Samuel was born in England in 1780 and would emigrate to Virginia before 1804 when he married Nancy Ritenour (Ridenour/Rittenour), the oldest daughter of Michael and Catherine Ritenour. They would have at least three children, Elizabeth (Sample) Dunlap, Samuel Sample, Jr. and Susannah Sample.
The family would move from Virginia west into Ohio and settle in the Preble County area.
Samuel was 75. passing away in 1855.
Sources
Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Frederick County, Virginia, Marriages, 1771-1825. Smithfield, Va.: Davis, 1941
"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2R-325 : accessed 25 February 2019), Samuel Sample, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing p. 345, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 68; FHL microfilm 181,428.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRT-M53 : 20 August 2017), Samuel Sample, Gasper Township, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing p. 85, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 421; FHL microfilm 20,174.
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