THE SAMPSON FAMILY, who are among the most influential and wealthy citizens of Carroll township, were originally natives of Westmoreland county, Penn., where William Sampson was born in 1765. He married in that State to Mary Nill (who born him four children), and some time after his marriage the family came to Washington county, where the father died in 1815. James Sampson, son of William and Mary Sampson, was born February 5, 1806, just above Webster, on the Monongahela river, in Westmoreland county, Penn. He came with his parents to Washington county in 1810, and in 1840 was married to Mary Grant, a native of the last named county. She bore him seven children, of whom are named William T., Harvey J., and John G. The mother died in 1888. James Sampson has carried on a distillery for twenty years in connection with farming, and now owns 1,250 acres of land. He was president of the Peoples Bank of Monongahela City for twenty-two years, and is one of the leading citizens of Washington county. Harvey J. Samson was born April 21, 1850, in Carroll township, Washington Co., Penn., and was reared to agricultural pursuits. On February 17, 1876, he married Miss Jennie B. Yorty, a native of Westmoreland county, Penn., and daughter of John and Nancy (Brewer) Yorty, prominent citizens of Carroll township, now deceased. Harvey J. and Jennie B. Sampson are the parents of the following children: Bertie O., born June 17, 1788; Grace L., born September 19, 1879; James E., born April 11, 1881; Ada E., born August 4, 1885; Frank H., born February 20, 1888, and Ethel J., born September 8, 1890. Mr. Sampson is a very progressive and enterprising citizen, and, politically, affiliates with the Republican party. He owns 276 acres of land in Carroll township, and breeds some of the best trotting horses in Washington county.

Text taken from page 828 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Bobbi Steele of Indianapolis, IN as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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