Samuel H.B. Cundiff (1837-1892 [sic]), birthplace Virginia, spouse Margaret Alice Clark, residence in Buchanan County, Missouri (1850), Nacogdoches County, Texas (1860), Upshur County, Texas (1870), and Gregg County, Texas (1880). Sam Cundiff, birthplace Virginia, voter registration in Harrison County, Texas, 11/24/1869. J H R Cundiff Family Tree; Texas, U.S., Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869.
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Samuel H.B. Cundiff, Confederate States Army, 17th Cavalry, Company A, muster date 2/1/1862; 37th Cavalry (Terrell's Regiment, 34th Cavalry), enlistment date 1864. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865.
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Census of 1860 - Samuel H. Cundiff, town of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, age 23, born circa 1837 in Virginia, printer.
Census of 1870 - Samuel Cundiff, Upshur County, age 33, born circa 1837 in Virginia, trader, living in household with Maggie Cundiff.
Census of 1880 - Samuel Cundiff, Gregg County, age 42, born circa 1838 in Virginia, merchant, wife M.A. Cundiff. FamilySearch . 18801860
Obituary, Colonel Samuel H.B. Cundiff, The Fort Worth Record and Register, 7/18/1907, p. 2. Cundiff "passed away in the City of Mexico on July 13, and was buried there the following day. The deceased was well known in Texas. He was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, went from there to St. Joseph, Mo., and came from there to Texas when quite a boy, locating in Longview . . . captain of a company mustered in at Longview . . . He was also a member of the Texas legislature in the early days."
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Biographical sketch, Samuel Cundiff, p. 271. Born 3/13/1837 in Missouri, moved to Texas in 1859 and settled at Nacogdoches, subsequently removed to Longview.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.