Fountain F. “Fount” Sams died 25 Aug 1917, aged 52 years, 10 months, 9 days. He was cremated at St.
Louis. He was the oldest son of Rice Sams and grew up on a farm west of Jonesboro. He taught school and then graduated from S.I.N.U. at Carbondale. He became a government clerk in Washington, D.C., and studied law there, graduating from Columbia University in Washington. He returned to Jonesboro and practiced law with Judge Crawford for a year or two. In 1897 he moved to East St. Louis and continued to practice law. He left law in September 1898 to become principal of Alta Sita School in East St. Louis. Two years later he was appointed principal of Emerson School. He was also principal at Monroe, Webster, Slade, Hawthorne, and Washington Park schools, and in September 1916 became principal at Jefferson School. He lived at Audubon Avenue, East St. Louis, St. Clair County. He was the husband of Deugusta (Eisenmayer) Sams and the father of Crawford Sams and Dorothy Sams. He also left his parents, two sisters, Mrs. William Perrine, of Anna, and Mrs. Helen Gearhart, of Alto Pass; and several brothers. George T. Sams, of St. Louis, was a brother
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Louis. He was the oldest son of Rice Sams and grew up on a farm west of Jonesboro. He taught school and then graduated from S.I.N.U. at Carbondale. He became a government clerk in Washington, D.C., and studied law there, graduating from Columbia University in Washington. He returned to Jonesboro and practiced law with Judge Crawford for a year or two. In 1897 he moved to East St. Louis and continued to practice law. He left law in September 1898 to become principal of Alta Sita School in East St. Louis. Two years later he was appointed principal of Emerson School. He was also principal at Monroe, Webster, Slade, Hawthorne, and Washington Park schools, and in September 1916 became principal at Jefferson School. He lived at Audubon Avenue, East St. Louis, St. Clair County. He was the husband of Deugusta (Eisenmayer) Sams and the father of Crawford Sams and Dorothy Sams. He also left his parents, two sisters, Mrs. William Perrine, of Anna, and Mrs. Helen Gearhart, of Alto Pass; and several brothers. George T. Sams, of St. Louis, was a brother
Transcribed by Darrel Dexter
Fountain F. “Fount” Sams died 25 Aug 1917, aged 52 years, 10 months, 9 days. He was cremated at St.
Louis. He was the oldest son of Rice Sams and grew up on a farm west of Jonesboro. He taught school and then graduated from S.I.N.U. at Carbondale. He became a government clerk in Washington, D.C., and studied law there, graduating from Columbia University in Washington. He returned to Jonesboro and practiced law with Judge Crawford for a year or two. In 1897 he moved to East St. Louis and continued to practice law. He left law in September 1898 to become principal of Alta Sita School in East St. Louis. Two years later he was appointed principal of Emerson School. He was also principal at Monroe, Webster, Slade, Hawthorne, and Washington Park schools, and in September 1916 became principal at Jefferson School. He lived at Audubon Avenue, East St. Louis, St. Clair County. He was the husband of Deugusta (Eisenmayer) Sams and the father of Crawford Sams and Dorothy Sams. He also left his parents, two sisters, Mrs. William Perrine, of Anna, and Mrs. Helen Gearhart, of Alto Pass; and several brothers. George T. Sams, of St. Louis, was a brother
Transcribed by Darrel Dexter
Louis. He was the oldest son of Rice Sams and grew up on a farm west of Jonesboro. He taught school and then graduated from S.I.N.U. at Carbondale. He became a government clerk in Washington, D.C., and studied law there, graduating from Columbia University in Washington. He returned to Jonesboro and practiced law with Judge Crawford for a year or two. In 1897 he moved to East St. Louis and continued to practice law. He left law in September 1898 to become principal of Alta Sita School in East St. Louis. Two years later he was appointed principal of Emerson School. He was also principal at Monroe, Webster, Slade, Hawthorne, and Washington Park schools, and in September 1916 became principal at Jefferson School. He lived at Audubon Avenue, East St. Louis, St. Clair County. He was the husband of Deugusta (Eisenmayer) Sams and the father of Crawford Sams and Dorothy Sams. He also left his parents, two sisters, Mrs. William Perrine, of Anna, and Mrs. Helen Gearhart, of Alto Pass; and several brothers. George T. Sams, of St. Louis, was a brother
Transcribed by Darrel Dexter
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