Note: the obituary names her Sampson, but the Fort Calhoun cemetery records as well as the tombstone give her name as Samson

Obituary printed in the Sept. 9, 1908 Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. Charles Sampson

Mrs. Charles Sampson, who was buried in the Ft. Calhoun cemetery, Sept. 3, 1908, near the graves of her father, mother and two of her grandparents, was the daughter of the late Newton Clark and died at Sheridan, Wyoming. Her husband returned with the body, accompanied by two railroad men of Sheridan, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Richardson, and also four of her six children.

She was born on the old fort April 7, 1868. Before her marriage she helped her future husband to plan the beautiful little cottage he built for a home, now owned by Mrs. Brooks, that stands in front of the Presbyterian Church, and she was one of the active workers and a charter member with those who labored so faithfully to build the Ft. Calhoun Congregational church eighteen or twenty years ago. She was married close by on Jan. 1, 1890.

The services were conducted by Rev. Burkhart of Blair. The choir—Mayor Curtis, August Schwager, Samuel Crater, Edith Sierk, Lena Schwager and Miss Case, with Miss Elsie Rix organist. The pallbearers were Henry Rethwisch, Camille Saltzman, Andrew Clark, Henry Jipp, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Richardson.

Among others present were Mr. and Mrs. Potter, Pioneer Lew Thomas, Dwight Gilbert and wife, W. Lonergan and wife, Bethuel Miller and wife and Mrs. Simonton and daughter of Omaha and Douglas county, besides a large gathering of pioneers and other friends.—W.H. Woods

~~~Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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Note: the “old fort” would be the grounds of Fort Atkinson, just outside the town of Fort Calhoun in Washington County. In 1868, when this lady was born, the fort was no longer active. The Presbyterian Church was the old Congregational Church.—Source: Neale Shaner, longtime Fort Calhoun resident.

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1. The first U.S. military post west of the Missouri River, Fort Atkinson was established in 1820 on recommendation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Located at Fort Calhoun, the fort was important to the early fur trade, river traffic and Indian relations. It was an active fort until 1827