I am looking for information on these families. Information on any of them is welcome. Thanks Doris Compton Cannon max@cu-online.com http://www.angelfire.com/il/found "A Family Tree withers if no one tends to its Roots" Generation No. 1 1. JAMES C.2 COMPTON (MEREDITH1) was born in Metcalfe County Kentucky, and died 03 August, 1926. He married MAHALEY KING in Adair Couny, Kentucky. Children of JAMES COMPTON and MAHALEY KING are: i. JOHN J.3 COMPTON, d. 1919. ii. JAMES C. COMPTON, b. 1853. iii. LUCY F. COMPTON, b. 1854; m. JOHN M. SMITH, 29 April, 1878, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. 2. iv. JOHN WILLIAM COMPTON, b. 20 September, 1855, Metcalfe County ,Kentucky; d. 25 September, 1927. v. ANN E. COMPTON, b. 1858. vi. MARY B. COMPTON, b. 1860. 3. vii. JOSEPH B. ( JAKE) COMPTON, b. 1866. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN WILLIAM3 COMPTON (JAMES C.2, MEREDITH1) was born 20 September, 1855 in Metcalfe County ,Kentucky, and died 25 September, 1927. He married JONAH WHITE (JOSIE) OWENSBY 09 December, 1875 in Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky, daughter of MAJOR OWENSBY and JANIE BARRETT. Children of JOHN COMPTON and JONAH OWENSBY are: i. JOHN AMBROS4 COMPTON, b. 28 February, 1877, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 31 March, 1951, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. JULIE ANN RUSSELL, 01 June, 1897, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. ii. JOSEPH LEWIS COMPTON, b. 16 February, 1878, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 14 July, 1939, Hoopeston, Vermilion, Illinois; m. CORA FRANCIS DIAL, 10 December, 1900, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. iii. JAMES ROBERT COMPTON, b. 18 November, 1878, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky1; d. 06 October, 1975, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky; m. (1) KITTY PEARL DIAL, 18 May, 1904, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. (2) VERGIE KATE FROEDGE, 29 January, 1911, Edmomton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. iv. WILLIAM EDWARD COMPTON, b. 05 June, 1885, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 29 October, 1956, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. EDITH KATE MARSHALL, 19 May, 1965, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. v. THOMAS EMORY COMPTON, b. 14 November, 1886, Gascon, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 19 April, 1959, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. EFFIE ANGELY, 23 June, 1909, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. vi. HENRY UNDERWOOD COMPTON, b. 04 March, 1889, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 28 April, 1978, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky; m. MARY ELLEN BROWN, 08 November, 1911, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. vii. HATTIE BELLE COMPTON, b. 27 August, 1891, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 03 December, 1922, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. LEE THOMAS FIELDS, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. viii. GEORGE LEANORD COMPTON, b. 24 June, 1898, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 28 June, 1979, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky; m. NELLIE LEE JESSIE, 30 June, 1970, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. ix. MARY SUE ANN COMPTON, b. 11 January, 1896, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 24 May, 1928, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. (1) WILLIAM FROEDGE; m. (2) EMORY OWENSBY; m. (3) JOHN BRAGG, 06 December, 1914. x. LOGAN PORTER COMPTON, b. 06 April, 1894, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; d. 11 May, 1900, Edmoton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. 3. JOSEPH B. ( JAKE)3 COMPTON (JAMES C.2, MEREDITH1) was born 1866. He married ALICE B. SMITH 07 July, 1896 in Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. Children of JOSEPH COMPTON and ALICE SMITH are: i. CHARLIE4 G.COMPTON, b. 23 February, 1892. ii. JAMES W.COMPTON, b. 31 October, 1893; m. HATTIE COMPTON. iii. JOE CLARENCE COMPTON (CLAY J.B., b. 19 July, 1895, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. (1) EUDORA WILSON, 20 May, 1916, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. (2) MARY IRELAND, 14 December, 1936, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. iv. SHERMAN (HAWKEN) COMPTON, b. 19 June, 1898, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky; m. STELLA SEXTON, 27 June, 1925, Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky. v. DORA COMPTON, b. 31 December, 1901. vi. FANNY COMPTON, b. 19 January, 1904. vii. HERBERT COMPTON, b. 1905. viii. WANDA COMPTON, b. 24 January, 1906. ix. HENRY COMPTON, b. 1909.