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George DeCamp Sample
b.1838
d.1922
Facts and Events
| Name |
George DeCamp Sample |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
1838 |
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| Death? |
1922 |
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- Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Seventh Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication M432. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).
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]
- Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
The 1860 United States Federal Census for California, Washington County, Pennsylvania lists:
Steele Sample, Age 65, Occupation laborer, value of real estate $300, value of personal estate $100, place of birth: Pennsylvania;
Caroline Sample, age 46, Place of Birth: Pennsylvania;
Morrison Sample, age 23, Place of birth: Pennsylvania;
George Sample, age 21, place of birth: Pennsylvania;
Woodman Sample, age 19, place of birth: Pennsylvania;
Johnston Sample, age 16, place of birth: Pennsylvania;
Thos. Sample, age 12, place of birth: Pennsylvania;
John Sample, age 9, place of birth: Pennsylvania;
Henry C Sample, age 7, place of birth: Pennsylvania.
- Jordan, John W, and James Hadden. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. (New York, United States: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912)
854.
"He 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...."
- The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion, 1861-1865 by Samuel Clarke Farrar
Page 494.
Page 494 of the appendix to The Twenty-second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion, 1861-1865 lists the members of the 22nd Regiment. George D. Sample is listed as a member of Company D having mustered in Feb. 1864, and mustered out with the "3rd Pro. Cavalry, Oct. 31 1865."
- Muster Book for the 185th Regmiment, 22nd Cavalry Pennsylvania.
22nd Cavalry Muster Book 
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