| Show ADMIRAL SAMPSON DEAD LAST BATTLE WAS FOUGHT WITH INSIDIOUS DISEASE OF THE DRAIN GRAIN had bad been lu itt all Va ranches of the th dav P to t which be WM appointed la in IDS blad un III for some time rear admiral william am T Samp sampson sou retired died at hie his home in washington at 5 3 tuesday afternoon the immediate cause of death was 1 0 seve severe re cerebral hemorrhage he ile had been in a semiconscious semi conscious tate state lot several days william thomas sampson rear a nd d U S N retired was born barn in palmyra N Y february 9 1810 0 lie ile was the son of james and hannah walker Sw sampson lie ile was appointed to the ravy raty september 24 1857 and graduated at the head of his class in the united bratts naval academy in 1861 in 1890 the decree degree of LL D was conferred upon him by harvard university admiral sampson wan waa talca married the first time in 1803 to margaret bexton aldrich the second time in 1883 1881 1 to elizabeth suse i barling bur lie ile was promoted to roaster master in 2861 was wag commissioned in july 1862 admiral sampson was executive officer of the ironclad patapsco Patar when it was blo blown vu up by the mine in charles ton harbor he be was blown into the water but rescued on july 25 he lie was appointed appo lieutenant coalman comman jer on august 0 0 is 1871 commander a captain in march 1880 and imperi nten dent of the academy from 1886 to 1800 lie ile has seen service in ill all branches branche 4 of the navy was an expert exper tou ordnance and torpedoes and with joseph strauss devised and perfected the turrets introduced into the navy after the declaration of war w ar with spain he lie commanded the north atlantic squadron with the rank of act ingream ae rear admiral lie was promoted to the rank of commodore la in 1898 and rear admiral in ID in the spanish span lah amt acan war his command numbered vessels the strongest ever organized for hostile purposes this fleet fleat captured many spanish merchant ves els sets and blo blockade kade runners and finally defeated the spanish fleet under cervera in september 1893 1808 sampson vas ap pointed one of the three commissioners to cuba and resumed command of the north worth atlantic squad squadron rtin in december 1898 1808 on october 14 1899 admiral sampson was appointed commandant of the boston navy yard |
