William Amasa Samford (1827 - 1909)

Born 1827 in Tuscalousa Co, Alabama

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Evaline (Webb) Samford — married [date unknown] in Shelby Co, Texas

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1909 at about age 82 in Shelby Co, Texas

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• William A. Samford

Birth: Nov. 27, 1827 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Death: Jan. 12, 1909 Shelby County Texas, USA

Private, Company A (Capt. A. M. Truit's), 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Randal's) (1st Texas Lancers), CSA

William Amasa Samford is the son of Elkanah and Mary Samford. W. A. Samford married Sarah Evaline Webb on November 5, 1848, in Shelby County, Texas. On April 2, 1862, William A. Sanford enlisted at Buena Vista, Shelby County, Texas, by A. M. Truit, for 3 years or the war, as a private in Company A, 28th Regiment, Texas Cavalry. At mustering-in, his horse was valued at $175, and his equipments at $25. He was on a 60-day furlough beginning February 25, 1864.

Children include Lavinia Jane (b. 1850, d. 1879), George C., Mary, Thomas K., Elkanah B., Margaret, Sarah Anne "Sallie," William A., John Carl, Robert E. Lee, James E.

In the 1900 census, Shelby County, W. A. Samford, 72, b. Nov. 1827 in Alabama, is listed with wife Sarah E., 67, b. July 1832 in Tennessee. The couple had been married 51 years; Sarah had had 11 children, and 9 were living. Living next door were H. L. Samford, 48, b. in TX; his wife S I., 50; and their 3 children.

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1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 censuses, Shelby Co, TX

Soldiers Service Records, Civil War

Sarah E. Samford, Widow's Application for Pension, # 19264, Shelby County, Texas

Family links: Parents: Elkanah Samford (1808 - 1888) Mary Magdalene Weaver Samford (1807 - 1845)

Spouse: Sarah Evaline Webb Samford (1832 - 1925)*

Children: Lavinia Jane Samford (1850 - 1879)* George Crittendon Samford (1852 - 1929)* Elkanah Buchanan Samford (1858 - 1950)* Sarah Anne Samford January (1863 - 1933)* William Archie Turbeville Samford (1866 - 1959)* John Carl Samford (1868 - 1938)* James Edward Samford (1873 - 1959)*

Siblings: Mary Ann Samford Bittick (1826 - 1908)* William A. Samford (1827 - 1909) Uriah Thomas Samford (1829 - 1858)* Belinda Caroline Samford Hughes (1836 - 1922)* Elkanah Asbury Shank Samford (1858 - 1923)**

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Burial: Tenaha City Cemetery Tenaha, Shelby County, Texas, USA

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