Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 SAMPLES was born in VA., and died 1860-1870 in Forsyth
Co., Ga.. He married FRANCES COUCH.
Children of JOHN SAMPLES and FRANCES COUCH are:
2. i. ZACHARIAH M.2 SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1802.
3. ii. CHARLES SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1804.
4. iii. JESSE B. SAMPLES, b. December 25, 1808, Blount Co.
Tenn.; d. December 12, 1867, Forsyth Co. Ga..
5. iv. REBECCA SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1810, Tenn.; d. November 05, 1888,
Forsyth Co. Ga..
6. v. MATTHEW SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1813, Tenn.; d. 1880-1883, Hopkins
Co., Ky..
7. vi. THOMAS CALVIN SAMPLES, b. January 10, 1816, Tenn.; d. August
18, 1893, Forsyth Co. Ga..
8. vii. RACHEL SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1820.
Generation No. 2
2. ZACHARIAH M.2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1802. He
married NANCY ANNA WELLBORNE Abt. 1827.
Children of ZACHARIAH SAMPLES and NANCY WELLBORNE are:
i. JOHN NEWTON3 SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1828, Ga.; m. MARY ANN WHORTON,
October 03, 1848, Hall Co. Ga..
ii. CHARLES S. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1830; m. LOUISE.
iii. ANDERSON GRANRAY SAMPLES, b. January 1833, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. February 14, 1907; m. SARAH EMILY DOLLAR.
iv. ELIZA J. SAMPLES, b. October 1836.
v. MARY A. SAMPLES, b. 1838; m. ABNER PUGH, February 11, 1855,
Forsyth Co. Ga..
vi. NANCY A. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1841; m. ISAAC E. WHITE, July 31,
1864, Forsyth Co., Ga..
vii. SARAH SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1844.
viii. SUSANNA SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1845.
ix. ELIZABETH SAMPLES, b. April 1848.
x. WILLIAM R. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1849; m. REBECCA ARMINDA SAMPLES,
December 24, 1868, Forsyth Co. Ga..
xi. THOMAS J. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1854.
3. CHARLES2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1804. He married
REBECCA SCOTT.
Children of CHARLES SAMPLES and REBECCA SCOTT are:
i. SARAH A.3 SAMPLES, b. March 14, 1830, Forsyth Co.
Ga.; d. November 28, 1894, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. GEORGE W. GREEN,
February 05, 1854, Forsyth Co. Ga..
ii. MONROE MILLEDGE SAMPLES, b. February 18, 1833, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. January 22, 1902, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. ELIZABETH
JANE PHILLIPS, December 26, 1854, Forsyth Co. Ga..
iii. THOMAS O. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1834; m. SARAH J. GREEN, April
21, 1858, Forsyth Co. Ga..
iv. EVALINE SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1836.
v. FRANCES SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1838.
vi. EMELINE LOUVENIA SAMPLES, b. July 29, 1846, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. October 14, 1926, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. JAMES
DEWITT HANSARD, November 21, 1867, Forsyth Co. Ga..
vii. AMANDA J. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1842; m. AUGUSTUS M. KEMP, October
27, 1859, Forsyth Co. Ga..
viii. REBECCA ARMINDA SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1840; m. WILLIAM R. SAMPLES,
December 24, 1868, Forsyth Co. Ga..
ix. JAMES WESLEY SAMPLES, b. August 22, 1845; d. July 21, 1920,
Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. FAITHY ARMINTA HANSARD, November 24, 1868,
Forsyth Co. Ga..
x. JOHN LAFAYETTE SAMPLES, b. September 01, 1851, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. August 05, 1933, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2)
EVELINE CLEMENTINE PHILLIPS, December 11, 1870, Forsyth Co.
Ga..
xi. OPHELIA A. SAMPLES, b. June 1855, Forsyth Co.
Ga.; m. DAVID C. PHILLIPS, August 14, 1877, Forsyth Co. Ga..
4. JESSE B.2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born December 25, 1808 in Blount
Co. Tenn., and died December 12, 1867 in Forsyth Co.
Ga.. He married PHOEBE FINCHER December 26, 1826, daughter of JESSE
FINCHER.
