Person Sheet

Name Norman William SAMIS Birth Date Dec 8, 1855395 Birth Place Adelaide Twp, Middlesex Co. ON Canada Baptism Date 1880395 Baptism Place Chase, Lake Co. MI US Death Date Nov 3, 1899395 Death Place Chase, Lake Co. MI US Religion Baptist395 Father Abraham SAMIS (1813-1862) Mother Fanny PARNELL (1823-?)
Spouses
1 Martha Allis HISSONG Birth Date Feb 9, 1859395 Birth Place Butler, Richland Co. OH US Death Date Apr 24, 1941395 Death Place Detroit, Wayne Co. MI US Father Henry HISSONG (1828-1907) Mother Martha Jane MIX (1835-1905)
Marriage Date Jan 6, 1878395 Marriage Place Hersey, Osceola Co. MI US
Children Sarah Ann (Died as Child) (1878-1881) Forrest Norman (1883-1952) Effie (1885-1917) Luella (Died as Child) (1889-1891) Orvilla (Died as Child) (1889-1890) Russell Howard (1895-1974)
Notes for Norman William SAMIS
Norman immigrated in 1876 to Chase, Lake Co. MI.395 "Norman W. Samis was involved in many positions of public interest in Chase, MI. He donated land for the Samis School in Chase, which is on the Southwest corner of Hawkins Rd. and 80th. He served three years as highway commissioner for Lake Co, Mi. Also was an honored member of the Maccabee order of Chase, becoming a member September 24, 1895. He took an active part in building the Chase Baptist Church, and was always interested in any and every public enterprise that was for the uplifting and bettering of the social and religious conditions of mankind."395