DANIEL D. SAMPSON.
One of the influential citizens of Audubon county, Iowa, is the gentleman to whose career the attention of the reader is now directed. Daniel D. Sampson, an enterprising and successful farmer of Viola township, Audubon county, Iowa, is ranked with the leading farmers of this township and county. He is a man of excellent endowment and upright character and has been a valued factor in local affairs. Throughout his life he has commanded the unequivocal confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, and has been loyal to the upbuilding of the community in which he lives. He has been and is ever vigilant in his efforts to further the interests of Audubon county. Mr. Sampson is just completing a term as a county supervisor, to which important office he was elected in 1910 and the duties of which he assumed in 1911. As a county supervisor, Mr. Sampson's administration has been creditable to himself and satisfactory to the people of Audubon county.
Daniel D. Sampson was born. May 4, 1852, in Iowa county, Wisconsin, and is a well-known farmer of Viola township, who now farms three hundred and thirty acres in this township, although at one time he owned six hundred and fifty acres. He has resided in Viola township for thirty-five years. Mr. Sampson is the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Baker) Sampson, natives of England, where they were born and reared. Henry Sampson was born in 1815 and came to America early in life, arriving here in 1842. His wife, Elizabeth Baker, came in 1842 also, and they were married in Wisconsin. Henry Sampson died in Wisconsin in 1893 and his wife in 1863. They were the parents of four children, Francis, Cyrus, who lives in Audubon; Daniel and John.
Daniel D. Sampson came to Audubon county in 1879 and located on a farm. He lived with his brother and worked land which he had previously bought. He purchased one hundred acres at ten dollars an acre and, subsequently, in 1880, purchased sixty acres at ten dollars an acre. During the succeeding years, Mr. Sampson bought additional land, paying from ten dollars to sixty-two and one-half dollars an acre. As he acquired the land, he planted trees upon it, erected buildings and otherwise improved his holdings. During his entire life, he has been engaged in raising stock and has always been successful. He still sells fifty head of cattle and more than one hundred head of hogs every year. Mr. Sampson at one time owned six hundred and fifty acres of land. He gave to each of his three sons eighty acres of land and his daughter a like quantity, and they have all been quite successful.
Daniel Sampson was married on December 15, 1882, to Anna Neff, the daughter of George Neff. Mrs. Sampson was born in Pennsylvania in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Sampson have been the parents of four children, Allie, the wife of Harley Emley; Allen, who is a farmer and lives at home; John, a farmer; and Wilbur, who is also a farmer and married Myrtle Callow and has one son, William Daniel.
Daniel D. Sampson
Children of Daniel D. Sampson
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John Sampson, who is farming in Viola township, and who owns eighty acres of land in section 33, given to him by his father, was born December 6, 1888, in Viola township, and is the son of Daniel D. Sampson, the subject of this sketch, who has lived in this township since 1878. John Sampson was educated in district school No. 8, of Viola township; he also spent six months in the schools of Audubon. He has always lived on the farm where he now resides. Mr. Sampson is a Republican and, religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Although he owns eighty acres, he is farming one hundred and sixty acres. He built a new bungalow in 1909 and erected a new barn in the fall of 1912. John Sampson was married on December 31, 1909, to Bessie Ruth Edwards, the daughter of J. M. Edwards, of Melville township.
Daniel D. Sampson is a Republican in politics. He was elected county supervisor in the fall of 1910. He took office on January 1, 1911, and is now serving the last year of his term. Religiously, Mr. Sampson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Few men living in Viola township are more highly respected than Daniel D. Sampson and few men living in Audubon county are better known than he.
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Transcribed from History of Audubon County, Iowa Its People, Industries and Institutions With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by H. F. Andrews, editor, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915, pp. 688-689.
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