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Nancy Porter (Poole) Sampson (1826 - 1897)

Nancy Porter Sampson formerly Poole
Born in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 15 Jun 1845 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Died at age 71 in Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Nancy Porter Pool was born 6 February 1826, in Abington, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Pool.[1]

On 15 June 1845, in Abington, Massachusetts, Nancy married George B. Sampson (1826-1863).[2]

In 1860, the family is living in Duxbury, Massachusetts. George is a shoemaker.[3]

1860 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George P Sampson Male 34 Massachusetts
Nancy P Sampson Female 34 Massachusetts
Mary M Sampson Female 13 Massachusetts
George W Sampson Male 11 Massachusetts
Abbie F Sampson Female 7 Massachusetts
Gilbert A Sampson Male 5 Massachusetts
Henry O Sampson Male 4 Massachusetts
Emma G Sampson Female 2 Massachusetts

Nancy's husband George served in the Civil War, and died during the war on 11 July 1863. He is buried in Chalmette National Cemetery in Louisiana. Nancy filed for a pension[4]. The record lists the following children under 16:

  1. Abby b. 6 Jan 1853
  2. Gilbert A., b. 31 Dec 1854
  3. Henry, b. 15 Mar 1856
  4. Emma, b. 10 Apr 1858
  5. Roland, b. 31 Mar 1861

Nancy collected a pension until her death at age 71, on 28 February 1897, in Whitman, Massachusetts.[5]

Sources

  1. Vital Records of Massachusetts to 1850; Plymouth; Abington: Births; Page 169 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Abington/Images/Abington_B169.shtml
  2. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ9-RJM : 27 April 2021), George B. Samson, 1845.
  3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHR-N31 : 18 February 2021),Massachusetts > Plymouth > Duxbury > image 11 of 66; George P Sampson, 1860.
  4. Civil War Pension Records: National Archives https://www.fold3.com/image/263602895
  5. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWS9-CPJ : 2 March 2021), Nancy P. Poole, 28 Feb 1897; citing Whitman, Massachusetts, v 473 p 703, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,522.




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