Samachson, Joseph, 1906-1980
Variant namesBorn at Kaskaskia, Ill., a descendent of Pierre Menard, Hugh Maxwell, and William Morrison, all early settlers and prominent in Illinois history, he studied law and practiced in St. Louis until he moved to Texas where he continued to research his family genealogy to establish heirship and used the information in a 1943 law suit to recover Menard's land for the family heirs. He also wrote unpublished family histories on the Maxwell and Morrison families, co-authored "Alias, Billy the Kid" in 1955, and worked on the restoration of the Pierre Menard home in Kaskaskia.
From the description of Papers, 1777-1975. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 50498251
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| creatorOf | Blazer family. Blazer family papers, 1864-1965. | New Mexico State University | |
| referencedIn | Science fiction compositions, 1951-1959. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Morrison, William Vincent, 1906-. Papers, 1777-1975. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | |
| referencedIn | Norvell, James R. Papers 72-49., 1909-1969 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Frederik Pohl Papers, 1917-1968 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Norvell, James R., 1902-1969. Norvell, James R., Papers, 1909-1969 | University of Texas Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Billy, the Kid. | person |
| associatedWith | Blazer family. | family |
| associatedWith | Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878. | person |
| associatedWith | Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. | person |
| associatedWith | Chouteau, Berenice, 1801-1888. | person |
| associatedWith | Maxwell family. | family |
| associatedWith | Maxwell, Ferdinand. | person |
| associatedWith | Maxwell, Hugh W. | person |
| associatedWith | Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875. | person |
| associatedWith | Menard, Edmond. | person |
| associatedWith | Menard family. | family |
| associatedWith | Menard, Pierre, 1766-1844. | person |
| associatedWith | Morrison family. | family |
| associatedWith | Morrison, William R. (William Ralls), 1825-1909. | person |
| associatedWith | Norvell, James R., 1902-1969 | person |
| associatedWith | Pohl, Frederik. | person |
| associatedWith | Valle, Felix, 1800-1877. | person |
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| Randolph County (Ill.) | |||
| Pierre Menard Home Historic Site (Ill.) | |||
| Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.) | |||
| Kaskaskia (Ill.) |
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Birth 1906-10-13
Death 1980-06-02
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