Wm J Samson
Marion Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
William J. Samson, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio. December 5, 1831, the second son of Daniel and Mary (Bennett) Samson. He resided with his parents till twenty-one years of age, and then worked in a tannery at California, Ohio (Pike County) a year. He then went to Athens County, Ohio and followed the same business nine years, when he returned to Pike County, and has since been engaged in farming. He owns 600 acres of fine, well-improved land. He was married January 1, 1853 to Mary Austin, of Pike County. They have had a family of eight children, but six now living - Sarah, Rufus, Josephine, Martha, Margaret and John. Worth and William are deceased. In the fall of 1864, Mr. Samson enlisted in Company G, One-Hundred Sevety-third Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war.
farmer and stock raiser, was born in Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio. December 5, 1831, the second son of Daniel and Mary (Bennett) Samson. He resided with his parents till twenty-one years of age, and then worked in a tannery at California, Ohio (Pike County) a year. He then went to Athens County, Ohio and followed the same business nine years, when he returned to Pike County, and has since been engaged in farming. He owns 600 acres of fine, well-improved land. He was married January 1, 1853 to Mary Austin, of Pike County. They have had a family of eight children, but six now living - Sarah, Rufus, Josephine, Martha, Margaret and John. Worth and William are deceased. In the fall of 1864, Mr. Samson enlisted in Company G, One-Hundred Sevety-third Ohio Infantry, and served till the close of the war. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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