Sample Cemetery |
From Center, take Highway 87 South to Shelbyville, Take F. M. 417 East about 2 miles to the intersection of F.M. 2694, turn right. Go about 4 miles you will see a red gravel road to the right marked with a forestry sign 165. Turn on 165, at the dead-end turn left. Continue on this road until it ends at the Sample Cemetery. The Cemetery is at the Hinkle Schilling Fox Pen.
GPS -94.007642 Longitude, 31.739612 Latitude
The cemetery was established at the death of John Sample who came to Texas with his family in 1838 from Kentucky. All the children of James Bedford and Martha Ann's children are buried in the cemetery. About 1984, we established a perpetual fund to help with the upkeep of this cemetery. It is located in a very remote area, about 4 miles off FM 2694 below Shelbyville. I would be glad to do lookups for anyone interested in this family cemetery. One of my goals for this year is to get a historical marker for the cemetery.
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notes |
| Mathew Barnett | - | - | - |
| Emily Butler | 11/20/1992 | 11/30/1992 | Dau of James & Kelly Sample Butler |
| James Del Butler | 07/10/1965 | 04/11/2014 | Hus. of Kelly Butler |
| James Willis Chandler | 01/29/1931 | 07/21/1999 | Husb of Juanita Sample Chandler |
| Juanita Bell Sample Chandler | 02/28/1934 | 02/23/2021 | Wife of James Chandler |
| Mary Sample Dodson | 06/11/1880 | 01/1964 | Dau of Wm R.& Georgia Gullick Sample |
| Robert S. Ellis | - | - | Son of John D. Ellis |
| John D. Ellis | 1874 | 1916 | Husb of Peggy O'Biam Sample |
| Mary A. Gray | - | - | - |
| Edgar Leroy Langford | 02/14/1935 | 03/20/1998 | Husb of Oleta Sample Langford |
| Edgar "Eddie" Leroy Langford, Jr. | 03/15/1961 | 03/12/2019 | - |
| Oleta Sample Langford | 10/10/1936 | 03/15/2005 | Wife of Edgar Leroy Langford |
| Jane Largent | - | - | Sister of Martha A. Sample |
| Barbara Ann Sample Lindley | 07/29/1942 | 11/19/2018 | Wife of David K. Lindley |
| David Klinton Lindley | 01/23/1945 | 04/09/2013 | Husb. of Barbara Sample Lindley |
| Allen Bruce Martin | 08-25-1947 | 10-13-2008 | Husb. of Vickie Sample Martin |
| Vickie D. Sample Martin | 08/08/1948 | - | Wife of Allen Bruce Martin |
| Olivie S. Meggs | 12/03/1913 | ? | |
| Dewey Metcalf | 06/23/1898 | 01/24/1986 | Wife of John Joseph Metcalf |
| Herbert Metcalf | 01/24/1896 | 0814/1898 | Son of Jerry & Martha Sample Metcalf |
| J.W. Metcalf | 10/29/1859 | 05/18/1922 | Son of Jerry & Sarah Gullick Metcalf |
| Jerry B. Metcalf | 03/22/1889 | 02/09/1960 | Son of Jerry & Martha Sample Metcalf |
| Jannie Metcalf | 03/24/1866 | 11/13/1944 | Wife of Jerry Wesley Metcalf |
| John J. Metcalf | 04/08/1892 | 09/15/1925 | Son of Jerry & Martha Sample Metcalf |
| Lamerle Metcalf | 06/10/1919 | 04/09/1921 | Dau of Jerry & Lula Wiggins Metcalf |
| Leavern Metcalf | 07/17/1917 | 08/09/1925 | Dau of Jim & Mattie McCarter Metcalf |
| Levy J. Metcalf | 05/04/1926 | 08/16/1935 | Son of John & Dewey Shofner Metcalf |
| Lula Metcalf | 06/15/1875 | 01/15/1926 | Wife of Jerry Bedford Metcalf- 1st. |
| Marion W. Metcalf | 01/24/1894 | 02/11/1911 | Son of Jerry & Martha Sample Metcalf |
| Vera Metcalf | 03/10/1896 | 12/15/1970 | Wife of Jerry Bedford Metcalf-2nd |
