About Francis A. Sampson
Lived 1842 – 1918 (aged 75). Francis A. Sampson was an American historian.
Francis Asbury Sampson (February 6, 1842 – February 4, 1918) was an American lawyer and historian.
Life Sampson was born in 1842 in Harrison County, Ohio to Francis Sampson and Margaret Evans. He received an A.B. in 1865 and an A.M in 1868 at the City College of New York. He received an LL.B. in 1868 from the Law School of the University of the City of New York.
Legacy In 1901, Sampson was appointed secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, donating at the same time his sizable personal library. He was active in the development of the Society, co-founding the Mississippi Valley Historical Association and serving as its first president.
Death He died in 1918 in Columbia, Missouri.
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American lawyer and historian
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Francis A. Sampson was born on 6 February 1842.
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Francis A. Sampson died on 4 February 1918.
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Francis A. Sampson was a historian.
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