Samachson, Joseph, 1906-1980

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Born 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 He also wrote unpublished family histories on the Maxwell and Morrison families, co-authored "Alias, Billy the Kid" in 1955, and worked on the restoration of the Pierre Menard home in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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Birth 1906-10-13

Death 1980-06-02

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