Hancock County IL Archives Biographies.....Sample, James 
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Source: McDonough and Henderson Counties, Illinois
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JAMES SAMPLE, who resides in Carthage, 
was born in Maytown, Lancaster County, 
Pa., and is a son of Robert and Jane (Haw- 
thorne) Sample. The days of his boyhood and 
youth were spent upon his father's farm, where he 
remained until twenty-one years of age. He 
then started out in life for himself, and leaving 
the East emigrated to Illinois in 1847. He spent 
three years in traveling and working at his trade 
in New Orleans and other places, and in 1850 
came to Hancock County, settling near Fountain 
Green, where he entered land from the Govern- 
ment. In his early life he had learned the trade 
of a carpenter and joiner, and his brothers, John 
and Frank, also followed the same pursuit until 
the war. The parents both died in 1887, at the 
age of eighty-four. 

After coming to Hancock County, Mr. Sample 
was associated with his brothers in business until 
he entered the service of his country as a defen- 
der of the Union. He was a valiant soldier, al- 
ways found at his post of duty, and was wounded 
in the service. The injuries he sustained were 
such as to unfit him for further work in the line 
of his trade, and after his return home he em- 
barked in the furniture business, which he suc- 
cessfully carried on until the summer of 1893, 
when he retired. He not only built up a good 
trade in this place, but also established branch 
houses at Fountain Green and Ferris. He is a 
man of excellent business and executive ability, 
and his well-directed efforts brought him a hand- 
some competency. 

In 1852, Mr. Sample was united in marriage 
with Miss Elizabeth Delia Spangler, of Hancock 
County. They have an adopted daughter, Katie, 
now the wife of W. S. Huckins, a traveling sales- 
man, and Mr. and Mrs. Huckins have one son. 
The Sample home is a comfortable and substan- 
tial residence, and in addition to this property our 
subject owns a business block and is interested in 
farm lands. 

Mr. Sample has always been a supporter of the 
Republican party since its organization, and for 
many terms has served on the Town Board. He 
has been closely identified with the interests of the 
city, was partly instrumental in securing the es-
tablishment of the college in this place, and has 
done all in his power toward aiding in those en- 
terprises which are calculated to prove of public 
benefit, and which advance the best interests of 
the community. Socially, he is connected with 
the Masonic fraternity of Carthage, and is a char- 
ter member of the Grand Army post. He is one 
of the ruling Elders in the Presbyterian Church, 
and has been active in church and benevolent 
work. His life has been well and worthily spent, 
and he is now enjoying a well-earned rest.

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