Individual Details

Leonard Maurice Sample

(11 Apr 1920 - 1 Sep 1933)

Three Are Burned in Sawmill Blast
By The Associated Press
NACOGDOCHES, Aug. 30.--Three persons were burned, probably fatally today when a sawmill boiler exploded at the Tilsford-Hunt Lumber company mill six miles south of Nacogdoches.
The injured were Leonard Sample, 13, son of Tim Sample, sawmill worker; and two negroes, Lonnie Coleman and Nathan Clever.
Abilene Morning News, Abilene, TX 31 Aug 1933

Events

Birth11 Apr 1920San Augustine County, Texas
Census (family)-shared24 Apr 1930(William Daniel Sample and Pernecia C. "Necie" Holt) El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
Death1 Sep 1933Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
BurialMartinsville Baptist Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas

Families

FatherWilliam Daniel Sample (1885 - 1965)
MotherPernecia C. "Necie" Holt (1887 - 1952)
SiblingGeorgie Sample (1908 - )
SiblingMyrtle Sample (1910 - )
SiblingJason William "Pete" Sample (1913 - 1974)
SiblingAsa B. Sample (1918 - 1919)
SiblingMildred Irene Sample (1923 - 1999)
SiblingWanda W. Sample (1925 - )

Notes

Census (family)-shared

William D Sample Head Male 44 Texas - Painter, building
Necie C Sample Wife Female 42 Texas
Jason W Sample Son Male 17 Texas
Leonard M Sample Son Male 9 Texas
Mildred I Sample Daughter Female 7 Oklahoma
Wanda M Sample Daughter Female 5 Arkansas

Death

Leonard Maurice Sample
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Sep 1933
Event Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1920
Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Father's Name: W D Sample
Mother's Name: Necie Holt

Endnotes

1. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMG2-4T2.

2. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CS-XCR.

3. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZNW-S96.

4. Find a Grave Memorial 52084060.