WI BIO - Lafayette Co - SAMSON, Robert History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, p 740 Robert SAMSON, farmer, Section 35 [Shullsburg Township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin], P. O. Shullsburg, was born 21 July 1824 in Lincolnshire, England. In 1852 he came to New York, and in 1855 he came to Grant County, Wisconsin [adjacent to and west of Lafayette County]. In 1863 he removed to his present farm, consisting of 160 acres of land. Robert SAMSON is School Treasurer. In 1847 Robert SAMSON married [Miss?] Ann MARSHALL, who was born in Lincolnshire, England. Robert and Ann SAMSON have seven children: Emma, Robert, Ann Eliza, Mary A., Rebecca, Sarah J., and Marshall. Submitted by Cathy Kubly