Elizabeth McFarland [Fox] Sampson

Born October 21, 1837, Elizabeth McFarland Fox was the daughter of Nathaniel and Kitturah Fox. She was born in Athens County, Ohio, but while young, the Fox family moved to New London township, Iowa, and became farmers north of New London. Elizabeth was the fourth of ten (known) children of Nathaniel and Kitturah. (The youngest child in the family was her sister, Ruth Ellen Fox, who married Charles Pearsey Walker.) September 1, 1858, Elizabeth married Truman Sampson, a native of Huron County, Ohio, whose family also later farmed in New London Township. They eventually continued the tradition of moving west, by 1867 settling in Nebraska, where they still lived in 1875-1876 when Kitturah wrote several letters to Elizabeth from New London (these are available in the Paperwork section of this web site, beginning here).

Elizabeth and Truman Sampson had seven children:

1. Kitturah Sampson, born August 4, 1859 in Keokuk County, Iowa; died 1952 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska; October 22, 1876 she married Edwin Jeary, who was born in 1850 and died in 1937
2. Sally T. Sampson, born January 16, 1863 in New London, Henry County, Iowa; died August 15, 1864 in New London, Henry County, Iowa
3. Isaac Eugene Sampson, born August 18, 1867 in Cass County, Nebraska; died September 28, 1936; April 28, 1897, Isaac married Sophia Backhaus
4. Anna Marie Sampson, born September 2, 1869 in Cass County, Nebraska died 1888 in Murdock, Nebraska; Anna married a man whose last name was Utt
5. Henry Melvin Sampson, born October 8, 1872 in Cass County, Nebraska; he married a woman named Nora
6. Truman B. Sampson, born October 4, 1876 in Cass County, Nebraska; died March 8, 1879 in Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska
7. Irena Bell Sampson, born July 13, 1878 in Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska; died December 22, 1966 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska; on March 8, 1896 in Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska she married James Berry, born April 16, 1872 in Ulverston (Hancote) Lancaster Shire, England, died March 5, 1955 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Elizabeth Sampson died July 31, 1919 in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 81.

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