| Show girl served three years with continental army SAMPSON was born din lr in plympton mass 18 years before she cut off her hair put on mens clothes took the name ot of robert shurtleff eft and succeeded hr in enlisting in the continental army as a common soldier A sabre cut in the forehead and a shot in the shoulder did not take her out of action and it was three years before an attack of brain fever while she was serving with washington gave her a discharge and his thanks congress voted her a grant of lands and a pension she married benjamin gannett a farmer near sharon mass and settled down to being a good wife and mother |
