
246.HALCY SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Halcy Samples is a daughter of Edward Ray and Cora Lee
(Keeney) Samples. She married Dean Marks. The family lives at
Massillon, Ohio.
Children of Dean and Halcy (Samples) Marks.
41
499.
(1). Deena Kay
500.
(2). Ronald
247.ESTHER SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Esther Samples, a daughter of Edward Ray and Cora Lee
(Keeney) Samples, was born in Clay County WV in 1921 and died in Green
Valley, AZ September 1, 1994. She married Sherwood C. "Woody" Parish.
The family lives in Nogales, Arizona.
Children of Sherwood and Esther (Samples) Parish.
501.
(1). Sherwood III
502.
(2). Karen
m.------- Hayes
248.ROBERT SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Roberta Samples is a daughter of Edward Ray and Cora Lee
(Keeney) Samples. She married Reo Miller. The family lives in
Perry, Michigan.
Children of Reo and Roberta (Samples) Miller.
503.
(1). Reo Duane II
542.
(2). Jerry Lynn
249.JAMES RAY SAMPLES
106.EDWARD RAY SAMPLES
22.ALLEN
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
James Ray Samples is a son of Edward Ray and Cora Lee
(Keeney) Samples. He married Naomi Ruth Strickland. The family
lives at Hamilton, Ohio.
Children of James Ray and Naomi Ruth (Strickland) Samples.
505.
(1). Renee
506.
(2). James Ray Jr.
254.HUBERT BEECHER SAMPLES
JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES
Hubert Beecher Samples, a son of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV November 19, 1912 and died at Beckley VA Medical Center
December 18, 2004. He married Elizabeth Frazier.
42
Children of Hubert Beecher and Elizabeth (Frazier) Samples.
507.
(1). Barbara
m.------- Gable
508.
(2). Ronald
m. Elaine ----
509.
(3). Donald
m. Alice -----
510.
(4). Gene
511.
(5). Janice
m.------- Elliot
255.BURLIE ED SAMPLES
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES
JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Burlie Ed Samples, a son of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples, was born in
Clay County WV in 1914 and died August 26, 2004 in Tallahassee, Fl. He married
Janice Wooster.
Children of Burlie Ed and Janice (Wooster) Samples.
512.
(1). Kay
m.------ Fitzgerald
m. ------ Hendricks
513.
(2). Lynn
m.------ Henderson
239.HARRY SAMPLES
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Harry Samples, a son of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples,
married Freda Hill.
Children of Harry and Freda (Hill) Samples.
514.
(1). Harry Jr.
515.
(2). John
516.
(3). Phyllis
m.------- Burnham
517.
(4). Freda
d.Aug 13 1982
257.FORREST SAMPLES
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES
JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Forrest Samples, a son of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV in 1918 and died in Lancaster, CA May 29, 1992.
43
He married Inez Johnson.
Children of Forrest and Inez (Johnson) Samples.
518.
(1). Irene
m.------- Lambert
519.
(2). Carol Sue
m.------- Buss
258.FREAR SAMPLES
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Frear Samples, a son of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples, was
born in 1919 and died in Kanawha County WV November 20, 1992. He
married Betty Whiffen. Betty was born in Elkins, WV August 3, 1921 and died in
Reston, VA December 2, 2005.
Children of Frear and Betty (Whiffen) Samples.
520.
(1). Deanna
m. David Werner
521.
(2). Nancy
m. John Bauman
522.
(3). Timothy
m. Joan -----
260.PAUL SAMPLES
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Paul Samples, a son of Howard and Ethel (Samples) Samples,
married Almeda Hanshaw.
Children of Paul and Almeda (Hanshaw) Samples.
523.
(1). Heather Lee
m.------ Samuels
262.REBA SAMPLES
121.HOWARD SAMPLES
23.HIRAM SAMPLES JR.
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Reba Samples, a daughter of Howard and Ethel (Samples)
Samples, married Sidney Engle.
Children of Sidney and Reba (Samples) Engle.
524.
(1). Linda
525.
(2). Larry
526.
(3). Douglas
44
256.HOMER THORNTON SAMPLES
125.JOHN WESLEY SAMPLES
24.PERRY
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Homer Thornton Samples, a son of John Wesley and Molly (Foster)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV March 26, 1900 and died Janaury
25, 1931. He married Dolly LuVada Brannon in Huntington, WV June 13,
1922. Dolly, a daughter of Ulysses Grant and Martha C. (Lambert)
Brannon, was born in Calhoun County WV in February 1900 and died in
Los Angeles County CA December 18, 1968.
Children of Homer Thornton and Dolly LuVada (Brannon) Samples.
527.
(1). Dorothy Mae
m.Robert Eugene Westfall
b.Mar 24 1923
528.
(2). Mary Catherine
m.Howard Newlun
b.Apr 21 1924
529.
(3). Phyllis Grace
m.John Taylor Feb
530.
(4). Mabel Ellen
m.Dowell Daniels
m.Lenny Berkson
m.Donald Nichols
m.Isaac Jay Ledesma
531.
(5). Louise
b.Sep 4 1931
m.Ralph Dale Crain Jul 19 1948
m.Donald Martin Wiedeman Apr 13 1974
d.Dec
2 1983
b.May 9 1927
5 1945 Gallia County OH
b.Apr
9 1928
d.Jan 18 1999
267.GLADYS SAMPLES
127.WALTER VERNON SAMPLES
39.PERCY
SAMPLES 4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Gladys Samples, a daughter of Walter Vernon and Mamie Bell
(Smith) Samples, was born November 8, 1904 at Ivydale, Clay County WV
and died September 8, 1979 at Zanesville, Ohio. She married Harley
Gainer. Harley, a son of Isaac Lee and Roanna (Richards) Gainer, was
born June 8, 1899 and died August 28, 1950.
Known children of Harley and Gladys (Samples) Gainer.
532.
