Samson, Deborah
patriot, was born Dec. 17, 1760, in Plympton, Mass. At the outbreak of the revolution, she assumed male attire and enlisted in the army under the name of Robert Shirtleff.
Accustomed to out-door labor, she was able to fulfill the duties of a soldier. She was twice wounded. Washington, on being apprised of her sex, called her to him, and without speaking to her, handed her a discharge. She afterward married Benjamin Gannett. She died April 29, 1827, in Sharon, Mass.
SAMSON, GEORGE WHITEFIELD, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 29, 1819, in Harvard, Mass. He was a baptist clergyman and educator of New York city; and president of Rutgers Female college from 1871. He was a voluminous writer whose principal works comprise, Elements of Art Criticism; Physical Media in Spiritual Manifestations; The Atonement; The Divine Law as to Wines; Idols of Fashion and Culture; Tested Truths as to Relations of Capital and Labor; Outlines of the History of Ethics; Spiritualism Tested, originally issued as To Daimonion; Guide to Self-Education; The Bible Revisers' Greek Text; and Guide to Bible Interpretation. He died in 1896.