Son of James Harrison Sams and Clarinda Sams. He never married.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, March 3, 1932
Alexander Sams, aged 72, who resided south of Russell, at New York, died suddenly at that place on Sunday afternoon, February 28, 1932, at the home of his nephew, Ray Sams, where he had gone to spend the day. Death was due to acute indigestion. The remains were brought to the Beardsley Funeral Home in Chariton, where funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Harry Secor, of the First Baptist Church, followed by interment in the Chariton cemetery.
Alexander Sams was born south of Chariton, near Freedom, on January 20, 1860. For about 20 years he had resided at New York. He had never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. James McKinsey of 14th and Woodlawn in Chariton, whom he had visited here Saturday, and by one half-brother, John Sams, whose whereabouts at present are unknown, and by a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Street, of Clinton, Indiana.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, March 3, 1932
Alexander Sams, aged 72, who resided south of Russell, at New York, died suddenly at that place on Sunday afternoon, February 28, 1932, at the home of his nephew, Ray Sams, where he had gone to spend the day. Death was due to acute indigestion. The remains were brought to the Beardsley Funeral Home in Chariton, where funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Harry Secor, of the First Baptist Church, followed by interment in the Chariton cemetery.
Alexander Sams was born south of Chariton, near Freedom, on January 20, 1860. For about 20 years he had resided at New York. He had never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. James McKinsey of 14th and Woodlawn in Chariton, whom he had visited here Saturday, and by one half-brother, John Sams, whose whereabouts at present are unknown, and by a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Street, of Clinton, Indiana.
Son of James Harrison Sams and Clarinda Sams. He never married.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, March 3, 1932
Alexander Sams, aged 72, who resided south of Russell, at New York, died suddenly at that place on Sunday afternoon, February 28, 1932, at the home of his nephew, Ray Sams, where he had gone to spend the day. Death was due to acute indigestion. The remains were brought to the Beardsley Funeral Home in Chariton, where funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Harry Secor, of the First Baptist Church, followed by interment in the Chariton cemetery.
Alexander Sams was born south of Chariton, near Freedom, on January 20, 1860. For about 20 years he had resided at New York. He had never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. James McKinsey of 14th and Woodlawn in Chariton, whom he had visited here Saturday, and by one half-brother, John Sams, whose whereabouts at present are unknown, and by a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Street, of Clinton, Indiana.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, March 3, 1932
Alexander Sams, aged 72, who resided south of Russell, at New York, died suddenly at that place on Sunday afternoon, February 28, 1932, at the home of his nephew, Ray Sams, where he had gone to spend the day. Death was due to acute indigestion. The remains were brought to the Beardsley Funeral Home in Chariton, where funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Harry Secor, of the First Baptist Church, followed by interment in the Chariton cemetery.
Alexander Sams was born south of Chariton, near Freedom, on January 20, 1860. For about 20 years he had resided at New York. He had never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. James McKinsey of 14th and Woodlawn in Chariton, whom he had visited here Saturday, and by one half-brother, John Sams, whose whereabouts at present are unknown, and by a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Street, of Clinton, Indiana.
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BEWARE of birth year. Alexander was not listed in the 1860 Census. He is listed as 4 years old in the 1870 census and 18 years old in the 1880 census. He is 22 years old in the 1885 Iowa State Census. 1862 would seem more realistic.
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