(1) Patricia
m.Richard N. Callahan
b.Mar 14 1926
Sep 29 1945
273.GORDON SAMPLES
134.LESLIE H.SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM"
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Gordon Samples, a son of Leslie H. and Golda (Paxton) Samples, was
born in 1932 and died in Kanawha County WV March 20, 2002. He married
Ramon Arbogast.
Children of Gordon and Ramona (Arbogast) Samples.
533.
(1). Betsey Louise
45
m. ----- Stephenson
534.
(2). Nancy Ann
535.
(3). Mary Louise
274.GERALD BLAINE SAMPLES 135.ELMER A.SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM"
SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Gerald Blaine Samples, a son of Elmer A. and Minnie (Davis) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV October 18, 1927 and died there May 13, 2009, He married
Lorena Geraldine “Sis” Brown. “Sis” a daughter of Early Irven and Vanie Dicena
(Park) Brown, was born in Clay County WV October 16, 1928 and died there May 11,
2009.
Children of Gerald Blaine and Lorena Geraldine “Sis” (Brown) Samples.
536.
(1). Gerald Blaine Jr.
m. Barbara McDaniel Samples
b. Jul 5 1952
537.
(2). Lorraine Dale
m. Ira Dean Mckitrick
m. George Rose
b. Sep 30 1954
538.
(3). Cathy Sue
m. Frank Harman
b. May 22 1956
282.PATRICIA SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
137.BURVIN SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
Patricia Samples, a daughter of Burvin and Banie (Townsend)
Samples, was born about 1930. She married James Martin Boggs, a son
of Walter and Minnie (Delaney) Boggs. They live in Elyria, Ohio.
Children of James Martin and Patricia (Samples) Boggs.
539.
(1). Cherylyn
540.
(2). Sondra
541.
(3). Deborah
542.
(4). Randall
287.GROVER ABNER SAMPLES
SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH" SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Grover Abner Samples was born December 12, 1894 and died December 30, 1980.
He was a son of Abner Jehu "Hugh" and Alice Laura (Dodd) Samples. He married
Eva Crouse of Wise County, Virginia.
Children of Grover Abner and Eva (Crouse) Samples.
543.
(1). Virginia
m. Gerald Gandee
b.c.
46
1925
m. Hugh Hyer Boggs Jr.
544.
(2). Norma
m.----- Johnson
b.c.
1927
545.
(3). Olivia Lenora
m. Ervin Ray Hardman
b.c.
1929
546.
(4). Dixie
m. ------ Hill
b.c.
1933
288.ENOS FRANKLIN SAMPLES
SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
d. Jan 31 2010
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH" SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Enos Franklin Samples was born February 6, 1896 and died February 19, 1980.
He was a son of Abner Jehu "Hugh" and Alice Laura (Dodd) Samples and served in
the U.S. Army in World War I. Enos married Hazel Davis. Hazel, a daughter of
Conrad Davis, was born in WV about 1898.
Children of Enos and Hazel (Davis) Samples.
547.
(1). D. Madelyn
m. Nile Clinton Nutter
b. Aug 31 1922
548.
(2). Carlos
b.c.
1927
549.
(3). Cathaline
m.Jennings Dusenberry
b.c.
1925
550.
(4). Agnes
b.c.
1928
551.
(5) Joe
552.
(6) Zane
553.
(7) Norman
554.
(8) Dessie Marie
m. ----- Shamblin
555.
(9) Amanda Fay [twin]
d.Sep 26 2002
d.Jul 5 1974
556. (10) Nina May [twin]
m. ---- Montileone
557. (11) Anna Fay
m.----- Schiavone
289.AMOS MONROE SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH" SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A.
SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Amos Monroe "Dick" Samples was born July 24, 1897, died Nov
30, 1971. He was a son of Abner Jehu "Hugh" and Alice Laura (Dodd)
Samples. He married Vanna Paxton, daughter of George and Ann
(Procious) Paxton.
47
Children of Amos Monroe and Vanna (Paxton) Samples.
558.
(1) Harold
m.Ruth Barnett
559.
(2) Frank
m.Mae Arbuckle
560.
(3) Hazel
m.Herman Stephen
561.
(4) Betty
m.Jim Pauley
290.EUGENE GARLAND SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH" SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A.
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Eugene Garland Samples, a son of Abner Jehu and Laura Alice
(Dodd) Samples, was born in Clay County WV December 5, 1917 and
died in 1986. He married Maysel Marie Eagle. Maysel, a daughter of
Spencer and Bessie (Cummings) Eagle, was born in 1925 and died July 24, 2004.
Children of Eugene Garland and Maysel (Eagle) Samples.
562.
(1). Kenneth Lawrence "Hook" b.May
5 1941
563.
(2). Clarence Stephen
b.Aug 16 1942
564.
(3). Thelma Jean
b.Jul 28 1945
565.
(4). Arthur Garland
b.Mar 31 1947
m.Janice Carr
m.Carolene (Shaffer) McNieland
566.
(5). Wilma Marie
m. Donald Dobbins
b.Oct 30 1948
567.
(6). Shelly Dawn
m. ------ Edwards
b.Apr 17 1952
568.
(7). Lisa Gladys
m. ------ Lewis
b.May 17 1957
569.
(8). Randy Abner
b.Jun 13 1961
d.Dec 11 2001
312.RICHARD SAMPLES
165.WILLIAM LOVELL SAMPLES 44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD"
SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Richard Samples, a son Child of William Lovell Samples and Hanna Susanna
Wyant, was born in Clay County WV May 24, 1921 and died in Kanawha County WV
November 8, 2003. He married Inez V. DeMoss.
Children of Richard and Inez V. (DeMoss) Samples.
48
570.
(1). Terry Allen
571.
(2). Norma
m. ----- Miller
572.
(3). Mary
m. ---- Uldrich
573.
(4). Helen
m.----- Jones
574.
