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Charles Lewis Samples


Biography
Born 05/27/1844
Birth Location Russell Co., Franklin Co.
Died 05/20/1929
Death Location Tazewell Co., VA
Father Simeon Hunt
Mother Polly Samples
Married 5/24/1864 (TZ)
11/29/1899
Spouses Nancy Helton
Nancy Elizabeth Turner
Military Units
2nd VSL
10th Kentucky Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
Misc
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Pension
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Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1916, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1917

Newspaper mentions:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 5/22/1929
Lebanon News, 5/31/1929

Notes: Mentioned in Civil War in Wise and Buchanan Counties. There is a Henry L. Samples in the 1880CEN, right age, right wife, right kids. Cited in Russell County Death Records, Volume 1. Obituary says he was 6 feet 7 and a half inches tall.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1

[Post war record only. 2nd VSL History reports served in Company D and later enlisted in 10th Kentucky Cavalry. No CSR found.]

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