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Sarah Sally Sampson 1832–1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jul 1832

Birth Location: Alabama, USA

Death Date: 1915

Death Location: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Peter Sansom

Mother: Ella Slave

Spouse(s): Benjamin Shields

Children(s): Sarah Shields, Mary Shields, Nancy Shields, Martha Shields, Richard Shields, Elizabeth Brown, William Shields, Margaereta Irvin

In 1832, Sarah Sally Sampson entered the world in Alabama, USA, born to Peter Sansom And Ella Suspected Slave. In 1860, Sarah Sally Sampson resided in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA. Sarah Sally Sampson married Benjamin Franklin Shields, and had children including Elizabeth Eliza Ann Shields Campbell Brown, Margaereta Irvin, Martha B Shields, Mary S Shields, Nancy Ann Shields, Richard Jordon Shields, Sarah Helena Shields, William Bryant Shields. Sarah Sally Sampson passed away in 1915 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1832, Sarah Sally Sampson entered the world in Alabama, USA, born to Peter Sansom And Ella Suspected Slave.
  • In 1860, Sarah Sally Sampson resided in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA.
  • Sarah Sally Sampson married Benjamin Franklin Shields, and had children including Elizabeth Eliza Ann Shields Campbell Brown, Margaereta Irvin, Martha B Shields, Mary S Shields, Nancy Ann Shields, Richard Jordon Shields, Sarah Helena Shields, William Bryant Shields.
  • Sarah Sally Sampson passed away in 1915 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah Sampson's Ancestors

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Sarah Sampson
1832–1915
Birth Place: Alabama, USA
Parents
Peter Sansom
1791–1850
Jasper, Georgia, USA
Ella (Suspected) Slave
1808–
Alabama (Alabama City), Alabama, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Sampson's Descendants

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Sarah (Sally) Sampson (24 Jul 1832–1915) m. Benjamin (Franklin) Shields (16 July 1838–8 September 1906)
  1. 1. Sarah (Helena) Shields 1852–1870 m. Lafayette (Cathedral Abraham) Robinson 1844–1929
    1. 1. Sarah (Ellen "Helen James") Robinson 1869–1953 m. Dr. (William Francis) James 1860–1944
      1. 1. Estella James 1890–1891
      2. 2. Sophie ("Sophy" Ethel James-Robinson) Fase 1894–1989 m. Arthur (Gillette) Fase 1894–1980
        1. 1. Richard (James) Fase 1918–1985
        2. 2. Helen (Marie) Fase 1916–2010 m. James (Richard) Jadrnicek 1913–
      3. 3. Frank (L) James 1888–
      4. 4. Gracie James 1896–1910
      5. 5. Ruth James 1898– m. Clifford (Edwin) Hall 1893–
        1. 1. Clifford (Edwin Hall) Jr 1919–
      6. 6. William (Walter) James 1887–1965
      7. 7. Cherie Morren 1892–1988 m. James (S) Morren 1893–1973
        1. 1. James (Beaumont) Webber 1915–
        2. 2. Lincoln (J) Webber 1916–
      8. 8. Neoma James 1898– m. Hjalmar Jacobson 1893–1930 m. George (W) Hart 1904–
        1. 1. Ruth (Naomi) Jacobson 1920–
        2. 2. Robert Hart 1920–
        3. 3. Frank (H) Hart 1924–
  2. 2. Mary (S) Shields 1861–1933
  3. 3. Nancy (Ann) Shields 1866–1931
  4. 4. Martha (B.) Shields 1857–1913 m. William Brown 1860–
  5. 5. Richard (Jordon) Shields 1855–1916
  6. 6. Elizabeth ("Eliza" Ann Shields-Campbell) Brown 1859–1941 m. Benjamin (J) Brown 1862–
    1. 1. Asa (J) Brown 1887–
    2. 2. Emma Brown 1891–
    3. 3. Ellot (G) Brown 1897–
    4. 4. Earl (Palmer) Shirley 1904–1949
    5. 5. Mattie Brown 1877–
    6. 6. Rillie Brown 1889–
  7. 7. William (Bryant) Shields 1872–1937
  8. 8. Margaereta Irvin 1868–1909

Sarah Sampson's Timeline

3 Records

1832
24 Jul 1832
Birth of Sarah Sally Sampson in Alabama, USA
Alabama, USA
1860
1860
Age 28
Sarah Sally Sampson resided here in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
1915
1915
Age 83
Death of Sarah Sally Sampson in Texas, Bexar, Texas, USA
Texas, Bexar, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jul 1832
    Event Place: Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Texas, U.S., Death Certificates
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1915
    Event Place: Texas, Bexar, Texas, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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