(5). Loretta
m. ----- Adkins
313.JACOB B. SAMPLES
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD"
SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Jacob B. Samples was born in 1905 and died in 1941, son of
Anderson and Victoria (Corbett) Samples. He married Eva Samples,
who was born in 1903, daughter of Abner Jehu and Alice (Dodd)
Samples.
Children of Jacob B. and Eva (Samples) Samples.
575.
(1) Basil Dare
m.Janette Covert
b.
1924
576.
(2) Violet Claire
m.Russell Wartonburg
m.Byrne Burdette
m.Gerald Wyche
b.
1926
577.
(3) Donald L.
b.
1928
m. Nora Carmin Dawson Apr 24 1948
578.
(4) Mark Twain
b.
1930
579.
(5) Phyllis Joy
m.Darrell A. Samples
b.
1934
580.
(6) Roy Randall
m.Wilma Schoolcraft
b.
1936
581.
(7) Garnet Kay
m.Mohammed A. Kahan
b.
1940
d.
1971.
d.
1932.
315.TOMMY A. SAMPLES
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD"
SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Tommy A. Samples was born in 1909 and died in 1976. He was
a son of Anderson and Ophelia Victoria (Corbett) Samples. He
married Ruby Ellen Samples. Ruby, a daughter of Abner Jehu "Hugh" and
Alice Laura (Dodd) Samples, was born in Clay County WV April 26, 1913 and died
in Roane County WV December 27, 2003.
Children of Tommy A. and Ruby (Samples) Samples.
49
582.
(1) Garrett Dale
m.Phyllis J. Cruikshank
b. Sep 23 1934
583.
(2) Warren Neil
b.
584.
(3) D. Nadine
m. Charles L. McKown
b. Feb 28 1939
585.
(3) Emogene
m.Carmel Morris
586.
(4) Karen
m.Dexter M. Dawson
318.GOLDA SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
b.Jan
1937
d. Dec 15 2005
7 1943
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Golda Samples is a daughter of Anderson and Ophelia Victoria
(Corbett) Samples. She married Woodrow Sams, a son of Henry L.
and Eliza (Burdette) Sams.
Children of Woodrow and Golda (Samples) Sams.
587.
(1) Ophelia
m.? Hamrick
322.CLIFTON SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
169.JAMES SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Clifton Samples, a son of James and Emma (Burdette) Samples, WAS BORN IN
Clay County WV about 1925. He married Jenette King March 26 1949. Jenette, a
daughter of Amos Patrick and Sarah Sabina (Friend) King, was born April 12,
1924.
Children of Clifton and Jenette (King) Samples.
588.
(1) Unknown
331.ARCHIBALD QUINTEN SAMPLES
198.FLOYD JACOB "LITTLE FLOYD" SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL
A. SAMPLES
Archibald Quinten Samples was born September 6, 1907 and died July 6, 1966.
He was a son of Floyd Jacob "Little Floyd" and Irena (Simmons) Samples. Quinten
served in the Army during World War II. He married Eva (Samples[Samples]),
daughter of Abner Jehu and Alice Laura (Dodd) Samples and widow of Jacob B.
Samples.
Children of Archibald Quinten and Eva (Samples) Samples.
589
(1) Sherry
50
349.LOYAL J. SAMPLES
177.BURTON ANDREW SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Loyal J. Samples, a son of Burton Andrew and Carrie (Markle) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV in 1914 and died January 1, 1999. He married Nena T.
Dillon. Nena, a daughter of Henry Carl and Mary Rosebell (Hall) Dillon, was born
in Red Suphur Spring s, VA October 7, 1916 and died February 25, 2011 in
Hurricane, WV.
Children of Loyal J. and Nena T. (Dillon) Samples.
590.
(1). Marie Ann
m. Gene Michael Knight d. May 2, 2006
d. Feb 16 2008
591.
(2). Dawn Day
m. Thomas Calabrese
d. Jul 7 2010
363.OWEN SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
180.LEONARD BRINTON SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Owen Samples, a son of Leonard Brinton and Letita Vale (Samples) Samples,
was born in Clay County WV in 1913. He married Alta Jenkins. Alta, a daughter of
Ira and Ollie Jenkins, was born in 1914 and died August 12, 2008.
Children of Owen and Alta (Jenkins) Samples.
592.
(1). Darrell A.
m. Phyllis Joy Samples
593.
(2). Loretta
m. ------ Moore
594.
(3). Ronald
374.FRANCES KATHLEEN SAMPLES
SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
b. Aug
9 1932
d. Nov 22 2006
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Frances Kathleen Samples, a daughter of Bert Thomas and Willie
Rachel (Cloud) Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV December 17,
1917. She married Thomas George Gordon in Carter CountyKY September
30, 1939.
Children of Thomas George and Frances Kathleen (Samples) Gordon.
595.
(1). Thomas George
m.Anita Louise Cornell
b.Feb 17 1943
378.HELEN EUGENIA ST CLAIR SAMPLES
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY
SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Helen Eugeneia St. Clair Samples, a daughter of Bert Thomas and Willie
Rachel (Cloud) Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV January 9, 1920. She
married Edward Kennedy. Edward is a son of Michael Kennedy.
Children of Michael and Helen Eugenia St. Clair (Samples) Kennedy.
51
596.
(1). Helen Eugenia
597.
(2). Edward
598.
(3). Anna Maria
599.
(4). Willie Rachel
378.WILLIAM CLOUD SAMPLES
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
William Cloud Samples, a son of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel (Cloud)
Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV November 1, 1926. He married Theda Cox.
Children of William Cloud and Theda (Cox) Samples.
600.
(1). Nancy
601.
(2). Norman
602.
(3). Willie Rachel
603.
(4). James
d.July
1997
379.MARVIN HAROLD SAMPLES
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Marvin Harold Samples, a son of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel
(Cloud) Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV May 23, 1928 and died
in Cumberland, MD March 24, 1998. He married Alvirda Virginia Bowen.
