"Born in Maine, Samuel was in the Class of 1883 of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and did not graduate, but went on to MIT. His older brother was Henry Gannett, the father of quadmaps in the U. S., and a long time important figure in the USGS. By1884, Samuel was reducing triangulation in the Washington,D. C. office of the USGS in the winter, and was a topographer in the summer. He married Ella Cole in 1885, and they had several children. Both Henry and Samuel were in the founding 33 professionals that started the National Geographic Society in 1888. Samuel was appointed head of the Astronomic and Computing Section in 1890 and at that time established an astronomic station at Rapid City, S.D.
"His entire career from 1882-1932 was with the USGS, doing triangulation, spirit leveling, publishing mathematical tables, and surveying state boundaries. He was living in Washington, D. C. in 1900, and continued in the same house until he died in 1939. In 1898 he established the boundary between Idaho and Montana. In 1908 Samuel was charged with retracing the survey of Rollin Reeves of the Washington/Idaho Border; in 1910, the West Virginia/Maryland Border; in 1915, the Ohio/Michigan Boundary; and in 1930, the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. He surveyed other state boundaries also. In 1919 he was a court appointed commissioner with Stevenson Archer, Jr. to report to the Supreme Court on a state boundary dispute. In 1915, his daughter married Clarence Birdseye, a surveyor and the founder of Birdseye Foods and the quick freezing process." Courtesy: USGS.
Contributor: LBN (49278253)
"His entire career from 1882-1932 was with the USGS, doing triangulation, spirit leveling, publishing mathematical tables, and surveying state boundaries. He was living in Washington, D. C. in 1900, and continued in the same house until he died in 1939. In 1898 he established the boundary between Idaho and Montana. In 1908 Samuel was charged with retracing the survey of Rollin Reeves of the Washington/Idaho Border; in 1910, the West Virginia/Maryland Border; in 1915, the Ohio/Michigan Boundary; and in 1930, the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. He surveyed other state boundaries also. In 1919 he was a court appointed commissioner with Stevenson Archer, Jr. to report to the Supreme Court on a state boundary dispute. In 1915, his daughter married Clarence Birdseye, a surveyor and the founder of Birdseye Foods and the quick freezing process." Courtesy: USGS.
Contributor: LBN (49278253)
"Born in Maine, Samuel was in the Class of 1883 of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and did not graduate, but went on to MIT. His older brother was Henry Gannett, the father of quadmaps in the U. S., and a long time important figure in the USGS. By1884, Samuel was reducing triangulation in the Washington,D. C. office of the USGS in the winter, and was a topographer in the summer. He married Ella Cole in 1885, and they had several children. Both Henry and Samuel were in the founding 33 professionals that started the National Geographic Society in 1888. Samuel was appointed head of the Astronomic and Computing Section in 1890 and at that time established an astronomic station at Rapid City, S.D.
"His entire career from 1882-1932 was with the USGS, doing triangulation, spirit leveling, publishing mathematical tables, and surveying state boundaries. He was living in Washington, D. C. in 1900, and continued in the same house until he died in 1939. In 1898 he established the boundary between Idaho and Montana. In 1908 Samuel was charged with retracing the survey of Rollin Reeves of the Washington/Idaho Border; in 1910, the West Virginia/Maryland Border; in 1915, the Ohio/Michigan Boundary; and in 1930, the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. He surveyed other state boundaries also. In 1919 he was a court appointed commissioner with Stevenson Archer, Jr. to report to the Supreme Court on a state boundary dispute. In 1915, his daughter married Clarence Birdseye, a surveyor and the founder of Birdseye Foods and the quick freezing process." Courtesy: USGS.
Contributor: LBN (49278253)
"His entire career from 1882-1932 was with the USGS, doing triangulation, spirit leveling, publishing mathematical tables, and surveying state boundaries. He was living in Washington, D. C. in 1900, and continued in the same house until he died in 1939. In 1898 he established the boundary between Idaho and Montana. In 1908 Samuel was charged with retracing the survey of Rollin Reeves of the Washington/Idaho Border; in 1910, the West Virginia/Maryland Border; in 1915, the Ohio/Michigan Boundary; and in 1930, the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. He surveyed other state boundaries also. In 1919 he was a court appointed commissioner with Stevenson Archer, Jr. to report to the Supreme Court on a state boundary dispute. In 1915, his daughter married Clarence Birdseye, a surveyor and the founder of Birdseye Foods and the quick freezing process." Courtesy: USGS.
Contributor: LBN (49278253)
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