Brief Life History of Bartemus
When Bartemus Compton was born on 27 June 1815, in Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Jeremiah Compton, was 34 and his mother, Mary Polly Walls, was 40. He married Katherine Emiline Stiltner on 12 January 1837, in Pike, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Holding Township, Stearns, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years. He died on 24 November 1899, in Holdingford, Stearns, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Holdingford, Stearns, Minnesota, United States.
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- Bartley Compton, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
- Bartly Compton, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Bertemous Cumpton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England (but especially in the southwest) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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