Children of Marvin Harold and Alvirda Virginia (Bowen) Samples.
604.
(1). Mitzi Ann
605.
(2). Willie Jane
606.
(3). Bert Thomas
380.GUSTAVA ANN SAMPLES
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Gustava Ann Samples, a daughter of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel
(Cloud) Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV April 13, 1931. She
married Francis Miller. Francis is a son of Luther Miller.
Children of Francis and Gustava Ann (Samples) Miller.
607.
(1). Diana Lynn
608.
(2). Cynthia Jane
381.FRANKLIN PIERCE SAMPLES
b.Aug
2 1954
d.Aug
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
52
1982
48.SAMUEL
WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
Franklin Pierce Samples, a son of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel
(Cloud) Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV January 22, 1933. He
married Lora Husted Gosser.
Children of Franklin Pierce and Lora Husted (Gosser) Samples.
609.
(1). Stephen Dent
610.
(2). Franklin Pierce
382.LESLIE JANE SAMPLES
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Leslie Jane Samples, a daughter of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel
(Cloud) Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV February 14, 1936. She
married Robert A. Bell. Her second husband is Jesse Hoose.
Children of Robert A. and Leslie Jane (Samples) Bell.
611.
(1). Debbie
612.
(2). Pamela
613.
(3). Janie
614.
(4). Robert
383.JAMES ROSS SAMPLES
183.BERT THOMAS SAMPLES
48.SAMUEL WESLEY SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
James Ross Samples, a son of Bert Thomas and Willie Rachel (Cloud)
Samples, was born in Raleigh County WV July 24, 1938. He married Edith
Marie Murphy December 19, 1964 is West Point, VA. Edith is a daughter
of Sherman and Kathy (Waters) Murphy.
Children of James Ross and Edith Marie (Murphy) Samples.
615.
(1). Elizabeth Louise
391.STANLEY LEE SAMPLES
14.SALATHIEL SAMPLES
b.Jan
2 1968
190.RAYMOND SAMPLES
73.GEORGE SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Stanley Samples, a son of Raymond and Pearl (Samples) Samples, was born
September 28, 1924 and died February 8, 2005. He married Martha ----.
Child of Martha Samples.
(Step child of Stanley Lee Samples.)
616.
(1). Robert Waugh
m. Melodie ----
53
Children of Stanley lee and Martha Samples.
617.
(1). Ona
m. ------ Shamblin
618.
(2). Vincent
408.INDIANA SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
203.GEORGE DAVID SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
76.SAMUEL "SHORT SAM" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Indiana Samples, a daughter of George David and Anna Laurie (Samples)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV in 1916 and died December 20, 2009. She
first married Ira Starcher. Her second husband was Ardillon Falls, her third
Frank Ramsey and her fourth Harold Moore.
Child of Indiana Samples.
619.
(1). Holley
Children of Ira and Indiana (Samples) Starcher.
620.
(1). Maxine
m. ----- Schafer-Harper
621.
(2). Laura
m. ----- Christy
622.
(3). Ruth Ann
623.
(4). Larry
416.CORA ELIZABETH SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES 3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Cora Elizabeth Samples, a daughter of James Curtis and Savina
(Mollohan) Samples, was born September 24, 1899 and died July 12,
1982. She married Emery Workman.
Children of Emry and Cora Elizabeth (Samples) Workman.
624.
(1). Euh L.
625.
(2). Blaine
626.
(3). Jake
627.
(4). Earl
628.
(5). Pearl
m.------ Workman
629.
(6). Donna
m.------ Fields
54
630.
(7). Arlene
m.----- Martin
631.
(8). Mattie
m.----- Rudersmith
420.JAMES CORBETT SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
James Corbett Samples, a son of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan)
Samples, was born in Braxton County WV September 15, 1901. He married Mattie
Butcher in Braxton County September 12, 1923. She was born in WV 1n 1906.
Known children of James Corbett and Mattie (Butcher) Samples.
632.
(1). Savina R.
b.c.
1925
m. Forrest E. “Foss” Allen, Sep 1944
633.
(2). Elliot C.
b.c.
1927
634.
(3). Irvin M.
b.c.
1929
421.OCIE MAY SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
77.RANSON SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Ocie May Samples, a daughter of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV June 25, 1904 and died in Nicholas
County WV December 6, 1999. She married Ira Scott Lewis. Ira died in
November 1965.
Children of Ira Scott and Ocie May (Samples) Lewis.
635.
(1). Orval James
636.
(2). Okey Andrew
637.
(3). Gerald Jennings
638
(4). Charles Curt
639.
(5). Elmer Scott
m.Velva -----
640.
(6). Jerry
m.Ann -----
641.
(7). Grant
m.Mary -----
642.
(8). Janice Louise
m.James Paul Martin
m.Dorles Woods
b.Jan 27 1942
d.Oct 17 2000
422.WILL GRANT SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
55
Will Grant Samples, a son of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan)
Samples, was born October 25, 1906 and died February 18, 1958. He
married Myrtle Duffield. Myrtle is a daughter of Curtis Gary and
Elizabeth Lou (Rollins) Duffield.
Children of Will Grant and Myrtle (Duffield) Samples.
643.
(1). Denzil
424.GUSSIE GAY SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Gussie Gay Samples, a daughter of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan)
Samples, was born March 15, 1911 and died in Summit county OH November 22, 2003.
She married Troy Jennings King May 18, 1928. Troy, a son of Andrew Jackson and
Estaline (Tinnel) King, was born December 15, 1908 and died in 1978.
Children of Troy Jennings and Gussie Gay (Samples) King.
644.
(1). Emogene Louise
m.Buster Woods
b.Jan 19 1931
645.
(2). Darrell James
b.Jul
m.Joyce Ann Oaks Oct 31 1953
646.
(3). Delmer Aney
b.Jan 18 1935
m.Mary Belle Brown Dec 12 1964
647.
