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     Rebecca A. Sample was born on 1 November 1850 at Illinois, United States. She was the daughter of Washington Sample and Sarah Petty. She married Washington Sample, son of Jacob Sample and Mary B. "Polly" Hooser. She died on 11 May 1882 at age 31.

     Sarah Elizabeth Sample was born on 30 September 1874. She was the daughter of Washington Sample and Rebecca A. Sample. She died on 17 August 1875.

     Jacob Reeves Sample was born on 8 February 1876. He was the son of Washington Sample and Rebecca A. Sample. He died on 19 May 1878 at age 2.

     William V. Sample was born on 12 March 1877. He was the son of Washington Sample and Rebecca A. Sample. He died on 3 January 1926 at Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at age 48.
     Biography of William V. Sample:
He died in a tuberculosis sanatorium.¹

     (Son) Sample was born on 3 September 1879. He was the son of Washington Sample and Rebecca A. Sample. He died on 3 September 1879.

     Mary Fanny Miller was born on 13 November 1861. She married Washington Sample, son of Jacob Sample and Mary B. "Polly" Hooser, on 13 March 1889. She died on 26 August 1922 at Morgan, Illinois, United States, at age 60. She was buried at Youngblood Cemetery, Nortonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States.

     Della A. Sample was born on 1 September 1890 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. She was the daughter of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller. She died on 11 March 1891 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. She was buried at Youngblood Cemetery, Nortonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States.

     Nancy Estelle Sample was born on 18 May 1892 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. She was the daughter of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller. She married Virgil Edwards. She married Vernon Bounds. She died on 10 June 1939 at Greene, Illinois, United States, at age 47. She was buried at Athensville, Green, Illinois, United States.

     Reuben Hillard Sample was born on 13 November 1894 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller. He married Lora Alice Wood on 23 February 1916 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. He died on 27 January 1973 at Madison, Illinois, United States, at age 78. He was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, Godfrey, Madison, Illinois, United States.
     Biography of Reuben Hillard Sample:
Owned and operated the Sample Grocery Store in Otterville, Jersey County, Illinois, for 22 years, retiring in 1958.

Medical Certificate of Death No. 4016 issued in Madison County, Illinois, January 29, 1973, gives date of death as January 27, 1973, birthdate as November 13, 1894, and parents were Washington Sample and Mary Miller. Copy in the possession of Robert W. Ridenour.¹

     Margaret Leona Sample was born on 5 October 1900 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. She was the daughter of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller. She married Arthur Mellor. She married an unknown person. She died on 12 January 1970 at Greene, Illinois, United States, at age 69. She was buried at Murrayville Cemetery, Murrayville, Morgan, Illinois, United States.

     Virgil Edwards married Nancy Estelle Sample, daughter of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller.

     Earl Edwards was born on 13 October 1915 at Greene, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Virgil Edwards and Nancy Estelle Sample. He married an unknown person. He died on 23 May 1963 at age 47.

     Norman Edwards was born in 1919 at Greene, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Virgil Edwards and Nancy Estelle Sample. He died at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
     Biography of Norman Edwards:
First marriage occurred after WWII. First wife, Marie, died. He married a second time; date and spouse's name unknown.¹

     Vernon Bounds married Nancy Estelle Sample, daughter of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller.

     Lora Alice Wood was born on 10 May 1896 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. She married Reuben Hillard Sample, son of Washington Sample and Mary Fanny Miller, on 23 February 1916 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. She died on 14 December 1989 at Jersey, Illinois, United States, at age 93. She was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery Godfrey, Madison, Illinois, United States.
     Biography of Lora Alice Wood:
Owned and operated the Sample Grocery Store in Otterville, Jersey County, Illinois for 22 years, retiring in 1958.¹

     (Son) Sample was born on 26 March 1917 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Reuben Hillard Sample and Lora Alice Wood. He died on 26 March 1917 at Morgan, Illinois, United States. He was buried at Youngblood Cemetery, Nortonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States.