Sampson Wickersham, Jr

1809 - 1879  (69 years)

• Name	Sampson Wickersham
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	28 Oct 1809	Mercer County, Kentucky America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Jul 1879	Mercer County, Kentucky
  Person ID	I5657	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Sampson Wickersham,   b. 20 May 1751, East Marlborough, Chester County, Pennsylvania, America ,   d. 22 Nov 1819, Harrodsburge, Mercer County, Kentucky  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lessenger,   b. 2 Feb 1769, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, America ,   d. 13 Apr 1854, Mercer County, Kentucky  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1789	Mercer County, Kentucky   [2]
  Family ID	F2039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Vanarsdall
  Married	1829	Mercer, County, America   [2]
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F5829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Martin,   b. 1812, Kentucky
  Married	20 Dec 1834	Mercer County, Kentucky
  Children	1. Mahala Wickersham,   b. 24 May 1835, Anderson County, Kentucky, America ,   d. 13 Oct 1857, Kentucky  (Age 22 years)   2. John H Wickersham,   b. Abt 1836, Mercer County, Kentucky, America   3. William Wickersham,   b. Abt 1838, Mercer County, Kentucky, America   4. Sampson Wickersham,   b. Abt 1840, Kentucky, America   5. Mary Catherine Wickersham,   b. 3 Dec 1841, Mercer County, Kentucky America ,   d. 1922, Fairfield, Iowa  (Age 80 years)   6. Eliza Wickersham,   b. Abt 1843, Kentucky, America   7. Luretta Wickersham,   b. Abt 1845, Mercer County, Kentucky, America   8. Daniel Wickersham,   b. Abt 1846, Mercer County, Kentucky, America   9. Othello Wickersham,   b. Abt 1849, Mercer County, Kentucky, America   10. Joseph H Wickersham,   b. Jun 1856, Mercer County, Kentucky, America
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F2040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sampson had three wives and at this point it is uncertain who is the mother of his children. At least some of them belong to his second wife Margaret Martin. He was appointed quardian for his sister-in-law's (Nancy Martin Sallee) infant children, Mercer County Court, March 1853.

  
  

• Sources

  [S290] Carroll B Coslow, Family History, found at www.familyorigins.com. [S648] IGI/ Family Search, IGI/ Family Search.