Brief Life History of Mary Amanda
When Mary Amanda Compton was born on 1 September 1849, in Ontario, Lima Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States, her father, Israel B. Compton, was 32 and her mother, Sarah A. Turner, was 26. She married Edward Curtis Archer on 26 November 1872, in Seward, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1860 and Staplehurst, Seward, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 2 April 1901, in Seward, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Seward, Seward, Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Mary A Compton in household of J B Compton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Anna Compton in entry for Spencer C. Woody and Vera Archer, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Mary A Compton in household of Israel B Compton, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1846–1923 Male
1849–1901 Female
Children (10)
1873–1878 Female
1875–1966 Female
1876–1902 Female
1878–1881 Male
1879–1951 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1817–1909 Male
1822–1899 Female
Siblings (8)
1838– Female
1843– Male
1844– Male
1846– Female
1849–1901 Female
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World Events (8)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Age 2
1855
Age 6
1863
Age 14
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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