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Thomas Richard Compton 1919–1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Nov 1919

Birth Location: Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 23 Apr 1976

Death Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Compton

Mother: Genevieve Whitehead

Spouse(s): Lois Jennings

Children(s):

Thomas Richard Compton was born in 1919 in Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA, the child of Robert David Compton And Genevieve Thomas Whitehead. Thomas Richard Compton married Lois Elizabeth Jennings, and had children including Janet Carter Compton. Thomas Richard Compton passed away in 1976 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Richard Compton was born in 1919 in Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA, the child of Robert David Compton And Genevieve Thomas Whitehead.
  • Thomas Richard Compton married Lois Elizabeth Jennings, and had children including Janet Carter Compton.
  • Thomas Richard Compton passed away in 1976 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA.

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Thomas Compton's Ancestors

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Thomas Compton
1919–1976
Birth Place: Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
Parents
Robert David Compton
1892–1925
Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Genevieve (Thomas) Whitehead
1893–1930
Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Richard (Singleton) Compton
1848–1922
Privateer, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
Sarah (Ida) Bartlette
1855–1921
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Charles Compton
1797–1863
Frances Morris
1812–1906
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Compton
1778–1849
Mary Linam
1779–1857
James Morris
1788–1883

Thomas Compton's Timeline

2 Records

1919
10 Nov 1919
Birth of Thomas Richard Compton in Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
1976
23 Apr 1976
Age 57
Death of Thomas Richard Compton in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1919
    Event Place: Ettrick, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Apr 1976
    Event Place: Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA

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