Hiram Lafayette Samford

Brief Life History of Hiram Lafayette

When Hiram Lafayette Samford was born on 12 August 1851, in Shelby, Texas, United States, his father, Simon Zerah Samford, was 34 and his mother, Epsey J Lee, was 31. He married Susan Izora Eaves about 1871, in Shelby, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Center, Shelby, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 8, Shelby, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 May 1921, in Shelby, Texas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Timpson, Shelby, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Lafayette Samford
1851–1921
Susan Izora Eaves
1849–1914
Marriage: about 1871
James Monroe Samford
1872–1943
Simon Edward Samford
1875–1948
Luphenia Elizabeth Samford
1877–1946
Mary Izora Samford
1879–1947
Samford
1880–1900
Simeon Columbus Samford
1881–1965
Robert Lafayette Samford
1883–1974
Eula Samantha Samford
1886–1958
Thomas Hezekiah Samford
1890–1968
Thomas H Samford
1890–

Sources (24)

  • H D Sanford in household of S Z Sanford, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hiram Lafayette Samford - Published information: Census record: birth-name: Hiram Lafayette Samford
  • Hiram Lafayette Samford, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Shelby, Texas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (Essex): variant of Sandford .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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