20th century history of the city of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and representative citizens, Chap. XXVI (History book), pg. 286, Joseph F. MacFarland, Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co., Chicago, IL, 1910 pg. 1091 William Thomas Sampson, a prosperoud farmer of Carroll township, and owner of 308 acres of land located in Carroll and Fallowfield townships, also deals extensively in cattle, and was b. Jan. 22, 1844, on the old home farm in Carroll township, .... a son of James and Mary (Grant) Sampson. James Sampson was b. Feb. 6, 1806, in Westmoreland Co., PA, where his father, William Sampson settled at an early period and in 1810 came to Washington Co. with his parents who settled in the horseshoe of Carroll township. Here he was reared and subsequently came into possession of the home farm, on which he carried on farming during the most of his life, his death occurring at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. R. Tuman, in 1894. He m. Mary Grant, who d. in 1888 and to them were b. the following children: Harriet, who is the widow of Joseph Tuman; William Thomas, our subject; Mary, who is the wife of Capt. George W. Jenkins; Jennie, who m. T. J. Weddell; Harvey James; John G.; and Ada, who is the wife of Charles Dallas. William T. Sampson was reared in a log house on his father's farm in Carroll township, and attended a private school, where he sat on slab benches without backs, for several months each year. In 1868 he came to his present farm, which he cultivated for his father, who was a cattle dealer, devoting the greater part of his time to that business. Mr. Sampson also deals extensively in cattle in connection with general farming. On May 23, 1876, Mr. Sampson was m. to Lucretia Welsh, who was b. at Mt. Vernon, OH, and is a daughter of John and Sarah Jane (Bell) Welsh, and of their union were b. the following children: Mary Bell; Sarah Jane, who m. Don Gibson, has 2 children, Lula May and Clyde LeRoy; John, who m. Nancy Moore, and has one child, Mildred Louise; Lucretia Virginia and William Keys. Mr. Sampson holds membership with the Presbyterian Church and is politically identified with the Republican party, having served his township as supervisor.