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by the thousand. He had a keen sense of humor and always 

 saw the bright side of life. We shall greatly miss his frequent 

 visits to the museum. 



Mr. Winkley was a charter member and the first Secretary 

 and Treasurer of the Boston Malacological Club. He leaves 

 two sons, Frank H. and Robert L. Winkley, and a daughter, Miss 

 Ruth Winkley. C. W. J. 



FRANCIS ASBTJRY SAMPSON. 



Prof. Francis Asbury Sampson died of pneumonia at the 

 Parker Memorial Hospital, University of Missouri, on the morn- 

 ing of February 4th at the age of 76. Prof. Sampson was born 

 in Harrison County, Ohio, February 6th, 1842, from which 

 place he emigrated to Missouri in 1867, locating at Sedalia, 

 Pettis County, where with a brother he engaged in the practice 

 of law. He enjoyed a lucrative practice and for twenty years 

 acted as legal advisor and vice-president of the Missouri Trust 

 Company. 



From the time he came to Missouri he had been an active 

 collector of Missouriana and his private collection of books and 

 pamphlets, relating to Missouri and Missourians is the most 

 complete known. 



In 1901 Prof. Sampson was elected Secretary of the Missouri 

 Historical Society and his library of Missouriana was presented 

 to the society. The collection represented approximately twenty 

 thousand titles. 



As secretary of the Historical Society he gave his entire time 

 to building up the library and owing to his efforts the society to- 

 day has the largest library on Missouri history in existence, 

 consisting of sixty thousand different titles. Its value cannot be 

 appreciated except by one who has examined its contents and 

 understands their rarity. 



Prof. Sampson gave his leisure moments to collecting shells 

 and fossils and in late years it was his only recreation. The 

 vast number of carefully selected land and fresh-water shells 

 contained in his cabinets bear witness to the fact that his 1 ' idle 

 moments" were not in any sense wasted. The writer once 



