Lawrence Melvin Samples was born on April 18, 1903, in Duck,Clay, West Virginia, United States to Lewis Samples and Narcissus Smith. [1][2] Lawrence Melvin Samples died in October 1986 in Duck, West Virginia, when he was 83 years old.[3]
Lawrence Melvin Samples and Velva G Kennedy married in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States on 26 January 1927[4]
They had the following known children:
Fact: Residence (1910) Barren Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States[8]
Fact: Residence (1920) Big Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States[9]
Fact: Residence (1930) Big Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States[10]
Fact: Residence (1940) Big Sandy Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States[5]
Sources
↑ "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X555-GJ5 : 12 December 2014), Lawrence Melvin Samples, 18 Apr 1903; citing Carton, Kanawha,West Virginia, reference 600; FHL microfilm 1,992,650.
↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRXK-MRB : 4 December 2014), Lawrence Melvin Samples, 18 Apr 1903; citing Carton, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,650.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRZV-LYH : 20 May 2014), Lawrence Samples, Oct 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FTCG-6RM : 4 December 2014), Lawrence Samples and Velva Kennedy, 1927; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,723.
↑ 5.05.15.25.35.45.55.6 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7CX-9Y1 : accessed 6 March 2017), Lawrence M Samples, Big Sandy Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-2B, sheet 8B, line 68, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4412.
↑ 6.06.16.26.36.46.56.66.7 "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK5F-QP9V : 25 October 2016), Velva Gertrude Kennedy Samples, West Virginia, United States, 02 May 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Charleston Gazette, born-digital text.
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKTZ-5HXQ : 26 October 2016), Lawrence Samples in entry for Lois Ann Samples Robinson, West Virginia, United States, 21 Aug 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Charleston Daily Mail, born-digital text.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPN6-7BS : accessed 6 March 2017), Lawrence M Samples in household of Lewis M Samples, Barren Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 20B, family 363, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1684; FHL microfilm 1,375,697.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNLQ-WM2 : accessed 6 March 2017), Lawrence M Samples in household of Melvin S Samples, Big Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 66, sheet 20B, line 87, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1957; FHL microfilm 1,821,957.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XM4R-LQ3 : accessed 6 March 2017), Lawrence M Sampler, Big Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 28B, line 59, family 532, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2536; FHL microfilm 2,342,270.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK5F-QP9L : 25 October 2016), Lawrence Melvin Samples in entry for Velva Gertrude Kennedy Samples, West Virginia, United States, 02 May 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Charleston Gazette, born-digital text.
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