Stephen James COMPTON

1835 - 1906  (70 years)

• Name	Stephen James COMPTON
  Born	5 Jul 1835	Coshocton Co., Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CB26AFF3B190B048ABC8D095F2D6C494C4B6
  Died	7 May 1906	Whitley Co., Indiana   [1]
  Buried	Richland Center Cem., Larwill, Whitley Co., Indiana
  Person ID	I36733	Branch 009 Richard Stafford 1750 VA
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Andrew COMPTON,   b. 22 Feb 1808, New Jersey ,   d. 29 Oct 1852, Whitley Co., Indiana  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mary A. STAFFORD,   b. 28 Jul 1807, Hampshire Co., Virginia (now West Virginia) ,   d. 22 Dec 1893, Whitley Co., Indiana  (Age 86 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1827	Coshocton Co., Ohio   [1]
  Family ID	F13695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel BISHOP,   b. 29 Aug 1835,   d. 3 Nov 1897, Whitley Co., Indiana  (Age 62 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1858	Whitley Co., Indiana
  Children	1. Elnora COMPTON,   b. 1859, Whitley Co., Indiana ,   d. Bef 1870, Whitley Co., Indiana  (Age < 10 years)   2. Matilda C. COMPTON,   b. Sep 1862, Whitley Co., Indiana ,   d. 1938, Whitley Co., Indiana  (Age ~ 75 years)   3. Alma O. COMPTON,   b. Mar 1865, Whitley Co., Indiana ,   d. 1949, Whitley Co., Indiana  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F13697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  CENSUS 1860 IN, Whitley County, Richland, page 851: James & Rachel Compton, near Mary A. Compton. 1870 IN, Whitley County, Richland, page 420a: James &Rachel Compton 1880 IN, Whitley County, Richland, page 413: Stephen J. & Rachel S. Compton 1900 IN, Whitley County, Richland, pgae 104: Stephen J. Compton with Wilmer & Alma McConnell S. J. COMPTON was born in Coshocton County,Ohio, July 5, 1835, the son of Andrew and Mary A. Compton, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively, and of English descent. They came to this township in the fall of 1837, entered 320 acres, and reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. The father died in October, 1852, but the mother is still living on the homestead farm, in good health, at seventy-five years of age. At the age of seventeen our subject began life on his own accountas farmer. October, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Forty-fourth Regiment India na Volunteer Infantry, was mustered in as Sergeant, and was honorably disc harged January, 1864, as Second Lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga and others. In 1858, he married Rachael Bishop, daughter of Robert and Phoebe Bishop, natives of Indiana and Ohio respectively, and of English extraction, and to th is union were born four children, of whom two daughters are living. Through industry and energy he has built himself a fine home. He is a Freemason, and in politics a Republican. WILL Book 4, 274, Whitley County, Indiana OBITUARY, 11 May 1906

  
  

• Sources

  [S4522] E-Mail Message, 17 Feb 2001A five generation Genealogy by Case [email protected].