Samuel Bampfield
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Samuel Bampfield (1849 - 1899) was a lawyer, minister, and state legislator who lived in South Carolina.
Bampfield was born in Charleston, South Carolina and graduated from Lincoln University in 1872.[1] He read law in Charleston and passed the bar. He represented Beaufort County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876.[1] He also served as Beaufort's postmaster and as a clerk of the county court. He edited the New South newspaper and belonged to the Presbyterian Church.
He founded the Berean Presbyterian Church in Beaufort.[2] He married the 19-year old daughter of Robert Smalls, Elizabeth Lydia Smalls (1858 - 1959). They lived at 414 New Street in Beaufort, South Carolina and had 11 children. She took over as postmaster after his death and continued in that office for 9 years and then working at Penn School.[3]
Historian Eric Foner documented him as a free born "mulatto" .[1]
Andrew Billinglsey wrote about the Smalls and Bampfield families.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 11
- ^ https://scdah.sc.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/Historic%20Preservation%20(SHPO)/Publications/AAHistoric%20places%20in%20sc.pdf
- ^ Cordial, Grace (June 21, 2017). "Beaufort District Collection Connections: Heritage Walking Tour: Robert Smalls, 1839-1915".
- ^ Billingsley, Andrew (July 30, 2007). "Yearning to breathe free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and his families". University of South Carolina Press – via Open WorldCat.