(4). Donald William
m.Sharon Kay Grogg Oct
648.
(5). Harold Dean
b.Aug 6 1939
m.Sharon Marie Demoss Jul 1 1962
9 1932
b.Oct 28 1937
7 1956
425.LANTA THURMAN SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Lanta Thurman “Lanty” Samples, a son of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV February 24, 1913 and died in Braxton County
WV June 30, 2005. He married Violet HALL. Violet preceded him in death in 2000.
Children of Lanta Thurman and Violet (Hall) Samples.
649.
(1). David
650.
(2). Charles
651.
(3). Nolan
652.
(4). Ronald
653.
(5). Mitchell “Mick”
654.
(6). Keith
56
655.
(7). Lisa
m. --- Ware
656.
(8). Denise
m. ----- Lemon
657.
(9). Lorena
m. ------ Hall
426.WALTER EMERSON SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II 1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Walter Emerson Samples, a son of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan)
Samples, was born February 20, 1915 and died in Kanawha County WV March
14, 2003. He married Bernice Walker. Bernice, a daughter of Shawney Lee and Lola
(Cart) Walker, was born January 22, 1924 and died January 12, 2004.
Children of Walter Emerson and Bernice (Walker) Samples.
658.
(1). Barbara
m. ----- Lucas
659.
(2). Faye
m. ------ Burgess
660.
(3). Roger
661.
(4). Ed
662.
(5). Bill
663.
(6). Walter Jr.
664.
(7). Jack
665.
(8). Bud
666.
(9). Whitey
667. (10). Kristopher Kenneth
b.
1983 d. Sep 26 2010
427.RUSSELL RANSOM SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Russell Ramsom Samples, a son of James Curtis and Savina (Mollohan) Samples,
married Clara Belle Nottingham November 3, 1934. Clara is a daughter of Andrew
Jackson and Lisa Jane (Myers) Nottingham.
Children of Russell Ransom and Clara Belle (Nottingham) Samples.
668.
(1). Bonnie Savina
m.Kenneth Gene McElwain
b.Nov 23 1935
669.
(2). James Burton
b.Sep 24 1938
m.Shirley Lou Mollohan Dec 20 1958
57
670.
(3). Velda May
m.Robert Parsons
b.May 28 1940
671.
(4). Thelma Gean
m.Bob Joe Nodine
b.Jan 29 1943
672.
(5). Norman Russell
b.Jun 14 1945
m.Kathryn A. Matic Apr 7 1963
673.
(6). Wilma Lee
m.Donald Bates
434.WARNER LOGAN SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
b.Feb
6 1948
213.ROSCOE SAMPLES
82.CHARLIE PATRICK SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Warner Logan Samples, a son of Roscoe and Emma (Mullins) Samples,
was born December 9, 1921 and died in Kanawha County WV November 15,
1995. He married Wavy J. Smith April 7, 1941.
Children of Warner Logan and Wavy J. (Smith) Samples.
674.
(1). Kathy
m.------ Walker
675.
(2). Jerry Marshall
m. Nancy ---1977
676.
(3). Michael S.
677.
(4). Thomas E.
678.
(5). Douglas F.
679.
(6). Philip W.
b.
1941
d. Jan 23 2011
437.EMOGENE SAMPLES
213.ROSCOE SAMPLES
82.CHARLIE PATRICK
SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Emogene Samples, a daughter of Roscoe and Emma (Mullins) Samples, was born
in Clay County WV April 7, 1930. She married Paul M. Sweeney. Paul, a son of
James Bernared and Emma Marie (Snyder) Sweeney, was born September 18, 1927 and
died in Kanawha County WV March 10, 2004.
Children of Roscoe and Imogene (Samples) Sweeney.
680.
(1). Charlotte Emma
m.Clyde Daniel Moore
b.Nov 21 1949
681.
(2). Beth
m.Charles Ray Burdette
682.
(3). Barbara
m. Randy McCallister
b.Jan
683.
(4). Charles Barnard
b.Dec 16 1957
b.Feb 15 1951
Aug 1 1968
58
6 1954
m.Patty Lynn Walker Jun 1 1976
684.
(5). Rose Marie
m.Roy Short
b.May
1 1959
438.ARLENE SAMPLES
217.MICHAEL D. SAMPLES
82.CHARLIE PATRICK SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Arlene Samples, a daughter of Michael D. and Marie Samples, was born June
25, 1932 and died October 12, 2012. She married Clinton R. Graham. Her second
husband was James L. Hayes.
Children of Clinton R. And Arlene (Samples) Graham.
685.
(1). Mark
m. Misty -----
686.
(2). David
m. Pamela
442.WAYNE C. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
----219.OKEY O. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
90.BUENA VISTA "BOONE" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Wayne C. Samples, a son of Oakie O. and Bertie (Matheney) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV December 2, 1919 and died in Kanawha County WV July 24,
2010. He married Virginia Ruth ----, who preceded him in death.
Wayne was a World War II veteran, whit service in the Aleutian Islands.
Children of Wayne C. and Virginia Ruth Samples.
687.
(1). Scott Wayne
m. Sheila ----
446.CLARK H. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
219.OKEY O. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
90.BUENA VISTA "BOONE" SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Clark H. Samples, a son of Oakie O. and Bertie (Matheney) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV in 1929 and died there April 23, 2010. He married Olgra
Virginia Woods.
Clark was a US Army vewteran of the Korean War.
Children of Clark H. and Olgra Virginia (Woods) Samples.
688.
(1). Clark
m. Telina -----
689.
(2). Rhonda
451.CHESTER BOONE SAMPLES
231.OAKIE O. SAMPLES
90.BUENA VISTA "BOONE"
SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR. 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Chester Boone Samples, a son of Oakie O. and Bertie (Mathney)
Samples was born October 24 1914 and died in Kanawha County WV
November 30, 1994. On May 4, 1942, he married Kathleen Smith, a
daughter of Ward and Zella Faye (Sterk) Smith.
