Sarah Webb was born in Murray County, Tennessee, and moved to Shelby County, Texas, in 1840, as a young girl. She married William Amasa "Mace" Samford on November 5, 1848, in Shelby County, Texas. Her husband preceded her in death, on January 12, 1909.
Mrs. Samford had been living with her son, Billie Samford, and passed away there on Monday afternoon. Survivors included 6 sons: Crit, Buck, Billie, Kaufman, and Jim Samford of Shelby County, and Lee Samford of Longview; 2 daughters: Mrs. Sallie January of Center and Mrs. Mary Holt of Nacogdoches Co.; 6 half-brothers: Eli, Alf, Joe, Larry, Jim, and Mack Webb of Center; 3 half-sisters: Mrs. A. E. Smith of Orange, Mrs. Mary Panger of Cookville, Mrs. Jennie McDonald of Stockman; and 1 sister: Mrs. S. E. Butts of Ironosa--Mrs. Butts was 91 yrs old.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
Sources:
Sarah E. Samford, Widow's Application for Pension, # 19264, Tenaha, Shelby Co, TX
Obituary, The Champion, February 18, 1925, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:22
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Sarah Webb was born in Murray County, Tennessee, and moved to Shelby County, Texas, in 1840, as a young girl. She married William Amasa "Mace" Samford on November 5, 1848, in Shelby County, Texas. Her husband preceded her in death, on January 12, 1909.
Mrs. Samford had been living with her son, Billie Samford, and passed away there on Monday afternoon. Survivors included 6 sons: Crit, Buck, Billie, Kaufman, and Jim Samford of Shelby County, and Lee Samford of Longview; 2 daughters: Mrs. Sallie January of Center and Mrs. Mary Holt of Nacogdoches Co.; 6 half-brothers: Eli, Alf, Joe, Larry, Jim, and Mack Webb of Center; 3 half-sisters: Mrs. A. E. Smith of Orange, Mrs. Mary Panger of Cookville, Mrs. Jennie McDonald of Stockman; and 1 sister: Mrs. S. E. Butts of Ironosa--Mrs. Butts was 91 yrs old.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage.
Sources:
Sarah E. Samford, Widow's Application for Pension, # 19264, Tenaha, Shelby Co, TX
Obituary, The Champion, February 18, 1925, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1985, II:22
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 censuses, Shelby Co, TX
Family Members
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Anthony Webb
1827–1913
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Celina Webb Butts
1834–1935
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Milton Blanton "Bunn" Webb
1836–1912
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John Watts Webb
1841–1913
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Elizabeth Webb Smith
1846–1934
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Joel Wesley Webb
1849–1930
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Mary May Webb Ponder
1850–1927
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Mary Jane Webb Willoughby
1851–1902
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Alfred Webb
1857–1931
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Thomas Eli Webb
1860–1942
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Matilda Jeanette "Jennie" Webb McDonald
1865–1940
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James W Webb
1872–1941
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Mack Webb
1874–1939
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Lavina Jane Samford
1850–1879
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George Crittendon Samford
1852–1929
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Mary Adeline Samford Holt
1854–1925
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Thomas Kaufman Samford
1856–1932
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Elkanah Buchanan "Buck" Samford
1858–1950
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Sophronia C Samford
1861–1865
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Sarah Anne Samford January
1863–1933
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William Archie Turbeville Samford
1866–1959
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John Carl Samford
1868–1938
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Robert E Lee Samford
1870–1966
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James Edward Samford
1873–1959
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