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of John Knox. The original name was Saint Paul, of which Senpall and Sampall wei'e eai'ly corruptions. He was graduated from Jefferson college, 1849, and from the Western Theological seminary in 1853, and was married, March 31, 1853, to Nannie Mathews, daughter of Henry and Martha (Simcox) Bracken of Canonsburg, Pa. He was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Mercer, Pa., 1853-56; at Bedford, Pa., 185G-66; stated supply of the Andrew church, Minneapolis, 1866-68, and pastor of the Westminster church, Minneapolis, 1868-87, andnn 1887 became pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church. New York city, and pastor emeritus, 1901. He was director of the McCormick Theological seminary, 1876-89; trustee of JIacalester college, St. Paul, Minn., 1880-88, and of Lincoln university from 1892, where he also served as professor of Cliristian ethics. He became associate editor of North and West, 1895, and a member of the board of publi- cation, of aid for colleges and of church erec- tion at various times; a delegate to the Pan- Presbyterian council at Belfast and later at Washington; moderator of the General assembly of the Presbyterian churcli of the United States of America in 1899: a member of the Presbyterian union of New York, and of the Pan-Presbyterian Church council. He received the degree of D.D. from Wooster university, 1876, and that of LL.D. from Washington and Jefferson college in 1898. He traveled extensively in America, Europe, Palestine and Egypt. Among his writings are: Early Daivn (1861); Shining Light (1862); Clouds after Rain (1863); Sunset (1864); Memoir of Rev. J. C. Tliom (1868); Beacon Lights of the Reforma- tion (1889); Christ's Valedictory (1900); Griev- ing of the Spirit (1902); and was a contributor to the Princeton Review, Hoiniletic Review, Pulpit Treasury and Sontheryi Presbyterian Quarterly. SAMPSON, Archibald J., diplomatist, was born near Cadiz. Ohio, June 21, 1839. He was graduated from Mount Union college, Ohio, B.S., 1861; served in the civil war, 1861-65, attaining the rank of captain, and on his return was grad- uated from the Cleveland Law school, LL.B., 1865. He was admitted to the bar, 1865, and began practice in Sedalia, Mo.; refused nomina- tion to the state legislature, 1872, and the U.S. consulship to Palestine, 1873, removing in the latter year to Colorado, where he served as attorney-general, 1876. He was U.S. consul to El Paso del Norte, Mexico, 1889-93; settled in Phoenix, Ariz., 1893, and was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Ecuador, South America, in 1897, making his residence in Quito. He still retained this office in 1903. He was married first, in 1866. to Kate Turner of Cadiz, Oiiio, who died in 1886; and secondly, in 1891, to Frances S. Wood of Joliet,

111. He received the degree of A.M. from Mount Union college in 1879.

SAMPSON, John Patterson, author, was born at Wilmington, N.C., Aug. 13, 1839; son of James Drawhorn and Fanny (Kellogg) Sampson; grandson of Drawhorn and Susan Sampson and of Manerva (Green) Kellogg, and of Scottish, Indian and African descent. He attended scliool in Cambridge and Boston, Mass., and was grad- uated from the National Law university, Wasli- ington, D.C., LL.B., 1868. He published the Colored Citizen, advocating the enlistment of negroes, 1861-65; took an active part in the re- construction, 1865-68, and attended Western Tlieological seminary, Allegheny, Pa., 1868-69. He was a political worker in North Carolina, 1869-82; holding various Federal offices, practis- ing law in Washington, and being a frequent but unsuccessful candidate for representative in the North Carolina state legislature and in congress, relinquisliing political life and the law in 1882, to become a minister in the African M.E. church. He was one of the founders and for several years president of the board of managers of the Fred- erick Douglass Memorial hospital and training school, Philadelphia, founded, 1895. He was mar- ried, Sept. 10, 1889, to Mary A., daughter of Abner and Mary Elizabeth Cole of Bordentown, N.J. He received the degree D.D. from Wilberforce university in 1888, and is the author of: Common Sense Physiology (1880); The Disappointed Bride (1883); Temperament and Phrenology of Mixed Races (1884); Jolly People (1886), and Illustra- tions in Tlieology (1888).

SAMPSON, Thornton Rogers, educator, was born in Prince Edward, Va., Oct. 9, 1852; son of the Eev. Dr. Francis and Caroline (Dudley) Sampson; grandson of Richard and Mary (Rogers) Sampson, and of Russell and Mary (Baldwin) Dudley, and a descendant of Col. William Byrd of Virginia, and Maria Horsmandeu, his wife, and of George Baldwin of Milford, Conn. He was graduated from Hampden-Sidney college, A.B., 1871; continued his studies in the univer- sities of Virginia and Leipzig, and studied the- ology in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in Union seminary, Richmond, Va. He was married, April 30, 1878, to Ella, daughter of Francis and Helen (Lake) Royster of Memphis, Tenn. He was engaged in mission work among the Greeks in Athens and Thessalonica, 1878-92; was sec- retary of foreign missions, Presbyterian synod of North Carolina, 1892-94; president of the As- sembly's home and school, Fredericksburg, Va., 1894-97; of Austin college, Sherman, Texas, 1897-1900, and in June of the latter year became president of the Austin Presbyterian Theological seminary. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Davidson college, N.C., in 1893.