Children of JESSE SAMPLES and PHOEBE FINCHER are:
i. MARY ANN3 SAMPLES, b. September 01, 1827, Ga.; d. October
17, 1896, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. CHARLES WILLIAMS, October 30,
1842, Forsyth Co., Ga..
ii. AMANDA C. SAMPLES, b. 1830; m. JOSEPH C. OTWELL, January
11, 1852.
iii. JUDGE VALENTINE SAMPLES, b. April 19, 1833, Ga.; d. July
07, 1907, Jefferson Co. Ala.; m. MARTHA JANE HENDERSON, 1857,
Forsyth Co. Ga..
iv. WILLIAM V. SAMPLES, b. 1836; m. SARAH JANE BLAKE, August
09, 1855, Forsyth Co., Ga..
v. JOHN G. SAMPLES, b. 1838, Ga.; m. (1) MARY ANN FOSTER, May
01, 1856, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) MARY JANE PAYNE, June 12,
1870, Forsyth Co. Ga..
vi. JESSE SAMPLES, b. 1841; m. JANE GRIMES, March 21, 1858, Forsyth
Co., Ga..
vii. NANCY E. SAMPLES, b. November 27, 1844, Ga.; d. July 11,
1937, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. JOHN W. EDMONDSON, September 20,
1859, Forsyth Co. Ga..
viii. ARMINDA A. SAMPLES, b. 1845; m. ARCHIBALD MOON, October
07, 1869, Forsyth Co. Ga..
ix. ALMALTHA SAMPLES, b. June 1850, Forsyth Co. Ga.;
d. December 06, 1937, Fulton Co. Ga.; m. (1) JOHN A. ASBELL,
December 27, 1864, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) HIRAM CRANE, April
24, 1873, Forsyth Co. Ga..
5. REBECCA2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1810 in Tenn., and died
November 05, 1888 in Forsyth Co. Ga.. She married (1)
JOHN CLINTON SPRUCE. She married (2) JAMES CRAWFORD HANSARD August
25, 1842 in Forsyth Co. Ga., son of JESSE HANSARD and POLLY
BONDS.
Children of REBECCA SAMPLES and JOHN SPRUCE are:
i. JOHN CLINTON3 SPRUCE, b. February 10, 1835; d. 1906, Cass
Co. Tx.; m. SARAH HAMPTON, December 31, 1857.
ii. NANCY LOUISA SPRUCE, b. November 29, 1836; d. September 18,
1929, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. REUBEN WASHINGTON BENSON, December
14, 1854, Forsyth Co. Ga..
iii. CALVIN HOSLERT SPRUCE, b. November 10, 1838; m. SARAH BAILEY,
April 19, 1859.
Children of REBECCA SAMPLES and JAMES HANSARD are:
iv. WILLIAM EMORY3 HANSARD, b. August 24, 1843, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. July 06, 1925, San Marcus, Tx.; m. LUCINDA
AUGUSTA BENSON, February 27, 1865, Forsyth Co. Ga..
v. JAMES DEWITT HANSARD, b. December 22, 1846; d. September 30,
1923, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. EMERINE LAVENIA SAMPLES, November
21, 1867, Forsyth Co. Ga..
vi. ALVIN LUGENIUS HANSARD, b. November 03, 1849, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. March 02, 1922, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. SARILLA
HASELTON PHILLIPS, July 29, 1868, Forsyth Co. Ga..
vii. FAITHY ARMINTA HANSARD, b. December 26, 1852, Forsyth
Co. Ga.; d. December 01, 1935, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. JAMES
WESLEY SAMPLES, November 24, 1868, Forsyth Co. Ga..
viii. ASA M. HANSARD, b. 1858.
ix. IRA WILSON HANSARD, b. 1845, Forsyth Co. Ga.;
d. January 25, 1873, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (1) KISSIAH E. BARKER,
August 19, 1866, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) SARAH A. WILLS, August
11, 1871, Forsyth Co. Ga..
6. MATTHEW2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1813 in Tenn., and died
1880-1883 in Hopkins Co., Ky.. He married (1) UNKNOWN.
He married (2) MELINDA HANSARD February 20, 1845 in Cherokee Co.
Ga., daughter of JESSE HANSARD and POLLY BONDS. He married (3) MARY
E. HOWELL February 20, 1879 in Hopkins Co., Ky..
Children of MATTHEW SAMPLES and UNKNOWN are:
i. SARAH3 SAMPLES, b. 1834.
ii. WILLIAM C. SAMPLES, b. 1836; m. (1) SARAH JANE BLAKE, August
07, 1855, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) MARY J. SIMONS, April 27,
1887, Christian Co., Ky..
iii. MARY SAMPLES, b. 1838, Ga..
iv. PHEBE AMANDA SAMPLES, b. 1840, Ga.; m. HUGH TAPP, July 26,
1859, Whitfield Co., Ga..
v. JOHN W. SAMPLES, b. December 1843, Forsyth Co.
Ga.; m. SARAH PENTICOST, November 25, 1867, Robertson Co.,
Tenn..
