Person:Ellen Sample (1)

The 1850 United States Federal Census for Jefferson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania lists:

Steele Sample, Age 42. Profession: Printer, Place of Birth: Westmoreland County, PA.

Household members are:

Caroline Sample, age 42, Place of Birth: Maryland;
Ellen Sample, Age 15, born Summersette Co., PA [sic],
Abraham Sample, Age 13, born Summersette Co., PA [sic];
George Sample, Age 11, born Summersette Co., PA [sic];
Woodman Sample, Age 10 born Summersette Co., PA [sic];
Johnston [sic, Johnson?] Sample, Age 6, born Summersette Co., PA [sic];
Thompson [Sic, Thomas?] Sample, Age 3 years, 3 months, born Summersette Co., PA [sic]

"He [Henry Devers] married, in 1858, Ellen Sample, born 1833, died, November 9, 1900, daughter of Steele Sample, a journalist and editor of the first paper published in California, Pennsylvania. Later he moved to and edited a paper in Fairmont, West Virginia, where he died aged eighty-eight years. He was a Presbyterian, as was his wife. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Sample: 1. Morrison of Los Angeles, California. 2. Wood of Fairmont, West Virginia. 3. Johnson. 4. Thomas, a music dealer of Warren, Ohio, where he died. 5. George, for the past forty years a resident of California. 6. John, deceased. 7. Henry, one time editor of the Fairmont Free Press, now retired. 8. Ellen, of previous mention...."