SAMPSON
SAMPSON
of John Knox. The original name was Saint
Paul, of which Senpall and Sampall wei'e eai'ly
corruptions. He was graduated from Jefferson
college, 1849, and from the Western Theological
seminary in 1853, and was married, March 31,
1853, to Nannie Mathews, daughter of Henry and
Martha (Simcox) Bracken of Canonsburg, Pa.
He was pastor of the First Presbyterian church
of Mercer, Pa., 1853-56; at Bedford, Pa., 185G-66;
stated supply of the Andrew church, Minneapolis,
1866-68, and pastor of the Westminster church,
Minneapolis, 1868-87, andnn 1887 became pastor
of the Westminster Presbyterian church. New
York city, and pastor emeritus, 1901. He was
director of the McCormick Theological seminary,
1876-89; trustee of JIacalester college, St. Paul,
Minn., 1880-88, and of Lincoln university from
1892, where he also served as professor of Cliristian
ethics. He became associate editor of North and
West, 1895, and a member of the board of publi-
cation, of aid for colleges and of church erec-
tion at various times; a delegate to the Pan-
Presbyterian council at Belfast and later at
Washington; moderator of the General assembly
of the Presbyterian churcli of the United States
of America in 1899: a member of the Presbyterian
union of New York, and of the Pan-Presbyterian
Church council. He received the degree of D.D.
from Wooster university, 1876, and that of LL.D.
from Washington and Jefferson college in 1898.
He traveled extensively in America, Europe,
Palestine and Egypt. Among his writings are:
Early Daivn (1861); Shining Light (1862); Clouds
after Rain (1863); Sunset (1864); Memoir of Rev.
J. C. Tliom (1868); Beacon Lights of the Reforma-
tion (1889); Christ's Valedictory (1900); Griev-
ing of the Spirit (1902); and was a contributor to
the Princeton Review, Hoiniletic Review, Pulpit
Treasury and Sontheryi Presbyterian Quarterly.
SAMPSON, Archibald J., diplomatist, was
born near Cadiz. Ohio, June 21, 1839. He was
graduated from Mount Union college, Ohio, B.S.,
1861; served in the civil war, 1861-65, attaining
the rank of captain, and on his return was grad-
uated from the Cleveland Law school, LL.B.,
1865. He was admitted to the bar, 1865, and
began practice in Sedalia, Mo.; refused nomina-
tion to the state legislature, 1872, and the U.S.
consulship to Palestine, 1873, removing in the
latter year to Colorado, where he served as
attorney-general, 1876. He was U.S. consul to
El Paso del Norte, Mexico, 1889-93; settled in
Phoenix, Ariz., 1893, and was appointed envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Ecuador, South America, in 1897, making his
residence in Quito. He still retained this office
in 1903. He was married first, in 1866. to Kate
Turner of Cadiz, Oiiio, who died in 1886; and
secondly, in 1891, to Frances S. Wood of Joliet,
111. He received the degree of A.M. from Mount
Union college in 1879.
SAMPSON, John Patterson, author, was born at Wilmington, N.C., Aug. 13, 1839; son of James Drawhorn and Fanny (Kellogg) Sampson; grandson of Drawhorn and Susan Sampson and of Manerva (Green) Kellogg, and of Scottish, Indian and African descent. He attended scliool in Cambridge and Boston, Mass., and was grad- uated from the National Law university, Wasli- ington, D.C., LL.B., 1868. He published the Colored Citizen, advocating the enlistment of negroes, 1861-65; took an active part in the re- construction, 1865-68, and attended Western Tlieological seminary, Allegheny, Pa., 1868-69. He was a political worker in North Carolina, 1869-82; holding various Federal offices, practis- ing law in Washington, and being a frequent but unsuccessful candidate for representative in the North Carolina state legislature and in congress, relinquisliing political life and the law in 1882, to become a minister in the African M.E. church. He was one of the founders and for several years president of the board of managers of the Fred- erick Douglass Memorial hospital and training school, Philadelphia, founded, 1895. He was mar- ried, Sept. 10, 1889, to Mary A., daughter of Abner and Mary Elizabeth Cole of Bordentown, N.J. He received the degree D.D. from Wilberforce university in 1888, and is the author of: Common Sense Physiology (1880); The Disappointed Bride (1883); Temperament and Phrenology of Mixed Races (1884); Jolly People (1886), and Illustra- tions in Tlieology (1888).
SAMPSON, Thornton Rogers, educator, was born in Prince Edward, Va., Oct. 9, 1852; son of the Eev. Dr. Francis and Caroline (Dudley) Sampson; grandson of Richard and Mary (Rogers) Sampson, and of Russell and Mary (Baldwin) Dudley, and a descendant of Col. William Byrd of Virginia, and Maria Horsmandeu, his wife, and of George Baldwin of Milford, Conn. He was graduated from Hampden-Sidney college, A.B., 1871; continued his studies in the univer- sities of Virginia and Leipzig, and studied the- ology in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in Union seminary, Richmond, Va. He was married, April 30, 1878, to Ella, daughter of Francis and Helen (Lake) Royster of Memphis, Tenn. He was engaged in mission work among the Greeks in Athens and Thessalonica, 1878-92; was sec- retary of foreign missions, Presbyterian synod of North Carolina, 1892-94; president of the As- sembly's home and school, Fredericksburg, Va., 1894-97; of Austin college, Sherman, Texas, 1897-1900, and in June of the latter year became president of the Austin Presbyterian Theological seminary. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Davidson college, N.C., in 1893.
