Woman, 92, Dies At Mt. Blanchard

Mrs. Malinda Sampson Passes Away at

Daughter's Home Last Night

Mrs. Malinda Sampson, 92, resident of Mt. Blanchard,

died at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday evening at the home of a daughter,

Mrs. O. B. Shafer, of Kent, Ohio, with whom she was spending

the winter.  Mrs. Sampson had been ill for 10 days.

She was born April 17, 1842, in Jackson township,

 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Hoy. 

Her death removed the second aged resident  of Hancock county

to die within the last four days.  John King, 91, died Saturday.

She married David Sampson, who died in 1899.

Surviving are their children: J. V. Sampson, of Muncie, Ind;

Mrs. L. C. Van Horn and Frank Sampson, of Arlington;

Lemuel Sampson, of Mt. Blanchard;

and Mrs. O. B. Shafer, of Kent.  Three children died in infancy.
A brother, Rufus Hoy, of Urbana, Ill.,

and a sister, Mrs. Albert Sampson,

of Jackson township, also survive.
Mrs. Sampson was a member of the

Hancock county W.C.T.U.

and the the Mt. Blanchard M.P. church.

The body will be brought here in the Coldren funeral coach. 

 Funeral arrangements have not been completed,

but burial will be made at Riverview cemetery, Mt. Blanchard.

Republican Courier;

Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio

Wednesday

March 20,  1935

David Sampson
Instantly Killed By A Falling Limb,

While Felling a Tree on His Farm

Near Mt. Blanchard.

David Sampson, one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens

 of Mt. Blanchard was instantly killed Wednesday afternoon.

  It appears that he was in the woods on one

of his farms cutting wood. 

 In felling a tree a limb struck him on the breast

 causing instant death.
He was taken to his home by friends. 

The Justice of the Peace in Delaware township acted as

Coroner in the case.  An inquest was deemed unnecessary.
Mr. Sampson was one of the best known men in the community. 

He was about 56 years of age and left a wife and family

of grown up children.  He was the owner of several

good farms which he accumulated by hard work. 

His sudden death is a sad blow to his many friends.

The Weekly Jeffersonian

Thursday

October 12, 1899

Young Girl
Dies As Result of Lamp Explosion

 in Bed Room

Miss Eva Sampson, Aged 18 years, of Mt. Blanchard,

Succumbs, After 24 Hours, to Severe Burns

Which She received Early Monday Evening.
As a result of injuries and burns received in the

explosion of a lamp in her bed room at an early hour

Monday morning, Miss Eva Sampson, aged eighteen years,

of Mt. Blanchard, died Tuesday morning after twenty-four

hours of almost unbearable suffering.
The home of Miss Sampson's mother was set afire

 by the explosion and considerable damage was done. 

The young woman was asleep at the time and was

burned as she lay in bed.
The fire was discovered by other members

of the family in time to save a portion of the home

from destruction, although not until Miss Sampson had

 received burns which caused her death. 

Her body was badly charred and burned as a result

of the bed clothing catching on fire and, despite the efforts of the village physician, Dr. R. N. Lee, who was hurriedly summoned,

she died twenty-four hours after the accident occurred.
The victim of the accident was a daughter of

David and Malinda Sampson, the former now deceased.
The funeral services will be held from the

Mt. Blanchard Methodist Protestant church

at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. 

 Interment will take place in the Mt. Blanchard cemetery.

Morning Republican

July 17, 1907