Cyrus H. Sampson

SAMPSON, BAKER, ELLIS

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1889 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY AND AUDUBON COUNTIES, IOWA
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO

page 742

CYRUS H. SAMPSON, a thorough-going
agriculturist of Viola Township, Audu-
bon County, was born in Iowa County,
Wisconsin, near Mineral Point, May 1, 1850.
He is next to the oldest of four children of
Henry and Elizabeth (Baker) Sampson, who
are natives of England. They married and
settled in Iowa County, Wisconsin, in which
place the mother died in 1864. The father,
who survives her, is still living on the old
homestead. Cyrus H. passed his youth in
his native county, receiving in addition to a
common-school education a course in a busi-
ness college. In 1873 he came to Audubon
County, Iowa, and purchased eighty acres of
prairie land and rented land for two years.
In 1875 he settled on the farm he now owns
and went to work in good earnest. He has
been prosperous, and has added to the small
beginning until he has a farm covering 390
acres, all well fenced and stocked with cattle,
hogs, and a few horses. He has erected a
large, substantial residence, which is sur-
rounded by a beautiful grove and lawn. Mr.
Sampson devotes special attention to feeding
cattle, shipping from one to two car-loads of
cattle annually, besides large numbers of
hogs. In 1877 Mr. Sampson was united in
marriage to Miss Martha Ellis, of Audubon
County, Iowa. She was born in the State of
New York, and removed with her parents to
Grinnell, Iowa, when a child. Three chil-
dren have been born of this marriage -- Henry
E., Cyrus F. and Cora May. Mr. Sampson
has served as supervisor of roads several
terms. In politics he is conservative. He
takes an active part in endeavors to elevate
the morals of the community; is a prominent
member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
using his money and influence in the support
of the same. By his honorable and upright
living he has won the confidence and respect
of all who know him, and is considered one
of the reliable farmers of Viola Township.