Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Jennings Sample    
                Born: Mar- 8-1897          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Feb- 5-1962          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  2
              Census: 1940                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in Erie, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      laborer, State Roads  2
          Occupation: 1940                 road work supervisor  3
              Father: Hezikiah W. Sample   (1866 - 1947) 
              Mother: Bettie Ann Nutter   (1860 - 1914) 
                Wife: Ruby Lotus Douglass     
         Census name: Rubie L. Douglass 4
             Married: Dec-20-1916          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1,5
                Born: Jun-19-1895          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,4
                Died: Sep- 9-1974          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1
             Resided: 1962                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1943                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1940                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Erie, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Solomon Douglass   (1858 - 1927) 
              Mother: Ida Lucy Baker   (1858 - 1943) 
           M Child 1: Harold William Sample      
         Census name: William H. Sample 8
                Born: Dec-27-1917          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,8,10,11
                Died: Nov-  -1982           9,12,11
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  13
             Resided:                      in Alexandria, VA  14
             Resided: 1934                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Erie, Harrison Co, WV  
                Wife: LaVoris Virginia Jones  b. ca 1917  
             Married: Sep- 7-1934          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  10
                Wife: Georgia Rovena Richards  b. Oct-15-1934  d. Sep-20-1987  
       Also known as: Rovena Richards 15
             Married: Feb-15-1958           12
           M Child 2: Charles Willard Sample      
         Census name: Willard Sample 
                Born: Jan- 5-1922          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  16,9,17,8
                Died: Jan- 5-2008           9,17
              Buried:                      in St. Joseph Cemetery, Massillon, Stark Co, OH  18
             Resided:                      in Massillon, Stark Co, OH  19
              Census: 1940                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Erie, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military: Nov-11-1942 - Dec-26-1945 U.S. Army, World War II  20
                Wife: Carolyn M. ___  b. Feb- 2-1925  
           M Child 3: James Ronald Sample      
         Census name: Jimmy Sample 
                Born: Feb-26-1934          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  16,3
                Died: Aug- 8-2017          in Hampton, VA  15
             Resided:                      in Yorktown, York Co, VA  1
             Resided:                      in Hampton, VA  21
             Resided: 1955                 in Newport News, VA  22
              Census: 1940                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      engineering manager at Newport News Shipbuilding (retired 1993)  15
          Occupation: 1955                 draftsman  22
           Education:                      Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School (1957, Machinery Designer)  15
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S. (1952)  15
            Military: 1954 - 1963          SFC, Virginia Army National Guard  15
                Wife: Living  
           F Child 4: Patty Ann Sample      
                Born: Mar-15-1937          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  16,23,3
                Died: Aug-20-2002          in Massillon, Stark Co, OH  24,23
             Resided:                      in Massillon, Stark Co, OH  9
              Census: 1940                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: ___ Dennison  

Sources:
(1) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants 
(self-published, July 2007) 
(2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(3) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as William Jennings Samples (sic), 20, of Ritchie Co; and Ruby Lotus Douglas (sic), 21, of Doddridge Co.  
Married Dec 20 1916. 
(6) Death record of husband. 
(7) Death record of mother. 
(8) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(11) Headstone (year only) 
(12) Obituary of wife. 
(13) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(15) Obituary. 
(16) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(17) Headstone. 
(18) Findagrave.com. 
(19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(20) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(21) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(22) Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com. 
(23) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(24) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 







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