MADISON COUNTY, NC - OBITUARY - E. B. Sams, 27 Jan 1924
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Asheville-Citizens Times
Microfilm pg. 58
2-1-1924

Mr. E. B. Sams Dies At Home Of His Son

Mr. E. B. Sams, an aged and highly respected citizen of Hamblen county,
[Tennessee] died at the home of his son, John R. Sams, near Springvale, at
2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon.  His body will be incurred at Behtel Cemetery
on Tuesday morning at 10:30.  The funeral will be conducted by Rev. Ho??e
and Rev. L. F. Smith.
Mr. Sams was born in Madison County, N. C., Nov. 16, 1837, and was the son
of Warren and Noami [Naomi?] (Ramsey)Sams.  He enlisted in the Confederate
Army in company D. 29th North Carolina Infantry and was later transferred to 
Company A. serving under Captain Alfred Beard of the 6th North Carolina 
Cavalry and Col. N. G. Fol? [Folk?]  In 1863 he was captured in Kentucky about 
the time of Morgan's raid into Ohio, and spent twenty-three months and 
seventeen days in prison at Fort Delaware.
After returning home, he was married in 1867 to Miss Laura Peague? [Teague?]
at Madison county and began farming.  Eleven years after, he removed to Clay
County Kentucky, and after residing here one year, came to Hamblen County, 
Tennessee.  Later he purchased a farm near, Springvale where he has since 
resided. He was one of the oldest masons in this county and was a consistant 
member of Bethel Baptist Church for more than forty years.
Mr. Sams was an honorable, upright man, highly respected and loved by
everybody who knew him.
He is survived by the following sons; J. W. Sams, White Pine; John R. and W.
H. Sams of Morristown; W. M. Sams of Talbott; C. J. Sams, English, Ind; and
D. L. Sams of Iowa.  All were present except D. L. Sams.  His wife died
about ten years ago.
The burial will be under the auspices of the masonic fraternity of which he
was a member.

Morristown Gazette & Mail, January 28, 1924.


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