59
Children of Chester Boone and Kathleen (Smith) Samples.
690.
(1) Larry Stephen
691.
(2) Robert Edward
692.
(3) Wade Lee
693.
(4) Roger David
694.
(5) Joan Dee
m.Dusty Dale Walker
695.
(6) Randall Ikie
696.
(7) Teresa Lynn
m.? Burdette
697.
(8) Susan Jo
m.? Townsend
698.
(9) Darlene Gail
m.? Walker
b.
1945
d.Feb 14 1987
699. (10) Robin Danette
m.? Snyder
453.GAIL ANDREW SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Gail Andrew Samples, a son of Lonnie Bratton and Bessie Freda (Hart)
Samples, was born in Kanawha Country WV March 28, 1920 and died in Kanawha
County WV March 10, 2005. He married Helen Lenora Thomas. Helen, a daughter of
Ernest and Stella (Procious) Thomas, was born in Clay County WV February 17,
1924 and died in Kanawha County WV August 27, 2004.
Children of Gail Andrew and Helen Lenora (Thomas) Samples.
700.
(1). Jackie W.
m. Mary Keenan
b. Jul 31 1939
d. Mar 16 2008
701.
(2). Margaret A. “Peggy”
m. Oscar King
b. Mar
d. Jan 23 2006
702.
(3). Teddy
m. Beth -----
703.
(4). David
m. Connie ----
704.
(5). Roger
m. Paula -----
705.
(6). Nancy
m. Larry Beezel
60
2 1941
706.
(7). Lonnie
m. Lita ------
707.
(8). Bobbi
m. Kenneth Nichols
455.FAYE JANE SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Faye Jane Samples, a daughter of Lonnie Bratton and Bessie
freda (Hart) Samples, was born in Clay County WV in 1924. She
married Ora Edgle Adkins, who was born in Kanawha County WV in
1923 and died at Charleston WV February 11, 1988.
Children of Ora Edgle and Faye Jane (Samples) Adkins.
708.
(1). Cathy Lynn
m.---- Lilly
457.KESTER KERMIT SAMPLES
SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
95.BRATTON M.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Kester Kermit Samples, a son of Lonnie Bratton and Bessie Freda
(Hart) Samples, was born in 1931. He married Garnet Cogar. Garnet is
a daughter of Fred and Minnie (Arthur) Cogar.
Children of Kester Kermit and Garnet (Cogar) Samples.
709.
(1). Fred Kester
m.Karen ------
710.
(2). Kerry
m.Valerie ------
711.
(3). David
m.Ann ------
474.BUDDY GALE SAMPLES
238.HARVEY SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR. 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Buddy Gale Samples, a son of Harvey and Lenore (Massey)
Samples, was born in Clay county WV in 1939 and died there May
25, 1989. He married Jean Hope Thomas.
Children of Buddy Gale Samples.
712.
(1). Jeanette
m.----- Rybcznski
713.
(2). Stephanie
m. ----- Mollohan
714.
(3). Lisa
m. ----- Seward
61
715.
(4). Carol
m.----- Johnson
716.
(5). Michael G.
717.
(6). John Gregory
718.
(7). Buddy G. Jr.
b.
1982
d.Nov
8 2002
475.WILLIAM BRATTON SAMPLES
238.HARVEY SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR. 1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
William Bratton Samples, a son of Harvey and Lenore (Massey) Samples, was
born in Clay County WV August 25 1940 and died in Lorain County Ohio August 4,
2009. He married Hazel Hunt. His second wife was Judy ----.
Children of William Bratton and Hazel (Hunt) Samples.
719.
(1). Barry
m. Cheri -----
720.
(2). William Bratton Jr.
m. Leslie -----
721.
(3). Russell L.
m. Debbie ----
722.
(4). Laura M.
723.
(5). Tina
724.
(6). Jessica D.
536.GERALD BLAINE SAMPLES JR.
274.GERALD BLAINE SAMPLES 135.ELMER A.SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Gerald Blaine Samples Jr., a son of Gerald Blaine and Lorena Geraldine
“Sis” (Brown) Samples, was born July 5, 1952. He married Barbara McDaniel. She
was born November 22, 1955.
Children of Gerald Blaine Jr. and Barbara (McDaniel) Samples.
725.
(1). Teresa Loreal
m. Roger Warren Jr.
b. Nov 22 1955
726.
(2). Dawn Digette
m. David ------
b. Jun 3 1979
537.LORRAINE DALE SAMPLES
274.GERALD BLAINE SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
135.ELMER A.SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Lorraine Dale Samples, a daughter of Gerald Blaine and Lorena Geraldine
“Sis” (Brown) Samples, was born September 30, 1954. She married Ira Dean
McKitrick. Her second husband is George Rose.
62
Children of Ira Dean and Lorraine Dale (Samples) McKittrick.
727.
(1). Ira Dean II
m. Brenda Faye Adkins
b. Aug 14 1980
728.
(2). Joshua Brent
m. Meredith -----
b. Oct 7
1981
538.CATHY SUE SAMPLES
274.GERALD BLAINE SAMPLES 135.ELMER A.SAMPLES
31.SAMUEL W. "LONG SAM" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Cathy Sue Samples, a daughter of Gerald Blaine and Lorena Geraldine “Sis”
(Brown) Samples, was born May 22, 1956. She married Frank Harman. He was born
September 7, 1952.
Children of Frank and Cathy Sue (Samples) Harman.
729.
(1). Shana Loreal
b. Jul 6 1984
730.
(2). Erin Tianna
b. Sep 7 1985
731.
(3). Joel Franklin
b. Jul 27 1988
545.OLIVIA LENORA SAMPLES
287.GROVER ABNER SAMPLES
SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH"
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
Olivia Lenora Samples, a daughter of Grover Abner and Eva (Crouse)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV in 1929 and died January 31, 2010. She
married Ervin Ray Hardman in 1946. Ervin Ray, thought to be as on of Samuel and
Pearl Hardman, was born in Clay County about 1927 and died in 2004. He was a US
Navy veteran of World War II.
