Biography of Benjamin Sample:
The following biography is from Howard Bowers Light Townsend of Kentucky.S2 Reproduced below with permission:
He served in the War of 1812 with his father, David Sample, enlisting in St. Clair Co., Illinois, which later became Madison Co., as a private under Capt. Samuel Whitesides.
Benjamin Sample is not listed in the 1820 Illinois census and he is not named in the will of his father, David Sample, Morgan Co., Illinois, dated 8 Mar 1829.
The Executors Book, Madison Co., Illinois lists Benjamin Sample, deceased, with David Sample, as executor of the estate. However the probate file could not be found either on microfilm or in the archives. Further evidence was found in the History of Madison County, Illinois published in 1882:
"The Dead - Before closing this sketch, it is proper to give the names of those pioneers of the county who had closed their earthly career, who had finished their labors, and were now at rest.
1813 - . . . Benjamin Sample. . .
