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.wo, out do not proposet TO follow the fomales
u such II they remain single leave no record.
connecting links. The boys were
William; james, Robert and Alexander, Will
lam, I think, or his family, cnligrated early
% indiana Territory. OF James I can tell
nothing. Robert was drowned in Wilson's
Greek, having fallen in q At OF apoplexy. as
Robert AM Alexander Only loft sDns who re-
among yon, the SOUS Of Robert being
Iotn and Daniel The latter removed many
years ago to Greene county. Alabarla, where
dead perhaps. John died ia Abbesilie
many years ago, leaving one son and several
daughters who are still among you
Alexander Sample, junior, died on Salnda,
rs heretofore stated, IN the year 1881, leaving
respectively. John NJ. james, Isaac,
and Samuel. Washington was
OF L0d's In Abbcviile, July 4th 1884,
while charging y cannon. The occasion was Q
celebration, u VIM. L. Yancey, them col
Ing fred. which censed at the wrong time,
when sample nm up n ascertained the
cause to be that tho gun had become so hot
that the gunner had become frightened and
refused "a net. Sample rcbuked his towards
seized the: cartridge and applied the rod,
but ere II reached It's position IN explosion
which
BLEW HIN ALMOST TO ATOMS.
died In y few hours. .satnuetfh q n
stfdied niedfnne. and ON receiyjn9 his be.
,rees nractised nj White HaIIin iss6 and the
YEAR preceding or following. when he removed
TO Holmes co.. Miss, and In less b q a decade
Ill his surviving brothers and sisters follow.
the Land. a more s~ubstnnfjaI family WINS
never raised In .Abbeville. They knew the
questions; of THO day, and, though, no office
they were early sough.by such, wtc
not, know, the Jefiersontan test, before they
would listen 10 him. All OF. the men, except
who was toll and slender. were
and portly, as also their sisters, and till
four men In their western homo was above
the average Of the Hancock Co; Geo. Jerry
40, ayoirdupois. James,5 NJ n time
, ,s.ta,n ,, rts,ni' VI yJJhityye og ~, PpUuunns VS. my w. w. y.
Point he was without his knowledge elected
Justice 81 the Peace. ana it being q high duty
o. tne eitlzen 20 neisner SEEK nor aecitne OF
NEG, ne dIn, a Pc as 9n J Soon a In pno
e ~ when . ha,noer were gng ana
,,s ~ uusy ooatiu, us vs.liiyi,aeu ene Psenugi.
y, " naIne OF me Slate, and pf Slrtua oitlls
omce Wnlcn. Q Delng instantly ~
enforced tiie psace ny strewing tnem rig9l
md ieft: After hls ren,oya to Misslsstppi Z.
WINS In Q ware house Mt iazoo city attending
20 tne SAFE OF MS cosson; anu SOME oIsnslvs
nsuhg uelil2 SiYsu III ny z lIPleL, "
co.scq uepcc VI NE eu9sce.onu 10y ntn
cu.tlhg; ne slappsa .he san.ptcr ~ ny Idc,
Wenn.vn anu WIS STen sgJn att ~ ~ tne Tmrs
iousS5ia .nt,, uilinles "ASn lutseh15 tuS
lrouho Will
PISTOLS, BowIE-K SIyEs ASb STICKS
md snpPosing their object to he. y attach
samples inc keeper Jockey tIein Ines
demanded admittance which Sample insisted
ne given them, put the ware house
tnan refused. sample tnen pos mat !
Sticks and d1Tide themselves Into four,
he would fight them IN the same number o.
parcels-and this they declincdS me Inter
ventlon OIL pM,aies, h9weysi W fnngn aDouIn
setS,etifn NWitn9ss Diooosnea; y ney wereai
~, WHO h a,s d h sn lbs 70 e tt ng praS.
ucc, plan.ea iaISsIy. a. asca.a u iuaoa I.c.ns
anu Giea eLWee m isoV. Janlcs
Sampie cna onn sreilt y EirSe tract %
laad IA ~ s ~ per nsfe s IN ha dIp. Il w wn n,t tn nn c oiasn
at five cents: Another x-Abbeviltan named
Sims, an old Seceder, WIS cau2htip the SainG
Ok, n though scores or others were alikt
caught, they stood their ground and paid olt
on the door foots ofall, or nearly so, OF others
I learned this In their vicinity md nom theii
neighbors 81 years ago. Indeed, from the nc
the recent negro exodus from the
locality was a small circumstance com.
ward the closing scenes OF the laws delay
IN M1sslssippl. me detnorailZauon aiS
persion low uie nnanciai Crash OF iSsl
Yves equal TO that produced 6y, q succeed.
Ing the late wal. The Samples with their no
bust frames, healthy looks n temperate
habits, were a shortlived "race." oil died
between IS sand IS years but one, John N, who
died at 6S. The men were live and warm pol,
i~ticians, as In every thing else, and were anti
NuIIifers In South Carolina, buttn the wesl
ultra democrats, and subsequently, secessiols
and on whose shoulders stood Quttman and
Davis, DR.. Sample was o leading politician
mover and marker, and the last political nc
his life wa US n representative of Mlssis
sippi. in the Baltimore Convention OF 1855
whfcb Nominated James Ruchanan for PresI
danf ~-- 1870 49, -0-
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THE NEELYs.
nm, = No., -. ~, : n,,.o, o,,no s,de Oh.
samples IN MS accountt aIe Justly sc i9r tnet
larity IN hlth and politics, coupled WIN Ins
ana cross-maIrylng IN tne ,amliles
WE OF Aiex: sample; Jr., Was q uugnts
OF the original Neely, and q Oh tne iatssrI
grand sons. Major Charles Nicely, marrieu nl
cousin, o ugh OF Alexander SampIe, 1I
original Neeiy hnd several sons, n .
was Joseph, who settled n LIVED u
old age aud died In Lnurens, about lS30, nea
the Junction Of Reedy n Sdluda Rivers
where he owned the ferry. He left one son
Young Nicely, and daughter who married
Dr.. Joseph Anderson ofIaurensja respectable
practitioner, but more noted as o local Meth
odist preacher, sui 0cnerts. William Nicely
another son, was one early settler OF Ala