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#50584 James Thomas Sampson "Sampson" Amos ( Hamon Amos • Sarah Jane Knepper • Godfrey Knepper • John William "William" Knepper • Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊ • Clemens Knepper◊ • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )

Sampson was born 15 May 1899 in Sisson Twp., Howell Co., Missouri. He died 5 May 1988 in Martinsville, Indiana from cardiac arrest. He was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Morgan Co., Indiana.

The Amos source has the following:

After his mother died, he and his brothers were split up and went to live with other family members and Hamon left the state to go find work. The relatives Grandpa lived with couldn't afford to raise him so he was passed from one family to another. After a year or so of being passed around from family to family and often being mistreated, young Sam took off in search of his father. He traveled on foot, slept wherever he could, (barns, old sheds, or just under the stars), and finally found his father. His father then allowed Sam to stay with him for a few years until Sam could find work and support himself.

He worked in a local brick yard. Later he was a truck driver for A. O. Carter for several years. Sam and Marie live in Brooklyn for three months before moving to Martinsville.

∞ Sampson married #50638 Marie Kent.

Marriage notes

They married 28 Dec 1925 in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio.

They were married by Rev. Ray Montgomery of the Christian Church.

  

Marie was born 28 Oct 1907 in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio. She died 5 Jan 1976 in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio. She was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Morgan Co., Indiana.

She is the daughter of George & Matilda (Bunton) Kent.

She was a cook in the restaurant of a sanitarium and the co-owner of Amos Furniture & Antiques. Her grandfather owned Patton Park and she was born at the old Dickson place near there.

She had a son by a previous relationshi, Clifford. Sam raised him as his own and he used the name Clifford Amos, but there is no evidence of adoption.

Children of this relationship:

#50658MiClifford Ermal Amos(9 May 1924–10 Nov 1999)

Unknown, "Descendants of Christopher Amos", www.rootsweb.com/~inowen2/AmosFamilyLine.doc (extracted 7 Mar 2015). Unsourced descendant listing.

Line Generation: 9

Relationship: Fourth Cousins Two Times Removed through Johann Gottfried "Gottfried" Knepper◊