Sam's father, Mr. Meeker, has punished Sam in the past for speaking out by scolding him and sending him on time-consuming errands. Mr. Meeker believes in loyalty to the British Crown and discourages Sam from expressing his opposing views.
He has a mother, father and brother. And no, none of them are dead.
smallpox
Jesus
Tom Warrups
father isn't on anyones side he is against war
he was imprisoned on a british ship, and died of a disease.
Ophelia has been trained by her heavy-handed father to do what he tells her (and failing that, what her brother tells her). With her father dead and her brother in France, she has no anchor in her world.
Betsy Read's family in "My Brother Sam is Dead" consists of her father, mother, and brother Sam Meeker. Sam plays a central role in the story as the brother of the main character, Tim Meeker.
Your father's father is your grandfather.Your grandfather's brother is your great uncle.Your great uncle's son is your fahter's first cousin and your first cousin, once removed.
Yes, he has a brother. Actually, He "HAD" a brother, he was killed. You can hear him mention his little brothers death in some songs for example, Hard in the paint - "When my little brotha died I said "&^%$ School"" Stereotype - "Brother Dead, Father dead, Aunti got H.I.V"
father named him that
His name was Eliphalet Meeker but everyone in the book called him Life.