Children of Ervin Ray and Olivia Lenora (Samples) Hardman.
732.
(1). Cindy
m. John Keith
733.
(2). Edward R.
m. Diana -----
547.D. MADELYN SAMPLES
288.ENOS FRANKLIN SAMPLES
SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH"
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
D. Madelyn Samples, a daughter of Enos Franklin and Hazel (Davis)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV August 31, 1922 and died in Raleigh
County WV September 26, 2002. She married Nile Clinton Nutter. Nile died
October 20, 1994.
Children of Nile Clinton and D. Madelyn (Samples) Nutter.
734.
(1). Nile Clinton Jr.
63
735.
(2). Carolyn S.
m. ---- Harrah
736.
(3). J. Kelly
562.KENNETH LAWRENCE SAMPLES
290.EUGENE GARLAND SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU
"HUGH" SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES 3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Kenneth Lawrence "Hook" Samples, a son of Eugene Garland and
Maysel (Eagle) Samples, was born in Clay County Wv May 4, 1941 and
died in Kanawha County WV December 11, 2001.
Children of Kenneth Lawrence Samples.
737.
(1). Todd
m. Kelli ------
738.
(2). Andrea Jill
m. Tony Keiffer
739.
(3). Stacy
m. Bobby Richards
565.ARTHUR GARLAND SAMPLES
290.EUGENE GARLAND SAMPLES
152.ABNER JEHU "HUGH"
SAMPLES
36.ROBERT OWEN SAMPLES
11.JOHN SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Arthur Garland Samples, a son of Eugene Garland and Maysel (Eagle)
Samples, was born in Clay County WV March 31, 1947. He married Janice
Carr. They were divorced and he married Carolene Marie (Shaffer)
McNieland.
Children of Arthur Garland and Carolene (Shaffer) [McNieland] Samples.
740.
(1). Tyrone Eugene
b.Nov
3 1969
741.
(2). Arthur Garland II
b.Jun 25 1973
577.DONALD L. SAMPLES
313.JACOB B. SAMPLES
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Donald L. Samples was born May 17, 1928, a son of Jacob B. and Eva
Dale (Samples) Samples. On April 24, 1948, he married Nora Carmin
Dawson, a daughter of Hubert E. and Flora Mae (Butcher) Dawson, who
was born September 21, 1929 and died June 13, 2006.
Children of Donald L. and Nora Carmen (Dawson) Samples.
742.
(1) Vivian
m.Larry Alan Maynor
b.Jan
1 1949
743.
(2) Vicki Paxton
m.Jerry Siders
b.Apr 26 1950
64
d.Apr 6 1995
m.Robert Jones
582.GARRETT DALE SAMPLES
325.TOMMY A. SAMPLES
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A.
SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Garrett Dale Samples was born September 23, 1934, a son of Tommy
A. and Ruby Ellen (Samples) Samples. He married Phyllis June
Cruikshank, who was born June 29, 1932 and died August 1, 2002 in
Roane County WV.
Children of Garrett Dale and Phyllis June (Cruikshank) Samples.
744.
(1) Garrett Dale Jr.
m.Kathy Allif
b.May
7 1953
745.
(2) Zachary Brent
m.Deborah Suzette Jones
m.Kimberly Gay
b.Feb 22 1958
746.
(3) Shayne
m.James Allen Sams
b.Jul 27, 1960
586.KAREN SAMPLES
315.TOMMY A. SAMPLES
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES 44.FLOYD
JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Karen Samples was born at Procious, WV, January 7, 1943, a daughter of
Tommy A. and Ruby (Samples) Samples. She married Dexter Marvin Dawson, who was
born May 8, 1933, a son of Hubert E. and Flora Mae (Butcher) Dawson.
Children Dexter Marvin and Karen (Samples) Dawson.
747.
(1) Victor
748.
(2) Kimberly Lynn
m.Jeffrey Sams
592.DARRELL A. SAMPLES
45.ALEXANDER SAMPLES
A. SAMPLES
b.Aug 16 1960
363.OWEN SAMPLES
8.ANDREW SAMPLES
180.LEONARD BRINTON SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL
Darrell A. Samples, a son of Owen and Alta (Jenkins) Samples, was born in
Clay County WV August 9, 1932 and died there November 22, 2006. He married
Phyllis Joy Samples. Phyllis, a daughter of Jacob B. and Eva (Samples) Samples,
was born in Clay County in 1934.
Children of Darrell A. and Phyllis Joy (Samples) Samples.
749.
(1). Darrell A. Jr.
m. Vickie Packett
“Artie”
b. Jan 22 1953
750.
(2). Debra Adele
m. Charles Walker
“Debbie”
b. Dec 12 1954
65
751.
(3). Melinda Kay
“Lynn”
m. Daniel Sizemore
m. ------ Romano
b. Jan 7 1956
752.
(4). Sandra Dawn
m. James Creel
m. ----- Rogers
b. Oct 23 1964
“Sandy”
668.BONNIE SAVINA SAMPLES
384.RUSSELL RANSOM SAMPLES
CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
207.JAMES
3.SAMUEL
Bonnie Savia Samples, a daughter of Russell Ransom and Clara Belle
(Nottingham) Samples, was born November 23, 1935. She married Kenneth
Gene McElwain. Kenneth is a son of Harry Gray and Mattie Evelyn
(Hawkins) McElwain.
Children of Kenneth Gene and Bonnie Savina (Samples) McElwain.
753.
(1). Kathy Savina
b.Mar
6 1958
754.
(2). Kenneth Steven
b.Aug
9 1959
755.
