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Birth
Born in Florida -
Moved
To Hannibal Missouri by the Mississippi River on the banks. In that time Missouri was a slave state. -
Fathers Death
When Sam was 11 is father died of the pneumonia. After Sams father died Sam left school‚ having completed the fifth grade to be a printers apprentice at a lockal newspaper. -
Left to New York
New York City and Philadelphia, where he worked on several newspapers found some success at writing articles. -
Coming Home
At the age of 21, he had returned home to embark on a new career as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. -
Cilvil War
With the outbreak of the Civil War, however‚ all traffic along the river came to a halt‚ as did Sam’s pilot career. Inspired by the times‚ Sam joined a volunteer Confederate unit called the Marion Rangers‚ but he quit after just two weeks. -
Went west
Traveled west in hope of striking sliver in Nevada’s silver rush. He traveled by stagecoach saw and meet Native Americans, with this knowledge it would a way into his short stories and books. -
new forta
After being a failure with not finding any silver Sam got a job working for Territorial Enterprise‚ Virginia City, in nevda -
Death
Died from pneumonia at the age of 74
