The Sams of Florida

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1. Same Name – Mrs. Sarah Stanyarne Sams Sams (1840-1902) Sarah Stanyarne Sams Sams (1840-1902) was the daughter, and last child, of Dr. Berners Barnwell Sams (1787 - 1855) and his second wife Martha Edwards (1799-1857). Married her 1C1R John Hanahan Sams (1839-1924) in 1865 and had 8 children. They stayed in the Charleston area for a while after the...
2. Tale of Two Cemeteries The tabby ruins at the Sams Plantation Complex stand as mute evidence of a bygone era. There were two distinct ways of life which coexisted in the antebellum South. The Plantation Owner and his family were White, European-American, educated, affluent and engaged, politically, socially and culturally, in the wider community. The...
3. Martha Sophia Hallonquist LaRoche (1874-1975) My theme this week is "oldest"; the Sams direct descendant that lived the longest. Martha "Mattie" Sophia Hallonquist LaRoche lived to celebrate her 101st birthday.  There are several distinctive aspects of Mattie's life. She was born near Charleston, S.C on Wadmalaw Island, was married at age 16, to a man...