Samuel Bampfield
Samuel Jones Bampfield (1849–1899), was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, Christian minister, and state legislator who lived in South Carolina.
Biography
[edit]Bampfield was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1849, and graduated from Lincoln University in 1872.[1] Historian Eric Foner documented him as free born, and of mixed race.[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,[2] and belonged to the Presbyterian Church.
He founded the Berean Presbyterian Church in Beaufort in 1892.[3] He married the 19-year-old daughter of Robert Smalls, Elizabeth Lydia Smalls. They lived at 414 New Street in Beaufort, South Carolina and had 11 children. She took over as postmaster after his death.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Foner, Eric (1996-08-01). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8.
- ^ Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ "African American Historic Places in South Carolina" (PDF). South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ^ Cordial, Grace (June 21, 2017). "Beaufort District Collection Connections: Heritage Walking Tour: Robert Smalls, 1839–1915".
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[edit]- 1849 births
- 1899 deaths
- 19th-century African-American people
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American newspaper editors
- African-American journalists
- Editors of South Carolina newspapers
- Free people of color
- Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- People from Charleston, South Carolina
- South Carolina lawyers
- South Carolina postmasters