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Margaret S Compton 1840–1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1840

Birth Location: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: Aft 1910

Death Location: Arkansas, United States

Father: William Compton

Mother: mary lay

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Margaret S Compton was born in 1840 in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, the child of William N Compton And Mary Lay. Margaret S Compton passed away in 1910 in Arkansas, United States.

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Biography

  • Margaret S Compton was born in 1840 in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, the child of William N Compton And Mary Lay.
  • Margaret S Compton passed away in 1910 in Arkansas, United States.

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Margaret Compton's Ancestors

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Margaret Compton
1840–1910
Birth Place: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Parents
William N Compton
1812–1849
Thurlow Place Hackney Road, England
mary lay
1814–1848
Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Townsend Compton
1778–1834
Whitechapel, London, England.
Eliza Nevins
1789–1840
Larchfield, Leeds, York, Eng,
Benjamin Lea
1770–1821
Orange, North Carolina, United States
Nancy (Lea) Kerr
1774–1854
Stony Creek, Caswell, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Sr
1754–1816
Mary Graves
1754–1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Graves
1714–1792
Isabella Lea
1728–1829

Margaret Compton's Timeline

2 Records

1840
Dec 1840
Birth of Margaret S Compton in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
1910
Aft 1910
Age 70
Death of Margaret S Compton in Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1840
    Event Place: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 1910
    Event Place: Arkansas, United States

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