Arch Sampson Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Jamestown, Biographical Sketches, Page 1034

DR. ARCH SAMPSON, Fair Play; born in Fairfax, Vt., May 16, 1818; attended Bur-
lington University, Vermont, graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1843; 
immigrated to Fair Play, Grant Co., Wis., in the fall of 1845, and commenced 
practicing medicine; his property is in village lots, the probable value of 
which is $1,000. In politics, a Republican; was formerly a follower of the old 
Whig party; in religion, is of the Protestant faith; public offices held by him 
are Justice of the Peace, Town Superintendent, and at present (1881) Postmaster 
at Fair Play. Married Sophronia Gibbs, a native of Jericho, Vt.; is the father 
of three children - Emma, Charles, Florence; one son deceased - Charles.