(3). Jeffrey Dale
b.Feb 13 1964
669.JAMES BURTON SAMPLES
384.RUSSELL RANSOM SAMPLES
207.JAMES
CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL
A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
James Burton Samples, a son of Russell Ransom and Clara Belle
(Nottingham) Samples, was born September 24, 1938. He married Shirley
Lou Mollohan December 20, 1958. Shirley, a daughter of Dwight and
Hattie Virginia (Tinnel) Mollohan, was born November 22, 1941.
Children of James Burton and Shirley Lou (Mollohan) Samples.
756.
(1). Deborah Kay
b.Oct
9 1959
757.
(2). Larry Joe
b.jan
2 1963
670.VELDA MAY SAMPLES
384.RUSSELL RANSOM SAMPLES
207.JAMES
CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL
A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
Velda may Samples, a daughter of Russell Ransom and Clara Belle
(Nottingham) Samples, was born May 28, 1940. She married Robert
Parsons.
Children of Robert and Velda May (Samples) Parsons.
758.
(1). Kenneth wayne
b.May 10 1965
759.
(2). Kimberly Ann
b.Aug
66
5 1966
760.
(3). Michelle Janine
b.Jul
7 1969
671.THELMA GEAN SAMPLES
384.RUSSELL RANSOM SAMPLES
SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
207.JAMES CURTIS
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
Thelma Gean Samples, a daughter of Russell Ransom and Clara Belle
(Nottingham) Samples, was born January 29, 1943. She married Bob Joe
Nodine. Bob is a son of Glenneth Nodine.
Children of Bob Joe and Thelma Gean (Samples) Nodine.
761.
(1). Bob joe Jr.
b.Oct
9 1962
762.
(2). Terry Glenn
b.Dec
7 1963
763.
(3). David Brent
b.Jun
6 1967
672.NORMAN RUSSELL SAMPLES
384.RUSSELL RANSOM SAMPLES
CURTIS SAMPLES
77.RANSON SAMPLES
15.ABRAHAM SAMPLES
A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A.SAMPLES
207.JAMES
3.SAMUEL
Norman Russell Samples, a son of Russell Ransom and Clara Belle
(Nottingham) Samples, was born June 14, 1945. He married Kathryn A.
Matic April 7, 1963.
Children of Norman Russell and Kathryn A. (matic) Samples.
764.
(1). Russell Todd
b.May 16 1964
765.
(2). Timothy Lee
b.Nov 12 1966
675.JERRY MARSHALL SAMPLES
434.WARNER LOGAN SAMPLES
213.ROSCOE SAMPLES
82.CHARLIE PATRICK SAMPLES
19.WILLIAM "BILLY" SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES
SR.
1.SAMUEL ALEXANDER SAMPLES
Jerry Marshall Samples, a son of Warner Logan and Wavy J. (Smith) Samples,
was born in Clay County WV in 1941 and died in Kanawha County WV Janaury 23,
2011. He married Nancy ---- in 1977. Nancy survives.
Children of Jerry Marshall and Nancy Samples.
766.
(1). Loria
767.
(2). Melissa
768.
(3). Larry Samples
769.
(4). Randall Samples
67
700.JACKIE W. SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
SAMPLES
453.GAIL ANDREW SAMPLES 232.LONNIE BRATTON SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES 4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR. 1.SAMUEL A.
Jackie W. Samples, a son of Gail Andrew and Helen Lenora (Thomas) Samples,
was born in Caly County WV July 31, 1939 and died there March 16, 2008. He
married Mary Keenan.
Children of Jackie W. and Mary (Keenan) Samples.
770.
(1). Jackie
771.
(2). Andy
772.
(3). Chad
701.MARAGRET A. SAMPLES
453.GAIL ANDREW SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL
A. SAMPLES
Margaret A. “Peggy” Samples, a daughter of Gail Andrew and Helen Lenora
(Thomas) Samples, was born in Clay County WV March 2, 1941 and died in Monroe,
NC January 23, 2006. She married Oscar King.
Children of Oscar and Margaret A. (Samples) King.
773.
(1). Allen C.
774.
(2). Stephanie
m. ----- Taylor
775.
(3). Amy
m. Meadows
709.FRED KESTER JUNIOR SAMPLES
457.KESTER KERMIT SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON
SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Fred Kester Junior Samples, a son of Kester Kermit and Garnet
(Cogar) Samples, married Karen -----.
Children of Fred Kester Junior and Karen Samples.
776.
(1). Jonathan
777.
(2). Jacqueline
710.KERRY SAMPLES
457.KESTER KERMIT SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON
SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM
SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Kerry Samples, a son of Kester Kermit and Garnet (Cogar) Samples,
married Valerie ------.
68
Children of Kerry and Valerie Samples.
778.
(1). Michelle
779.
(2). Kerry Jr.
780.
(3). Kester III
781.
(4). Debra
711.DAVID SAMPLES
457.KESTER KERMIT SAMPLES
232.LONNIE BRATTON
SAMPLES
95.BRATTON M. SAMPLES
20.HARVEY SAMPLES
4.HIRAM
SAMPLES SR.
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
David Samples, a son of Kester Kermit and Garnet (Cogar) Samples,
married Ann ------.
Children of David and Ann Samples.
782.
(1). Dean
783.
(2). Ariel
734.VIVIAN SAMPLES
577.DONALD L. SAMPLES
313.JACOB B. SAMPLES
166.ANDERSON SAMPLES
44.FLOYD JACOB "BIG FLOYD" SAMPLES
26.ANDREW SAMPLES
3.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES II
1.SAMUEL A. SAMPLES
Vivian Samples, a daughter of Donald L. and Nora Carmen (Dawson)
Samples, was born January 1, 1949. She married Larry Alan Maynor.
Larry, a son of Bernard and Wanda (Estep) Maynor, was born in Kanawha
County WV in 1948 and died there December 21, 2001.
Children of Larry Allen and Vivian (Samples) Maynor.
784.
(1). Jill
785.
(2). Jodi
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