| Submitter: | Michael Edd Bonner | |||
| Husband: | DeWitt Kimble "D.K." or "Dee" COMPTON | |||
| Born: | August 21, 1853 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Married: | December 17, 1879 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | 1930 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Greenwood Cemetery | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | William Scott COMPTON | |||
| Mother: | Angelina Louisa GUNN | |||
| Other Spouses: | none | |||
| Wife: | Nancy Theodosia "Puss" JONES | |||
| Born: | December 27, 1855 | Place: | Fayette Co., AL | |
| Died: | 1851 | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Greenwood Cemetery | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | Lewis Calloway JONES | |||
| Mother: | Clara Ann REYNOLDS | |||
| Other Spouses: | John STROTHER | |||
| Children: | ||||
| 1 Name: | F | Angelina "Angie" COMPTON | ||
| Born: | January 8, 1881 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | January 31, 1970 | Place: | Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Stewards Mill Cemetery | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Edward Monroe WATSON, Sr. | |||
| Married: | December 21, 1918 | Place: | Waco, McLennan Co., TX | |
| 2 Name: | M | Lewis Blaine COMPTON | ||
| Born: | October 15, 1883 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | April 29, 1957 | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Greenwood Cemetery | Place: | Teague, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Belle Smith RICHARDSON | |||
| Married: | December 24, 1903 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| 3 Name: | M | DeWitt Smith COMPTON | ||
| Born: | September 16, 1886 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 7, 1886 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Dew Cemetery | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| 4 Name: | F | Elizabeth Mary "Bettie" COMPTON | ||
| Born: | September 30, 1888 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | September 23, 1968 | Place: | CA | |
| Cemetery: | Place: | CA | ||
| Spouse 1: | John William WALKER | |||
| Married: | December 24, 1906 | Place: | TX | |
| Spouse 2: | Albert STARCK | |||
| Married: | Place: | |||
| 5 Name: | M | Joe John Wash COMPTON *see note below | ||
| Born: | June 24, 1891 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | August 21, 1972 | Place: | Palestine, Anderson Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Place: | Palestine, Anderson Co., TX | ||
| Spouse 1: | Edna BACON | |||
| Married: | Place: | |||
| 6 Name: | F | Coral Grace COMPTON | ||
| Born: | December 20, 1894 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | January 10, 1896 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Dew Cemetery | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| 7 Name: | F | Lilly Maude COMPTON | ||
| Born: | September 8, 1900 | Place: | Dew, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | November 15, 1998 | Place: | Savannah, GA | |
| Cemetery: | Place: | |||
| Spouse 1: | Harry William LeGro, Sr. | |||
| Married: | January 1, 1921 | Place: | ||
| NOTES: D. K. Compton was a farmer and merchant in Dew; he served a brief term as postmaster there. The family moved to Teague about 1906; he was in the real estate business. * Joe John Wash Compton was an unordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church - South |
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| SOURCES: The History of Freestone County, TX, Vol I Personal research, documents and notes. |
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