Compton Family Record - Johnson Josiah Compton

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
James Compton		Clarissa Cleveland	1770

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Julia Church	13 OCT 1806
Maria Wentworth Peek	13 JUL 1816

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	23 FEB 1808	Deposit, Delaware, New York, USA
Marriage	1831
Place of Residence	BEF 1834	Leicester, Livingston, New York, USA
Place of Residence	1834	Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Lived on farm where Putnam Jeffords now lives (1901)
Place of Residence	BET 1839 AND 1848	Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Moved to farm owned by son, Homer Compton
Place of Residence	BET 1848 AND 1850	Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence	1850	Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Age: 41
Marriage	25 APR 1851
Occupation	BET 1839 AND 1871		Farmer, cattle dealer, merchant, manufacturer of shovel handles
Place of Residence	BET 1850 AND 1863	Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Returned to Homer Compton's Farm
Place of Residence	1860	Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Age: 52
Place of Residence	BET 1863 AND 1867	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence	BET 1868 AND 1871	Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Returned to Homer Compton's Farm
Place of Residence	1871	Russell, Russell, Kansas, USA
Place of Residence	1873	Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Residence	1880	Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Age: 72; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
Race			White
Death	23 JUL 1881	Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial	1881	Edinboro, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA	Edinboro Cemetery

Notes


Josiah Johnson Compton 3, a fourth son and eighth child of James and Clarissa (Cleveland) Compton was born Tues. Feb. 23, 1808, at Deposit, Delaware county, N. Y. He m first in 1831, Julia Church, b at Belchertown. Mass. Mon. Oct. 13, 1806. She was a daughter of John Church, (b Feb. 2. 1750) and Julia (Woodard) Church (b June 9, 1768) who were m Mar. 12, 1790. Josiah Johnson Compton m second, Fri. Apr. 25, 1851, Mrs. Anna Maria (Wentworth) Peek, widow of Uriel Sylvester Peek, and daughter of David and Hannah (Gould) Wentworth, b Sat. July 13, 1816, in Richfield, Otsego county, N. Y. and died in Edinboro, Pa. Sun, Mar. 13, 1898. Josiah Johnson Compton 3, was one of the early settlers of Erie county, Pa. moving from Moscow, N. Y. to Washington township in that county, in 1834. He first lived on the farm now owned by Putnam Jeffords, but in 1839 moved to the farm now belonging to his son, Homer Compton, where he lived until 1871, with the exception of two years, 1848-50, spent in Fairview, Erie county, and four years, 1863-67, in Erie, Pa. He was a skillful farmer and cattle dealer; in company with his brother John, was, for several years, at what is now McLane, Pa. a merchant, also manufacturer of shovel handles. He was elected commissioner of Erie county, 1854. In 1871 he removed to Russell, Russell county, Kan. but was obliged on account of ill health, to return to his former home, and in 1873 he settled, with his wife, in Edinboro. Pa, where he died Sat. July 23, 1881. Julia (Church) Compton d in Washington township, Erie county, Pa. Mon. July 1, 1850 — Passed away October 30, 1880 at 2927 Chestnut, St Louis, Missouri. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108376599/narcissa-a_-blood

Josiah Johnson Compton 3, a fourth son and eighth child of James and Clarissa (Cleveland) Compton was born Tues. Feb. 23, 1808, at Deposit, Delaware county, N. Y. He m first in 1831, Julia Church, b at Belchertown. Mass. Mon. Oct. 13, 1806. She was a daughter of John Church, (b Feb. 2. 1750) and Julia (Woodard) Church (b June 9, 1768) who were m Mar. 12, 1790. Josiah Johnson Compton m second, Fri. Apr. 25, 1851, Mrs. Anna Maria (Wentworth) Peek, widow of Uriel Sylvester Peek, and daughter of David and Hannah (Gould) Wentworth, b Sat. July 13, 1816, in Richfield, Otsego county, N. Y. and died in Edinboro, Pa. Sun, Mar. 13, 1898.

Josiah Johnson Compton 3, was one of the early settlers of Erie county, Pa. moving from Moscow, N. Y. to Washington township in that county, in 1834. He first lived on the
farm now owned by Putnam Jeffords, but in 1839 moved to the farm now belonging to his son, Homer Compton, where he lived until 1871, with the exception of two years, 1848-50, spent in Fairview, Erie county, and four years, 1863-67, in Erie, Pa. He was a skillful farmer and cattle dealer; in company with his brother John, was, for several years, at what is now McLane, Pa. a merchant, also manufacturer of shovel handles. He was elected commissioner of Erie county, 1854. In 1871 he removed to Russell, Russell county, Kan. but was obliged on account of ill health, to return to his former home, and in 1873 he settled, with his wife, in Edinboro. Pa, where he died Sat. July 23, 1881.

Julia (Church) Compton d in Washington township, Erie county, Pa. Mon. July 1, 1850

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Passed away October 30, 1880 at 2927 Chestnut, St Louis, Missouri.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108376599/narcissa-a_-blood

Sources

Description	Page	Quality	Information	Evidence
1850 United States Federal Census	Year: 1850; Census Place: Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_778; Page: 334A; Image: 167	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
1860 United States Federal Census	Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1108; Page: 1110; Image: 503; Family History Library Film: 805108	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
1880 United States Federal Census	Year: 1880; Census Place: Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Family Record of James Compton and Clarissa Cleveland-Compton	p. 57	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Family Record of James Compton and Clarissa Cleveland-Compton	p. 3	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000	Book Title: The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of ma...	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
RootsWeb	Parren Family 0914, (Leonard Parren, compiler, (lparren@stny.rr.com), Parren Family 0914 ahnentafel, RootsWeb's World Connect Project, (www.rootswb.com)), Ahnentafel submitted September 14, 2002.	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Supplemental Compton Family Record	p. 11	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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