| Iva O Pinegar | 12/24/1908 | 1944 | Dau of Cub & Cassie Yates Sample |
| Lavern Strickland Rice | 06/03/1927 | 09/19/1983 | Dau of Jack & Atta Sample Strickland |
| Margie Nell Rush | 11/23/1929 | 06/03/2014 | Wife of Zusle Rush, Jr. |
| Zusle Rush, Jr. | 06/26/1923 | 09/03/1999 | Husb of Margie Strickland Rush |
| Sarah Ann Sample | 1804 | 08/26/1878 | Wife of John "JP" Sample |
| Baby Sample | 03/25/1877 | 01/13/1879 | Son of John & Ida Ervin Sample |
| Cecil T. Sample | 04/01/1910 | 5/09/1981 | Son of Cub & Cassie Yates Sample |
| Cub Sample | 1/14/1880 | 11/25/1963 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| Diane Carol Wiggins Sample | 03/03/1941 | 10/18/2024 | Wife of Talmadge Wane Sample |
| Donald W. Sample | 08/22/1943 | 06/13/2022 | Hus. of Deloris Scarborough Sample |
| E.F.B. Sample | 05/21/1886 | 10/10/1895 | Son of Nathaniel & Maggie Metcalf Sample |
| E. W. Sample | 11/18/1894 | 08/10/1920 | Son of Nathaniel & Maggie Metcalf Sample |
| Eulon C. Sample | 03/18/1905 | 02/23/1989 | Son of Cub & Cassie Yates Sample |
| Fannie Sample | 04/29/1872 | 05/21/1956 | Wife of Steven Austin Sample |
| Felicia Sample | 10/04/1963 | 10/04/1963 | Dau of Donald & Delores Scarborough Sample |
| Georgia A. Sample | 02/29/1860 | 07/09/1939 | Wife of William R. Sample |
| Harley Sample | 12/30/1896 | 1900 | Son of Stephen & Fannie Rogers Sample |
| James B. Sample | 02/15/1825 | 09/08/1910 | Son of John & Sarah Ann Sample |
| John "JP" Sample | 1790 | 1847 | Husb of Sarah Sample |
| James A. Sample | 01/27/1859 | 02/11/1883 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| John Bedford Sample | 07/21/1854 | 10/13/1883 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| John H. Sample | 02/23/1893 | 11/05/1976 | Son of Wm R.& Georgia Gullick Sample |
| Lishee Sample | 06/10/1902 | 11/27/1911 | Son of Wm R.& Georgia Gullick Sample |
| Martha A. Sample | 02/24/1837 | 02/26/1903 | Wife of James Bedford Sample |
| Mary E Sample | 12/27/1939 | 12/17/1940 | Dau of Cub & Oma Sample |
| Maggie J. Sample | 03/05/1866 | 05/01/1933 | Wife of Nathaniel W. Sample |
| Nathaniel W. Sample | 07/04/1861 | 01/26/1932 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| Oma Permenter Sample | 12/26/1912 | 07/30/1992 | 2nd Wife of Cub Sample |
| Samuel Joseph Sample | 08/22/1868 | 05/30/1886 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| Shepard T. Sample | 07/3/1897 | 06/20/1990 | Won of Wm R.& Georgia Gullick Sample |
| Steve Sample | 05/22/1871 | 11/21/1918 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| William Sample | ? | Bet 1841-1843 | Son of John & Sarah Sample |
| William R. Sample | 11/13/1856 | 01/07/1939 | Son of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| T.O. Sample | 10/26/1911 | 1924 | Son of Stephen & Fannie Rogers Sample |
| Viola Sample | 09/25/1901 | 11/23/1976 | Wife of John Henry Sample |
| Cassie W. Shook | 01/20/1885 | 06/19/1972 | 1st Wife of Cub Sample |
| Annis Strickland | 08/24/1874 | 08/29/1956 | Dau of James & Martha Branch Sample |
| Baby Strickland | - | - | 6 Graves-Children of M.M.& Annis Sample Strickland-no other data |
| M.M. Strickland | 04/09/1865 | 08/13/1934 | Husb of Annis Caroline Sample |
| Unknown | - | - | 15 Graves-no data available. |