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Sarah May Sample 1826–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 JAN 1826

Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 29 JUN 1893

Death Location: Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama

Father: Robert Sample

Mother: Martha Bird

Spouse(s): Thomas Dunning

Children(s): Lee Dunning, John Dunning, Robert Dunning, Felix Dunning, Emma Dunning, Bell Dunning, Alice Dunning, Sarah Dunning, James Dunning, George Dunning, Joseph Dunning, Mary Dunning, Annie Dunning, Martha Dunning

The story of Sarah May Sample began in 1826 in Marengo, Alabama, USA. In 1870, Sarah May Sample was recorded in the census in Alabama, USA. Sarah May Sample married Thomas Harrison Dunning, and had children including Alice C Dunning, Annie E Dunning, Bell Dunning, Emma L Dunning, Felix Dunning, George W Dunning, James Polk Dunning, John A Dunning, Joseph B Dunning, Lee Sample Dunning, Martha Lydia Dunning, Mary Jane Dunning, Robert T Dunning, Sarah A Dunning. Sarah May Sample passed away in 1893 in Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah May Sample began in 1826 in Marengo, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1870, Sarah May Sample was recorded in the census in Alabama, USA.
  • Sarah May Sample married Thomas Harrison Dunning, and had children including Alice C Dunning, Annie E Dunning, Bell Dunning, Emma L Dunning, Felix Dunning, George W Dunning, James Polk Dunning, John A Dunning, Joseph B Dunning, Lee Sample Dunning, Martha Lydia Dunning, Mary Jane Dunning, Robert T Dunning, Sarah A Dunning.
  • Sarah May Sample passed away in 1893 in Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Sample
1790–1868
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
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Martha Bird
1797–1885
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
MB

Spouses(s)

Thomas Dunning
1825–1894
Birth Location: Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
TD

Children(s)

Lee Dunning
1864–1945
Birth Location: Marengo County, Alabama, USA
LD
John Dunning
1861–1943
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
JD
Robert Dunning
1852–1922
Birth Location: Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
RD
Felix Dunning
1853–
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
FD
Emma Dunning
1866–1942
Birth Location: Marengo, Alabama, United States
ED
Bell Dunning
1848–1925
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
BD
Alice Dunning
1859–1949
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
AD
Sarah Dunning
1853–
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
SD
James Dunning
1845–1892
Birth Location: Marengo County, Alabama, USA
JD
George Dunning
1847–
Birth Location: Alabama
GD
Joseph Dunning
1848–
Birth Location: –
JD
Mary Dunning
1857–1902
Birth Location: Alabama
MD
Annie Dunning
1854–1894
Birth Location: Alabama
AD
Martha Dunning
1849–1909
Birth Location: Alabama, United States of America
MD

Sarah Sample's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Sample
1826–1893
Birth Place: Marengo, Alabama, USA
Parents
Robert T. Sample
1790–1868
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Martha (A) Bird
1797–1885
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
John Sample
1760–1835
Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
Sarah Neely
1760–1815
Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Abraham Bird
1771–1828
Telfair, Effingham, Georgia, United States
Sarah Gaines
1776–1826
Telfair County, Georgia, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
John Sample
1720–1774
Dorcas Sims
1734–1774
William Neely
1730–1780
Eleanor Patterson
1737–1782
Sylvanus Bird
1741–1794
Dinah Stafford
1747–1816
Edmund Gaines
1743–1816
Tabitha Rucker
1754–1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Sempill
1680–1755
Elizabeth Tidmarsh
1692–
James Gaines
1710–1786
Mary Pendleton
1717–1803

Sarah Sample's Descendants

1.
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Sarah (May) Sample (22 JAN 1826–29 JUN 1893) m. Thomas (Harrison) Dunning (17 AUG 1825–16 NOV 1894)
  1. 1. Lee (Sample) Dunning 1864–1945 m. Rebecca (Ann) Jackson 1875–1946
    1. 1. Mattie (Emma) Dunning 1890–1980 m. Eugene (Brodnax) Jones 1869–1940
      1. 1. Gordon (Ervin) Jones 1908–1971 m. Julia (Marie) Mounger 1908–1983
        1. 1. Dallis (J) Jones 1939–1989
      2. 2. Osborne (K) Jones 1910–1970
      3. 3. Lula (Jean) Jones 1915–1980
      4. 4. Ellis Jones 1915–
      5. 5. Dessie (R) Jones 1921–
      6. 6. Hazel Jones 1926–
    2. 2. Lee (Sample) Dunning 1904–1968
    3. 3. Sarah (Louise "Sadie") Dunning 1908–1996
    4. 4. George (Bell) Dunning 1900–1954
    5. 5. Thomas (Solomon) Dunning 1894–1968
    6. 6. Maurie (Jackson) Dunning 1896–1990
    7. 7. Exer (Norine) Dunning 1906–1991
    8. 8. James (Newman) Dunning 1902–1983
    9. 9. Frances (Rebecca) Dunning 1898–1971
  2. 2. John (A) Dunning 1861–1943
  3. 3. Robert (T) Dunning 1852–1922 m. Gussie (B.) Pollard 1866–1951 m. Mary (Jane) White 1853–1893
    1. 1. Willie (E.) Dunning 1877–1902
    2. 2. David (White Dunning) Sr. 1889–1954
    3. 3. Sarah (A.) Dunning 1879–1881
    4. 4. Ortho (H.) Dunning 1895–1965
    5. 5. Alonzo (Chester) Dunning 1884–1905
    6. 6. George (Robert) Dunning 1875–1945
    7. 7. Bertie (O.) Dunning 1882–1902
    8. 8. Walter Dunning 1878–1878
    9. 9. George (E.) Dunning 1899–1900
    10. 10. Jessie (P.) Dunning 1891–1940
    11. 11. Thomas (Norman) Dunning 1887–1971
    12. 12. Ella Dunning 1873–1958
    13. 13. Robert (E.) Dunning 1896–1973
    14. 14. Dorsey (J) Dunning 1902–
    15. 15. Willie Dunning 1905–
    16. 16. Josie Dunning 1906–
  4. 4. Felix Dunning 1853–
  5. 5. Emma (L) Dunning 1866–1942
  6. 6. Bell Dunning 1848–1925
  7. 7. Alice (C) Dunning 1859–1949
  8. 8. Sarah (A) Dunning 1853–
  9. 9. James (Polk) Dunning 1845–1892
  10. 10. George (W.) Dunning 1847–
  11. 11. Joseph (B) Dunning 1848–
  12. 12. Mary (Jane) Dunning 1857–1902
  13. 13. Annie (E.) Dunning 1854–1894
  14. 14. Martha (Lydia) Dunning 1849–1909

Sarah Sample's Timeline

3 Records

1826
22 JAN 1826
Birth of Sarah May Sample in Marengo, Alabama, USA
Marengo, Alabama, USA
1870
1 JUN 1870
Age 44
Sarah May Sample appeared in census in Alabama, USA
Alabama, USA
1893
29 JUN 1893
Age 67
Death of Sarah May Sample in Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 JAN 1826
    Event Place: Marengo, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1 JUN 1870
    Event Place: Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Age:
    44

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 JUN 1893
    Event Place: Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Age:
    67

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dixons Mills, Marengo County, Alabama
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