. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. , died in Green Castle, Franklin Co., Penn.;Solomon W. is next in the order of birth; andHenry A., a soldier of the Civil war in Company M,17th P. Y. C, is now employed at Waymart, Waynecounty, by the Delaware & Hudson Canal W. Sampson was born in New Lon-don, Conn., August 16, 1839, and accompanied thefamily on their removal to Wayne cou
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. , died in Green Castle, Franklin Co., Penn.;Solomon W. is next in the order of birth; andHenry A., a soldier of the Civil war in Company M,17th P. Y. C, is now employed at Waymart, Waynecounty, by the Delaware & Hudson Canal W. Sampson was born in New Lon-don, Conn., August 16, 1839, and accompanied thefamily on their removal to Wayne county. Hismother married a second time, and moved to ForestCity, Penn., but our subject returned to Waynecounty, living with an uncle, Wareham Day, inSouth Canaan township, who allowed him to attendschool in the winter, while through the summermonths he worked in the fields. His opportunitiesfor gaining an education were extremely limited,however, vet by thorough -reading and observationhe has gained a practical knowledge of business af-fairs. For one year he was employed on the Grav-itv railroad, which was then operated by the Penn-sylvania Coal Co., running between Scranton andtiawlev. 1 !e also worked for the 1 )elaware & Hud-. ?^ ? iTr. JC^^^^La-**^. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 921 ( anal Co. for a time, and then returned tofanning. 1 mi September 5, 1861, Mr. Sampson enlisted inBattery I. 5th I. S. Artillery, and was with the armyof the Potomac under (dens. McClellan and Burn-side. He participated in the Peninsula campaign, theseven-days fight, the second battle of Hull Run, andthe battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg. Afterthe last named he went to the hospital at Washing-ton. 1). C, as he was unlit for further duty, havingcontracted rheumatism while in the Virginiamarshes. Being honorably discharged March iX,1863. he went to New York, where he received med-ical treatment. He has been almost helpless, beingunable to walk, for the past twenty-three years. Heenlisted
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