The following excerpt was taken from: "The Kennamer Family" by John R. and Lorrin Garfield Kennamer, published 1924 McQuiddy Press, Nashville, TN pages 292-293:
Nancy Jane Gross Bishop resides in Tennessee River Valley, Jackson County, Alabama, Rt. #3 with her daughter, Ada Skelton. She thinks that Sampson Bishop was born in Kentucky. Capt. John B. Kennamer and he purchased the place now known as John B. Kennamer Mill Place in Kennamer Cove. He soon sold his interest to his partner and brother-in-law, Capt. John, and then purchased the home place of Sam Hill where he lived until the death of Mary, his first wife. Mary was the third daughter and fourth child of Jacob Kennamer and Kezziah Busby. She was above average in height and size, a splendid housekeeper and good mother of seven children. Harriet, his second wife was the elder sister of Mary and helped rear the orphan children. She did not live long after the marriage and Sampson married a third time to Nancy Jane Gross. He was a strong Union man, and joined the Home Guards and Scouts, organized by Capt. John B. Kennamer. Immediately after the close of the Civil War, he built a home about a half mile east of Pisgah and west of the Sam Hill home where he formerly resided. This house was built out of huge pine logs, with cedar girders and sills and was a magnificent testimonial of the worderful forests of the early days. After his last marriage, he resided in the Tennessee River Valley. He was a good, respected citizen, but not a member of any church. He was buried at Gross Cemetery, while his first and second wives were buried at Pisgah Cemetery, Kennamer Cove, Alabama.
