Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Sampson, Archibald J. 1839 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 603

  GENERAL ARCHIBALD J. SAMPSON. This noted citizen was born near Cadiz, Ohio,
June 21, 1839, and is of Welsh-Irish parentage. He grew to sturdy manhood on a
farm; received his early education in a log school house, but subsequently
attended the New Hagerstown Academy and still later entered Mount Union College,
from which institution he was graduated on his twenty-second birthday. While
attending college he taught several terms in country schools and was very
successful as an educator. When the civil war broke out he enlisted and served
for over a year, but on account of poor health, returned to his native State,
where he was elected superintendent of the Union schools at Uhrichsville, Ohio.
After serving in that capacity for a year he declined a re-election and" again
entered the army as a private, serving until the close of the war and rising
through the several grades to that of captain, which last promotion was awarded
him for "brave and meritorious services in battle." For some time, even in the
camp as a soldier, Mr. Sampson had pursued the study of law and on his return
home, having passed the requisite examination, was admitted to practice at Mount
Vernon, Ohio. He was subsequently graduated from the Cleveland Law School, and
in 1865 located at Sedalia, Missouri, where he began a successful practice.
While a resident of that city he served as county superintendent of schools, as
attorney for the State Board of Education for the Fifth Congressional District,
and as city and county attorney. In 1872 he declined the appointment of United
States consul to Palestine to which he had been appointed by President Grant. In
1873 Mr. Sampson removed to Colorado and located at Canon City where he resumed
the practice of law and served one term as county attorney. In 1876 he was
nominated and later elected attorney general of Colorado, receiving one of the
largest majorities on the ticket. For many years he has been a prominent and
popular campaign speaker, having accepted invitations from a number of State
Central Committees other than his own, and has spoken in many different States.
He was always in demand in his own State. Early in President Harrison's
administration he was appointed United States consul at Paso del Norte, Mexico,
this being the most important consulship in Mexico. While discharging the duties
of that position he learned to read and speak the Spanish language. General
Sampson has been very active in the Loyal Legion and G. A. R., having served as
judge advocate three terms and as aide-de-camp on the staff of six national
commanders-in-chief, as assistant adjutant general one year and is now the
department commander of the G. A. R. of Arizona. He is also an active Knight
Templar Mason and is connected with other orders. Mr. Sampson has acquired
prominence in literary circles through various lectures which he has delivered
upon "Music of the War," "Music and Musicians," "Lincoln," and other subjects.
General Sampson was married to Miss Kate I. Turner, daughter of Judge A. C.
Turner of Cadiz, Ohio, in 1866. She died in Denver, Colorado, December 15, 1866.
He was again married, selecting his second wife in the person of Mrs. Frances S.
Wood, of Joliet, Illinois. She is active in the social and religious circles of
Phoenix, where the General located in 1892. He has not resumed the practice of
law, but is engaged in ranching and looking after mines, loans and investments.
For years he has been an active politician, as before mentioned, and has
"stumped" the territory in the interests of Republicanism. He "stands foremost
in the ranks as an enthusiastic "stump speaker" and is probably not excelled in
that respect in the Territory. He is courteous, affable and a most agreeable
gentleman to meet.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896

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