Individual Details

His home was Sunny Slopes located on south College Street.
Samford Hall at Auburn University was named in his honor, according to several sources, although one reference says it was dedicated in 1929 to honor his son Governor William James Samford.
Rev. Samford was the son of Rev. Thomas Jefferson Samford and Jane (Burleson) Samford; grandson of Thomas Jasper Samford and Lavinia (Turbeville) Samford; great-grandson of William Keene Samford and Winnifred (Dowden) Samford, John Turbeville and Philadelphia (Isbell) Turbeville; great-great-grandson of William Samford & Elizabeth (Langhee) Samford.
He was a descendant of Thomas Keene of Virginia and Maryland, a "Gateway Ancestor" in several hereditary societies, such as:
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Guild of St. Margaret
Order of Alba

Line of Descent:
Thomas Keene
+Mary Thorley
William Keene
+Elizabeth Rogers
Elizabeth Keene
+Samuel Samford
William Samford
+Elizabeth Langhee
William Keene Samford
+Winnifred Dowden
Thomas Jasper Samford
+Lavinia Turberville (descendant of Isbell of Virginia)
Rev. Thomas Jefferson Samford
+Jane Burleson
Rev. William Flewellen Samford
+Susan Dowdell
Gov. William J. Samford of Alabama

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Birth	3 Oct 1817	Wilkinson County, Georgia
Marriage	11 Jan 1838	Troup County, Georgia - Susan Lewis Dowdell
Census (family)	10 Aug 1860	Macon County, Alabama - Susan Lewis Dowdell
Census (family)	6 Jun 1870	Auburn, Lee County, Alabama - Susan Lewis Dowdell
Census (family)	7 Jun 1880	Auburn, Lee County, Alabama - Susan Lewis Dowdell
Death	4 Jul 1894	Auburn, Lee County, Alabama
Burial		Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama

Spouse	Susan Lewis Dowdell (1822 - 1897)
Child	Elizabeth Jane Samford (1838 - 1925)
Child	Thomas Lewis Samford (1843 - 1900)
Child	William James Samford (1844 - 1901)
Child	Katherine Frances Samford (1846 - 1928)
Child	Susan George Samford (1847 - 1923)
Child	Walter Clifton Samford (1850 - 1935)
Child	Dowdell Turbeville Samford (1852 - 1855)
Child	Randolph Macon Samford (1854 - 1943)
Child	Mary Caroline Samford (1854 - 1929)
Child	Annie Laurie Samford (1856 - 1916)
Child	Crawford Alexander Lipscomb Samford (1857 - 1934)
Child	Yancey Fullilove Samford (1861 - )
Child	Rev. Norris Preston Dowdell Samford (1863 - 1888)

Father	Rev. Thomas Jefferson Samford (1788 - 1871)
Mother	Sarah Jane Burleson (1795 - 1874)
Sibling	Epsey Tucker Samford (1814 - 1880)
Sibling	George Samford (1817 - 1876)
Sibling	Frances M. Samford (1825 - 1865)
Sibling	Boling Dickson Samford (1821 - 1918)
Sibling	Thomas Preston Samford (1828 - )
Sibling	Jane White Samford (1828 - 1895)
Sibling	Rev. Alexander Means Samford (1830 - 1891)
Sibling	George Ann Samford (1832 - 1853)
Sibling	Margaret Susan Samford (1842 - 1892)

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