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Male Samuel Via Click to view Samuel Via in the family tree

Samuel was born about 1861 in Albemarle, Virginia.  Samuel's father was IRA HOWARD Via and his mother was AMANDA JANE Shiflett.  His paternal grandparents were Clifton VIA and JUDITH "Judy" Sandridge; his maternal grandfather was JOHN Shiflett. He had five brothers and six sisters, named Horace Walker "Bee", CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Daniel "Big Daniel" Watson, Henry C., Thomas Gilmore, Apollonia, Louisa, Mary F., Henrietta, Georgianna and Lucille "Lucy" Ann.  He was the fourth youngest of the twelve children. He had two half-brothers named Manoah G. and Stephen.  He died on July 1st, 1865 in Albemarle, Virginia.


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