Ira SAMPSON

1901 - 1963  (61 years)

• Name	Ira SAMPSON  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	30 Aug 1901	Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	30 Aug 1902	Rocksdale, W.VA   [2]
  Residence	1910	Lee, Calhoun, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Death	Mar 1963	, , OH, USA
  Person ID	I29	Green
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	William Ayers SAMPSON,   b. Dec 1859, Calhoun, West Virginia d. 1909 (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Belle KIRBY,   b. 12 Feb 1870, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America d. 17 Mar 1949, Altizer, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Apr 1885	Calhoun, West Virginia   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Kathleen OSTERDOCK,   b. Abt 1908
  Children	1. Donald "Don" Lee SAMPSON   2. William "Bill" Gene SAMPSON,   b. 14 May 1928, Akron, Ohio, USA d. 8 Jun 2014, Westfield, Hamilton, Indiana, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Eva Mae NUTTER,   b. 18 Sep 1892, Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America d. 6 Feb 1983, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Nancy Delores RIGGS,   b. 12 Aug 1925, , Calhoun, WV, USA d. 22 Nov 2012, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Ira was listed at age 27 in the 1930 census rccords for Akron, Ohio. He was born in West Virginia. He had been married for 2 and a half years to a Kathleen who was age 16 when they married. They had a son William who was age 1 and 11/12ths. He was employed in the Rubber Factory in the Tube Room. He was not a veteran at the time. I can find him in no other census record. The closest social security number match to him is "Ira Sampson SSN: 298-01-9445 Born: 30 Aug 1901 Died: Mar 1963 State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )". It's a very unusual name so I suspect these are one and the same person. Jim remembers that he died when he was in college at Marietta between 1963-1965 so this would still fit that memory. This record does not give where he lived at the time of his death or his birthplace. According to his daughter, Nancy, he lived many places in his lifetime. Jim said he lived in Vienna, W.VA in about 1947. He remembers meeting him once when he was of school age where he lived in Mineral Wells, W.VA. He was drafted into World War II. He was an alcohlic and a gambler. He owned a hauling business in which he owned 2 trucks in Akron, Ohio - both of which he lost through gambling. The interesting part is that DNA evidence from descendants of Nancy absolutely indicate that either Ira Sampson was not the father of Nancy or that Ira was adopted and did not have a father or mother with the surnames of Sampson and Kirby.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Hetzer, James, James Hetzer interviewed by Linda Coate, (Name: 2007;). [S123] Ancestry.com, Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Summit County Court of Common Pleas - Probate Division; Akron, Ohio; Volume Number or Range of Dates: Vol 52, 1927-1928. Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [S4] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Lee, Calhoun, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1677; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1375690. 1910 United States Federal Census [S124] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S6] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Lee, Calhoun, West Virginia; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1241757. 1900 United States Federal Census [S7] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S165] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Compiled Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).