Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Whitley County

John R. Sampson, a native of Glasgow, Ky., was born April 26, 1852.  His
father, Judge William Sampson, an eminent lawyer, and a native of Virginia,
married Virginia Gilpin also of Virginia.  They were the parents of five
children, viz: Ida L., Margaret, John R., William and Virginia.  John R.
Sampson was reared in his native town.  In 1866 he moved to Louisville,
where he attended school and in 1872 graduated in law from the University of
Louisville.  He then practiced his profession in Louisville, until 1876,
when he moved to Columbia, Ky., and practiced there until 1884.  He then
located in Willamsburg, Whitley County, Ky., where he has since been
actively engaged in the practice of the legal profession.  April 21, 1880,
he married Bettie Cravens, a daughter of Col Timoleon and Mary (Wagoner)
Cravens, of Adair County, Ky.  To this union have been born three sons, viz:
William, John E. and Reed J.  Mr. Sampson is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of
the F. & A.M., and in politics he affiliates with the Democrats.  He is a
member of the Baptist Church, while his wife is a member of the Presbyterian
Church.

Sampson Gilpin Cravens Wagoner
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VA Adair-KY

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