Wingfield was the son of Ballard Preston Compton and Delilah Jane Harless. He married Margaret M. Tabor (who, after Wingfield died, married William Davis in 1911, Roy Clemons Miller, and Ben Rice).
In 1900, Wingfield was a bridge carpenter.
Article from "Clinch Valley News," 18 March 1904: "Mr. Wingfield [Sic] Compton, who got hurt in the mines on Cove Creek last December, was able to be brought to his home here last week, is just so he can walk a little on crutches."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Taborville, VA, 29 Jul 1904: "A stranger arrived at the home of Windfield [Sic] Compton last Tuesday morning, but he was a little too late to register this year. He is a thoroughbred Democrat. Mother and child are doing well."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Friday, February 16, 1906: "KILLED BY A YOUNG GIRL. Wingfield Compton, a N&W brakeman, killed by Dora Taylor, near Falls Mills; Wingfield Compton, a well known citizen of Falls Mills, was killed on a work train near Neymours on Tuesday. The remains were buried on Wednesday at Falls Mills. Compton was killed by a young girl, Dora Taylor, 13 years old, who lived with her father and family near the railroad and says she shot at Compton only to scare him, and claimed that the trainmen were in the habit of flirting with them and making indecent remarks, etc., when the trains passed or were working in the community. On this occasion, the work train was standing near the Neymours house and, as the train pulled out, the girl fired at the train. Compton, who was standing on the gondola, received the shot and was killed. The Taylor family bear an unsavory reputation. The girl and her sister, 14 years old, will be sent to a reform school."
Per "Clinch Valley News" - Edward T. Powell was appointed guardian of Wingfield's three children who were residing in Franklin Co., Ohio: Ruby [Reuben], Claude, and Aubrey, by the circuit court of Tazewell Co., VA. Certain funds were due to the children.
In 1900, Wingfield was a bridge carpenter.
Article from "Clinch Valley News," 18 March 1904: "Mr. Wingfield [Sic] Compton, who got hurt in the mines on Cove Creek last December, was able to be brought to his home here last week, is just so he can walk a little on crutches."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Taborville, VA, 29 Jul 1904: "A stranger arrived at the home of Windfield [Sic] Compton last Tuesday morning, but he was a little too late to register this year. He is a thoroughbred Democrat. Mother and child are doing well."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Friday, February 16, 1906: "KILLED BY A YOUNG GIRL. Wingfield Compton, a N&W brakeman, killed by Dora Taylor, near Falls Mills; Wingfield Compton, a well known citizen of Falls Mills, was killed on a work train near Neymours on Tuesday. The remains were buried on Wednesday at Falls Mills. Compton was killed by a young girl, Dora Taylor, 13 years old, who lived with her father and family near the railroad and says she shot at Compton only to scare him, and claimed that the trainmen were in the habit of flirting with them and making indecent remarks, etc., when the trains passed or were working in the community. On this occasion, the work train was standing near the Neymours house and, as the train pulled out, the girl fired at the train. Compton, who was standing on the gondola, received the shot and was killed. The Taylor family bear an unsavory reputation. The girl and her sister, 14 years old, will be sent to a reform school."
Per "Clinch Valley News" - Edward T. Powell was appointed guardian of Wingfield's three children who were residing in Franklin Co., Ohio: Ruby [Reuben], Claude, and Aubrey, by the circuit court of Tazewell Co., VA. Certain funds were due to the children.
Wingfield was the son of Ballard Preston Compton and Delilah Jane Harless. He married Margaret M. Tabor (who, after Wingfield died, married William Davis in 1911, Roy Clemons Miller, and Ben Rice).
In 1900, Wingfield was a bridge carpenter.
Article from "Clinch Valley News," 18 March 1904: "Mr. Wingfield [Sic] Compton, who got hurt in the mines on Cove Creek last December, was able to be brought to his home here last week, is just so he can walk a little on crutches."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Taborville, VA, 29 Jul 1904: "A stranger arrived at the home of Windfield [Sic] Compton last Tuesday morning, but he was a little too late to register this year. He is a thoroughbred Democrat. Mother and child are doing well."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Friday, February 16, 1906: "KILLED BY A YOUNG GIRL. Wingfield Compton, a N&W brakeman, killed by Dora Taylor, near Falls Mills; Wingfield Compton, a well known citizen of Falls Mills, was killed on a work train near Neymours on Tuesday. The remains were buried on Wednesday at Falls Mills. Compton was killed by a young girl, Dora Taylor, 13 years old, who lived with her father and family near the railroad and says she shot at Compton only to scare him, and claimed that the trainmen were in the habit of flirting with them and making indecent remarks, etc., when the trains passed or were working in the community. On this occasion, the work train was standing near the Neymours house and, as the train pulled out, the girl fired at the train. Compton, who was standing on the gondola, received the shot and was killed. The Taylor family bear an unsavory reputation. The girl and her sister, 14 years old, will be sent to a reform school."
Per "Clinch Valley News" - Edward T. Powell was appointed guardian of Wingfield's three children who were residing in Franklin Co., Ohio: Ruby [Reuben], Claude, and Aubrey, by the circuit court of Tazewell Co., VA. Certain funds were due to the children.
In 1900, Wingfield was a bridge carpenter.
Article from "Clinch Valley News," 18 March 1904: "Mr. Wingfield [Sic] Compton, who got hurt in the mines on Cove Creek last December, was able to be brought to his home here last week, is just so he can walk a little on crutches."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Taborville, VA, 29 Jul 1904: "A stranger arrived at the home of Windfield [Sic] Compton last Tuesday morning, but he was a little too late to register this year. He is a thoroughbred Democrat. Mother and child are doing well."
Article from "Clinch Valley News," Friday, February 16, 1906: "KILLED BY A YOUNG GIRL. Wingfield Compton, a N&W brakeman, killed by Dora Taylor, near Falls Mills; Wingfield Compton, a well known citizen of Falls Mills, was killed on a work train near Neymours on Tuesday. The remains were buried on Wednesday at Falls Mills. Compton was killed by a young girl, Dora Taylor, 13 years old, who lived with her father and family near the railroad and says she shot at Compton only to scare him, and claimed that the trainmen were in the habit of flirting with them and making indecent remarks, etc., when the trains passed or were working in the community. On this occasion, the work train was standing near the Neymours house and, as the train pulled out, the girl fired at the train. Compton, who was standing on the gondola, received the shot and was killed. The Taylor family bear an unsavory reputation. The girl and her sister, 14 years old, will be sent to a reform school."
Per "Clinch Valley News" - Edward T. Powell was appointed guardian of Wingfield's three children who were residing in Franklin Co., Ohio: Ruby [Reuben], Claude, and Aubrey, by the circuit court of Tazewell Co., VA. Certain funds were due to the children.
Inscription
B. of R.R.T. [Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen]
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
