Jacob was the son of Jacob R. Compton and Martha Kinner. He married Rosa E. Watts, and lived in Ohio for a time, and after she died, he married Harriett "Hattie" Cooksey.
Jake R. Compton, 79, of 213 Clay Street, Louisa [KY], died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Riverview Hospital here after an extended illness. Mr. Compton was born March 23, 1878, at Buchanan, a son of Jake and Martha Kinner Compton. He was a retired telegraph operator for the Norfolk and Western Railway, having served with the company for 32 years. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Louisa and the Men's Bible Class there. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Buchanan Chapel, with the Rev. K.E. Hill and the Rev. C.L. Neff officiating. Burial was made in the Buchanan Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Kilgore-Collier Funeral Home, Catlettsburg. Mr. Compton is survived by the widow, Mrs. Hattie Cooksey Compton and several nieces and nephews resideing in Boyd and Lawrence County.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," October 3, 1957.)
"The Comptons lived in a little house (one mile south of Buchanan across the railroad track near the Big Sandy River) in Buchanan. J.R. and Hattie were a wonderful couple. Everyone in Buchanan adored them. They attended Prichard Memorial Methodist Church. Jake was an excellent telegraph operator, a well-educated, strait forward, and a well-mannered person. He kept a diary, depicting the local news and daily weather temperatures. He was the author of several short stories. I own one of those short stories, entitled 'The Cumberland Camp.' On the cover of the short story it states: 'The Cumberland Camp,' by J.R. Compton, Buchanan, KY. Price - 50 cents.' The book describes the people involved in about lumber camps. The Cumberland Camp was built by the Pioneer Lumber Company of Louisville, Kentucky and was located in the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia on the Pound Fork of the Big Sandy River, near the Virginia and Kentucky Divide.' by Ruby Hart, 2002.
Jake R. Compton, 79, of 213 Clay Street, Louisa [KY], died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Riverview Hospital here after an extended illness. Mr. Compton was born March 23, 1878, at Buchanan, a son of Jake and Martha Kinner Compton. He was a retired telegraph operator for the Norfolk and Western Railway, having served with the company for 32 years. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Louisa and the Men's Bible Class there. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Buchanan Chapel, with the Rev. K.E. Hill and the Rev. C.L. Neff officiating. Burial was made in the Buchanan Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Kilgore-Collier Funeral Home, Catlettsburg. Mr. Compton is survived by the widow, Mrs. Hattie Cooksey Compton and several nieces and nephews resideing in Boyd and Lawrence County.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," October 3, 1957.)
"The Comptons lived in a little house (one mile south of Buchanan across the railroad track near the Big Sandy River) in Buchanan. J.R. and Hattie were a wonderful couple. Everyone in Buchanan adored them. They attended Prichard Memorial Methodist Church. Jake was an excellent telegraph operator, a well-educated, strait forward, and a well-mannered person. He kept a diary, depicting the local news and daily weather temperatures. He was the author of several short stories. I own one of those short stories, entitled 'The Cumberland Camp.' On the cover of the short story it states: 'The Cumberland Camp,' by J.R. Compton, Buchanan, KY. Price - 50 cents.' The book describes the people involved in about lumber camps. The Cumberland Camp was built by the Pioneer Lumber Company of Louisville, Kentucky and was located in the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia on the Pound Fork of the Big Sandy River, near the Virginia and Kentucky Divide.' by Ruby Hart, 2002.
Jacob was the son of Jacob R. Compton and Martha Kinner. He married Rosa E. Watts, and lived in Ohio for a time, and after she died, he married Harriett "Hattie" Cooksey.
Jake R. Compton, 79, of 213 Clay Street, Louisa [KY], died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Riverview Hospital here after an extended illness. Mr. Compton was born March 23, 1878, at Buchanan, a son of Jake and Martha Kinner Compton. He was a retired telegraph operator for the Norfolk and Western Railway, having served with the company for 32 years. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Louisa and the Men's Bible Class there. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Buchanan Chapel, with the Rev. K.E. Hill and the Rev. C.L. Neff officiating. Burial was made in the Buchanan Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Kilgore-Collier Funeral Home, Catlettsburg. Mr. Compton is survived by the widow, Mrs. Hattie Cooksey Compton and several nieces and nephews resideing in Boyd and Lawrence County.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," October 3, 1957.)
"The Comptons lived in a little house (one mile south of Buchanan across the railroad track near the Big Sandy River) in Buchanan. J.R. and Hattie were a wonderful couple. Everyone in Buchanan adored them. They attended Prichard Memorial Methodist Church. Jake was an excellent telegraph operator, a well-educated, strait forward, and a well-mannered person. He kept a diary, depicting the local news and daily weather temperatures. He was the author of several short stories. I own one of those short stories, entitled 'The Cumberland Camp.' On the cover of the short story it states: 'The Cumberland Camp,' by J.R. Compton, Buchanan, KY. Price - 50 cents.' The book describes the people involved in about lumber camps. The Cumberland Camp was built by the Pioneer Lumber Company of Louisville, Kentucky and was located in the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia on the Pound Fork of the Big Sandy River, near the Virginia and Kentucky Divide.' by Ruby Hart, 2002.
Jake R. Compton, 79, of 213 Clay Street, Louisa [KY], died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Riverview Hospital here after an extended illness. Mr. Compton was born March 23, 1878, at Buchanan, a son of Jake and Martha Kinner Compton. He was a retired telegraph operator for the Norfolk and Western Railway, having served with the company for 32 years. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Louisa and the Men's Bible Class there. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Buchanan Chapel, with the Rev. K.E. Hill and the Rev. C.L. Neff officiating. Burial was made in the Buchanan Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Kilgore-Collier Funeral Home, Catlettsburg. Mr. Compton is survived by the widow, Mrs. Hattie Cooksey Compton and several nieces and nephews resideing in Boyd and Lawrence County.
(Obituary from "Big Sandy News," October 3, 1957.)
"The Comptons lived in a little house (one mile south of Buchanan across the railroad track near the Big Sandy River) in Buchanan. J.R. and Hattie were a wonderful couple. Everyone in Buchanan adored them. They attended Prichard Memorial Methodist Church. Jake was an excellent telegraph operator, a well-educated, strait forward, and a well-mannered person. He kept a diary, depicting the local news and daily weather temperatures. He was the author of several short stories. I own one of those short stories, entitled 'The Cumberland Camp.' On the cover of the short story it states: 'The Cumberland Camp,' by J.R. Compton, Buchanan, KY. Price - 50 cents.' The book describes the people involved in about lumber camps. The Cumberland Camp was built by the Pioneer Lumber Company of Louisville, Kentucky and was located in the Cumberland Mountains of Virginia on the Pound Fork of the Big Sandy River, near the Virginia and Kentucky Divide.' by Ruby Hart, 2002.
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