Children of MATTHEW SAMPLES and MELINDA HANSARD are:
vi. JAMES L.3 SAMPLES, b. 1846, Forsyth Co. Ga.;
m. (1) HANNAH STOKES, April 16, 1871, Jackson Co., Ala.; m.
(2) LAURA FOWLER, March 19, 1887, Christian Co., Ky..
vii. WILEY A. SAMPLES, b. July 1848, Ga.; d. June 21, 1918, Hopkins
Co., Ky.; m. AGNES.
viii. NOAH W. SAMPLES, b. 1849; m. NANCY.
ix. EMELINE SAMPLES, b. 1851, Ga.; d. 1938, Muhlenberg
Co., Ky.; m. JOHN THOMAS PENTICOST, November 17, 1868, Cheatham
Co., Ky..
x. JESSE CHARLES SAMPLES, b. June 1852, Forsyth Co.
Ga.; d. April 09, 1922, Kaufman Co., Texas; m. MARY E. MABERRY.
xi. THOMAS F. SAMPLES, b. February 14, 1855, Ga.; d. January
17, 1928, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; m. ANGELINE W. WEBSTER, September
1876, Hopkins Co., Ky..
xii. FRANCES C. SAMPLES, b. 1858, Ga.; m. JAMES PENTICOST, Robertson
Co., Tenn..
xiii. RICHARD N. SAMPLES, b. September 1859, Whitfield
Co., Ga.; m. JENNA WILSON.
xiv. ISABELLA SAMPLES, b. 1861, Ga.; m. JAMES GRIGGS, October
02, 1880, Hopkins Co., Ky..
7. THOMAS CALVIN2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born January 10, 1816 in
Tenn., and died August 18, 1893 in Forsyth Co. Ga.. He
married (2) SARAH DAVIS January 10, 1837 in Forsyth Co. Ga.,
daughter of CULLEN DAVIS and FRANCES HAMMONDS.
Children of THOMAS SAMPLES and SARAH DAVIS are:
i. WILLIAM OLIVER3 SAMPLES, b. October 1846, Forsyth Co.
Ga.; d. 1910-1920, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. NANCY JANE HAWKINS,
April 18, 1869, Forsyth Co. Ga..
ii. JOHN CULLIN SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1838; m. (1) AMANDA A. POSS,
March 11, 1864, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) GEORGIA ANNA BRAMBLETT,
February 07, 1889.
iii. FRANCES M. SAMPLES, b. 1842; d. 1919, Knoxville, Tenn.;
m. (1) JOHN PICKLESIMER; m. (2) JESSE M. CARR, August 23, 1855, Forsyth
Co. Ga..
iv. JAMES S. SAMPLES, b. September 1839; d. 1898-1902; m. MELINDA
HANSARD.
v. THOMAS SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1843.
vi. AMANDA J. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1845.
vii. WESLEY I. SAMPLES, b. January 1848; d. April 1910, Dacula,
Ga.; m. FRANCES ELIZABETH GAINES.
viii. EMALINE SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1852.
ix. MATTHEW VAN BUREN SAMPLES, b. March 1857; d. September
1902, Ala.; m. DELLA L. CALLAHAN, December 28, 1881, Forsyth Co.
Ga..
x. DANIEL T. SAMPLES, b. May 04, 1859, Forsyth Co.
Ga.; d. December 25, 1896, Fairmont, Ga.; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH SAMPLES,
December 11, 1879, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) MARY ELIZABETH SAMPLES,
December 11, 1879, Forsyth Co., Ga..
xi. MARGARET A. SAMPLES, b. Abt. 1853; d. May 29, 1893, Athens,
Tenn.; m. A. SHERLIN, 1872.
xii. LOVIE DAVIS SAMPLES, b. 1863, Forsyth Co. Ga.;
d. March 06, 1913, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (1) EMMA O. HAWKINS,
August 10, 1880, Forsyth Co. Ga.; m. (2) MOZOMER THOMPSON CROY,
April 22, 1906, Forsyth Co. Ga..
8. RACHEL2 SAMPLES (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1820. She married
JAMES N. DAVIS January 01, 1837 in Forsyth Co. Ga., son of
CULLEN DAVIS and FRANCES HAMMONDS.
Children of RACHEL SAMPLES and JAMES DAVIS are:
i. FRANCES3 DAVIS, b. 1838.
ii. REBECCA DAVIS, b. 1842.
iii. RUTH DAVIS, b. 1844.
iv. SARAH DAVIS, b. 1846.
v. MILTON DAVIS, b. 1849.
vi. NANCY E. DAVIS, b. May 1840, Ga.; d. March 11, 1915, Doughtery,
Okla.; m. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON BARKER, Abt. 1858, Forsyth
Co. Ga..