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Sampson Samuel VanHooser

Male 1805 - 1889  (84 years)


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  • Name Sampson Samuel VanHooser 
    Born 4 Feb 1805  Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Apr 1889  Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I556  Eskew Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Isaac VanHooser,   b. Abt 1764, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1831, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Thompson,   b. Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Between 1796 and 1800  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Webb,   b. 1812, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1852, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1827  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Webb VanHooser,   b. 18 Oct 1827, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1911, Dade County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     2. Rebecca VanHooser,   b. 1830, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1859, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)  [natural]
     3. Isaac M. VanHooser,   b. 1832, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1880, Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [natural]
     4. Didama VanHooser,   b. 10 Feb 1834, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1900, Farmersville, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     5. Elizabeth VanHooser,   b. 18 Dec 1835, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1880, Livingston County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)  [natural]
     6. John VanHooser,   b. 21 Nov 1837, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1929, Daylight, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
     7. Houston A. VanHooser,   b. 1840, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1865  (Age 25 years)  [natural]
     8. Andrew Jackson VanHooser,   b. 1 Mar 1842, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1916, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     9. Nancy Caroline VanHooser,   b. 11 Jul 1844, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1911, Crittenden County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     10. Thomas Jefferson VanHooser,   b. 2 Feb 1845, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1914, Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     11. Sampson Guilton VanHooser,   b. 1 Oct 1848, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1902, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)  [natural]
     12. Robert Webb VanHooser,   b. 22 Aug 1850, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1918, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Trammel,   b. 1826, Allen County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Nov 1855  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. ? VanHooser  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Rebecca Sarah Morphett,   b. 14 May 1828, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1895, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married Abt 1870 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Barbara VanHooser,   b. 12 Feb 1871, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1956, Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The following article on Sampson S. VanHooser is in the CALDWELL COUNTY KENTUCKY HISTORY BOOK, page 386.

      SAMPSON VANHOOSER
      Sampson Samuel Van Hooser was born on February 4, 1805, in Virginia. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca--Isaac born in 1753 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and Rebecca born about 1761 in Virginia. By 1826 Sampson S. was living in Warren County, Tennessee. He married Mary (Polly) Webb, who was born in 1812 in Warren County, Tennessee. They were the parents of eleven children: James Webb, who was born October 18, 1827, and married Melissa A. Cantrell; Isaac M., who was born about 1832; Didama, who was born February 10, 1834, and married Daniel Trammell; Elizabeth, who was born in 1836, and married Henry R. Stembridge; John, who was born November 21, 1837, and married Melvina Williams; Huston, who was born in 1840 and died January 5, 1863, in the Civil War; Andrew Jackson, who was born March 1, 1842, and married Martha Ann Riley; Nancy C., who was born in 1844 and married Andrew J. Eskew; Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1846 and married A. E. Pippin; Sampson G., who was born in 1848 and married Marie W. Dodds; Robert W., who was born August 22, 1850 and married Margaret Jane Travis. Mary (Polly) died before 1855. All the children except James Webb, John and Huston lived in Caldwell and Crittenden Counties of Kentucky after the Civil War.
      The 1860 Census of Warren County, Tennessee, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 55, farmer; Elizabeth Trammell, age 31, wife. They had one daughter, born in 1856. Elizabeth died before Sampson came to Kentucky in the late 1860's. The 1880 Census of Caldwell County, Kentucky, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 74, farmer; Rebecca Sarah Morphett, age 52, wife; Sarah Barbara, age 9, daughter. Sampson S. died in 1889 and was buried in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Rebecca Sarah died July 3, 1895. Sarah Barbara married A. S. Lucas, who preceded her in death. At the time of her death in 1957, she was living in Fredonia, Kentucky, with Billy Sherrill, a relative. She and her husband were buried in Livingston Cemetery in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
      Source: Family and Census Record.
      Submitted by: Geneva Van Hooser Smith