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Samuel Durrell SANSOM, 1816–1894 (aged 78 years)

Name
Samuel Durrell /SANSOM/
Given names
Samuel Durrell
Surname
SANSOM
Name prefix
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Date: August 19, 2006
Birth
January 30, 1816
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Latitude: 35.140529 Longitude: -86.588951
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Birth of a brother
John Wesley SANSOM
January 6, 1825
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Date: January 16, 2006
Marriage
Sarah KING — View this family
July 21, 1842 (aged 26 years)
Tennessee, USA
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Marriage
Sarah Ann THOMAS — View this family
October 12, 1862 (aged 46 years)
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Death
July 16, 1894 (aged 78 years)
Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Latitude: 32.86886 Longitude: -97.21827
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Burial
Smithfield Cemetery, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Latitude: 32.86886 Longitude: -97.21827
Family with parents
father
Birth: 1776
Marriage: before 1825
Occupation:
Death: 1854
Religion:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth LACKEY Samuel Durrell SANSOM John Wesley SANSOM
Samuel Durrell SANSOM
1776–1854
Birth: 1776
Death: 1854
mother
Marriage: before 1825
Death: 1843
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Durrell SANSOM Samuel Durrell SANSOM John Wesley SANSOM
Elizabeth LACKEY
…–1843
Death: 1843
Marriage — before 1825 —
-9 years
himself
Birth: January 30, 1816 — Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Marriage: July 21, 1842 — Tennessee, USA
Marriage: October 12, 1862
Death: July 16, 1894 — Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Burial: Smithfield Cemetery, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah KING Family with spouse Sarah Ann THOMAS
Samuel Durrell SANSOM
1816–1894
Birth: January 30, 1816 — Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 16, 1894 — Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
9 years
younger brother
Birth: January 6, 1825
Marriage: October 5, 1848
Death: July 27, 1889
Burial: Salem Cemetery, near Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Jane McADA Theodore L. SANSOM
John Wesley SANSOM
1825–1889
Birth: January 6, 1825
Death: July 27, 1889
Family with Sarah KING
himself
Birth: January 30, 1816 — Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Marriage: July 21, 1842 — Tennessee, USA
Marriage: October 12, 1862
Death: July 16, 1894 — Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Burial: Smithfield Cemetery, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah KING Family with spouse Sarah Ann THOMAS
Samuel Durrell SANSOM
1816–1894
Birth: January 30, 1816 — Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 16, 1894 — Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
wife
Marriage: July 21, 1842 — Tennessee, USA
Death: August 9, 1861
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Durrell SANSOM
Sarah KING
…–1861
Death: August 9, 1861
Marriage — July 21, 1842 — Tennessee, USA
Family with Sarah Ann THOMAS
himself
Birth: January 30, 1816 — Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Marriage: July 21, 1842 — Tennessee, USA
Marriage: October 12, 1862
Death: July 16, 1894 — Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Burial: Smithfield Cemetery, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah KING Family with spouse Sarah Ann THOMAS
Samuel Durrell SANSOM
1816–1894
Birth: January 30, 1816 — Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 16, 1894 — Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, USA
wife
Birth: June 18, 1842
Marriage: October 12, 1862
Death: June 13, 1934
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Durrell SANSOM
Sarah Ann THOMAS
1842–1934
Birth: June 18, 1842
Death: June 13, 1934
Marriage — October 12, 1862 —
Birth
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Marriage
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Marriage
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Death
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Shared note
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Shared note

In 1837 he moved to Texas where he served in the Texas Rangers in 1839 under Captain H. M. Smith, and he served in the militia for a while under the Republic of Texas under Captain John Edward Waring in Militia Beat No. 6. After returning to Tennessee for several years, where he married his first wife, he once again returned to Texas where he lived the rest of his life. He was licensed to preach, and served as a circuit riding preacher for the Methodist Church for several years until he began having difficulty with his eyes. At that time his preaching was cut back to some extent. Later, following the death of his first wife and remarriage he settled in Tarrant county where he was active in church matters and Masonic Lodge activities.

He was a guiding force in the establishment of Sansom's Chapel Methodist Church
of Bedford, Tarrant County, Texas until he left to establish a dry good's store in Zion (later Smithfield, today North Richland Hills), Texas. The church did not survive long after he left.

The minutes of the Grapevine circuit still exist, and Michael Patterson took much of his information from that book. The church appears to have met in his home for a number of years before they built their first building.

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Date: August 19, 2006