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John W Sample 1840–1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1840

Birth Location: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 1913

Death Location: LaGrange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Father: Thomas Sample

Mother: Lucy Dodson

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John W Sample was born in 1840 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Betts Sample And Lucy Thornton Dodson. John W Sample passed away in 1913 in LaGrange, Fayette, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • John W Sample was born in 1840 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Betts Sample And Lucy Thornton Dodson.
  • John W Sample passed away in 1913 in LaGrange, Fayette, Texas, USA.

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John Sample's Ancestors

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John Sample
1840–1913
Birth Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Thomas Betts Sample
1793–1868
Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Lucy (Thornton) Dodson
1806–1886
Halifax, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert Sample
1747–1823
Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Ann Betts
1749–1820
Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Betts
1723–1783
Sarah Smith
1724–1804
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Betts
1689–1746
Susannah Stevenson
1694–1724

John Sample's Timeline

2 Records

1840
Dec 1840
Birth of John W Sample in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
1913
1913
Age 73
Death of John W Sample in LaGrange, Fayette, Texas, USA
LaGrange, Fayette, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1840
    Event Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1913
    Event Place: LaGrange, Fayette, Texas, USA

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