I am new to the list and I have just started researching the Compton family for my husband. They lived in Compton, Maryland and in West Virginia primarily. 1. NEWT COMPTON was born in Great Cacapon, WV, and died in Berkely Springs, WV. Children of NEWT COMPTON are: 2. i. HAMIL LYNWOOD2 COMPTON, SR., b. Great Cacapon, WV; d. Abt. 1965, Bethesda, MD. ii. EDWARD COMPTON. iii. ERNIE COMPTON. iv. ODESSA COMPTON. v. KATHRYN COMPTON. Generation No. 2 2. HAMIL LYNWOOD2 COMPTON, SR. (NEWT1) was born in Great Cacapon, WV, and died Abt. 1965 in Bethesda, MD. He married GRACE GRADWELL. Children of HAMIL COMPTON and GRACE GRADWELL are: 3. i. ARCHIE ALVAH3 COMPTON, SR., b. September 06, 1935, Compton, MD. 4. ii. HAMIL LYNWOOD COMPTON, JR., d. 1996, Gaithersburg, MD. iii. CHARLES COMPTON, b. September 03, 1932, Bethesda, MD; d. Abt. 1953, Korean War. More About CHARLES COMPTON: Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, VA 5. iv. CLARA DAWN COMPTON, b. Bethesda, MD. v. LAURA COMPTON. Generation No. 3 3. ARCHIE ALVAH3 COMPTON, SR. (HAMIL LYNWOOD2, NEWT1) was born September 06, 1935 in Compton, MD. He married JUDITH ANDREWS March 17, 1959 in Rockville, MD, daughter of FREDERICK ANDREWS and BARBARA FRAZIER. Children of ARCHIE COMPTON and JUDITH ANDREWS are: i. ARCHIE ALVAH4 COMPTON, JR., b. October 01, 1960. ii. KATHLEEN EVONNE COMPTON, b. January 31, 1962, Washington, DC. 4. HAMIL LYNWOOD3 COMPTON, JR. (HAMIL LYNWOOD2, NEWT1) died 1996 in Gaithersburg, MD. Children of HAMIL LYNWOOD COMPTON, JR. are: i. HAMIL LYNWOOD4 COMPTON II. ii. CHRIS COMPTON. 5. CLARA DAWN3 COMPTON (HAMIL LYNWOOD2, NEWT1) was born in Bethesda, MD. She married UNKNOWN CRANE. Child of CLARA COMPTON and UNKNOWN CRANE is: i. WAYNE4 CRANE.