Moses Ebenezer Sammis

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At his residence about five miles from Rapid City on the Rocherville road, December 18,1888, of Cancer of the stomach, Moses E Sammis, about sixty years. Moses E Sammis was one of the little band of white men, who braved the trials and the hardships of life on the frontier that a way might be broken for thousands to follow. He came to the Black Hills in 1876 or early 1877 and settled in Deadwood where he engaged in mining.
After some years spent there he moved to the farm where he spent his last days. His last illness was naturally accompanied by much physical suffering, all of which was borne with patience. Realizing that he was beyond human help, he quietly waited for the coming of death and when it came he passed peacefully into the great beyond.
He was apparently originally buried on his farm. There is a Sammis Road that runs off of Mt Rushmore road at the top of the hill before the road goes down into where Hart Ranch Etc is located.

Moses married Martha Ann Haynes on 17 Jan 1856 in Ogle County, Illinois. Martha (daughter of William Haynes and Mary Ann Collar) was born on 4 Mar 1837 in Fairview, Erie County, Pennsylvania; died on 10 Sep 1908 in Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]