William W ComptonAge: 77 years1864–1941
- Name
- William W Compton
- Given names
- William W
- Surname
- Compton
 Birth | January 1864 30 20 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Birth of a sister | Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton May 1, 1867 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Lee Alice Hall — View this family calculated 1895 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Sidney Ann Compton June 20, 1897 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Albert Compton June 14, 1902 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a son | Albert Compton April 12, 1903 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a wife | Lee Alice Hall November 10, 1915 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 29, 1920 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton November 22, 1938 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | January 10, 1941 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas H Compton Birth: about 1834 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Sidney Hensley Birth: about 1844 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
William W Compton Birth: January 1864 30 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1941 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton Birth: May 1, 1867 33 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 22, 1938 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Lee Alice Hall |
| himself |
William W Compton Birth: January 1864 30 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1941 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Lee Alice Hall Birth: December 7, 1868 44 40 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 10, 1915 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1895 — |
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3 years daughter |
Sidney Ann Compton Birth: June 20, 1897 33 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 15, 1986 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years son |
Albert Compton Birth: June 14, 1902 38 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 12, 1903 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William W Compton - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William W Compton - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William W Compton - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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