Key Compton, Steamship Line Head, Dies at 63
Chesapeake Co. President For 17 Years Succumbs After Operation
Served as Official of Old M & M Body
Was Member of Board of Spring Grove Hospital.
Born in Charles County.
Key Compton, president of the Chesapeake Steamship Company, died last night at the Union Memorial Hospital following an abdominal operation. He was taken to the hospital Monday from his home, 219 Woodlawn road, Roland Park, where he had been ill for about two weeks. Mr Compton would have been 64 years old had he lived until the twenty-first of this month.
Mr Compton had been president of the Chesapeake Line since October 1909, His career in the business world began in 1880 when at the age of 17 he took a position as office boy with Whitely Bros. & Co., a wholesale dry goods firm.
Head of Old M and M
In late years he had served a president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, now the Baltimore Association of Commerce; as one of the governors of the Maryland Club and as a member of the board of managers of the Spring Grove State Hospital.
Son of the late Representative Barnes Compton and Mrs Margaret Hollyday Sothoron Compton, Mr Compton was born in Charles County in 1863. He was educated in the public schools and later was sent to complete his preparation for college at George C Carey's private school. After completing his term at the school he elected to enter the business world rather than continue his education. He then obtained his first position with Whitely Bros.
Becomes Traveling Salesman
Later he became a traveling salesman for the firm, but left the dry goods business in 1885 to become chief delivery clerk of the Old Bay Line at Norfolk. In 1903 he returned to Baltimore to become general freight and passenger agent for the company. Six years later he accepted the vice-presidency of the Chesapeake Line. He succeeded Reuben Foster as president three months later.
Mr Compton married Miss Sally Tayloe, daughter of Gen H A Tayloe, of Richmond county, VA, in October, 1888. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven sons, Barnes Compton, Dr Henry Taylor Compton, Key Compton Jr, Hollyday Sothoron Compton, William Randall Compton, Beverley Crump Compton and Sothoron Compton.
Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) 06 May 1927, Fri Pg 30
More Info:
# 79484263 - Key Compton Jr b 5 Mar 1895 Norfolk, VA d 19 Jan 1932 Savannah, GA - PVT Co D, 110th Battalion, Field Artillary, 29th MD Division
# 82298746 - Key Compton III b 30 Jan 1924 Savannah, GA d 1 Nov 1952 Savannah, GA - Originally buried 3 Nov 1952 at Greenwich Cemetery - Reburied 19 Jul 1983 at Bonaventure.
[Contributor: Theresa Cloud Dancer Buchanan (47848063)]
Chesapeake Co. President For 17 Years Succumbs After Operation
Served as Official of Old M & M Body
Was Member of Board of Spring Grove Hospital.
Born in Charles County.
Key Compton, president of the Chesapeake Steamship Company, died last night at the Union Memorial Hospital following an abdominal operation. He was taken to the hospital Monday from his home, 219 Woodlawn road, Roland Park, where he had been ill for about two weeks. Mr Compton would have been 64 years old had he lived until the twenty-first of this month.
Mr Compton had been president of the Chesapeake Line since October 1909, His career in the business world began in 1880 when at the age of 17 he took a position as office boy with Whitely Bros. & Co., a wholesale dry goods firm.
Head of Old M and M
In late years he had served a president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, now the Baltimore Association of Commerce; as one of the governors of the Maryland Club and as a member of the board of managers of the Spring Grove State Hospital.
Son of the late Representative Barnes Compton and Mrs Margaret Hollyday Sothoron Compton, Mr Compton was born in Charles County in 1863. He was educated in the public schools and later was sent to complete his preparation for college at George C Carey's private school. After completing his term at the school he elected to enter the business world rather than continue his education. He then obtained his first position with Whitely Bros.
Becomes Traveling Salesman
Later he became a traveling salesman for the firm, but left the dry goods business in 1885 to become chief delivery clerk of the Old Bay Line at Norfolk. In 1903 he returned to Baltimore to become general freight and passenger agent for the company. Six years later he accepted the vice-presidency of the Chesapeake Line. He succeeded Reuben Foster as president three months later.
Mr Compton married Miss Sally Tayloe, daughter of Gen H A Tayloe, of Richmond county, VA, in October, 1888. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven sons, Barnes Compton, Dr Henry Taylor Compton, Key Compton Jr, Hollyday Sothoron Compton, William Randall Compton, Beverley Crump Compton and Sothoron Compton.
Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) 06 May 1927, Fri Pg 30
More Info:
# 79484263 - Key Compton Jr b 5 Mar 1895 Norfolk, VA d 19 Jan 1932 Savannah, GA - PVT Co D, 110th Battalion, Field Artillary, 29th MD Division
# 82298746 - Key Compton III b 30 Jan 1924 Savannah, GA d 1 Nov 1952 Savannah, GA - Originally buried 3 Nov 1952 at Greenwich Cemetery - Reburied 19 Jul 1983 at Bonaventure.
[Contributor: Theresa Cloud Dancer Buchanan (47848063)]
Key Compton, Steamship Line Head, Dies at 63
Chesapeake Co. President For 17 Years Succumbs After Operation
Served as Official of Old M & M Body
Was Member of Board of Spring Grove Hospital.
Born in Charles County.
Key Compton, president of the Chesapeake Steamship Company, died last night at the Union Memorial Hospital following an abdominal operation. He was taken to the hospital Monday from his home, 219 Woodlawn road, Roland Park, where he had been ill for about two weeks. Mr Compton would have been 64 years old had he lived until the twenty-first of this month.
Mr Compton had been president of the Chesapeake Line since October 1909, His career in the business world began in 1880 when at the age of 17 he took a position as office boy with Whitely Bros. & Co., a wholesale dry goods firm.
Head of Old M and M
In late years he had served a president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, now the Baltimore Association of Commerce; as one of the governors of the Maryland Club and as a member of the board of managers of the Spring Grove State Hospital.
Son of the late Representative Barnes Compton and Mrs Margaret Hollyday Sothoron Compton, Mr Compton was born in Charles County in 1863. He was educated in the public schools and later was sent to complete his preparation for college at George C Carey's private school. After completing his term at the school he elected to enter the business world rather than continue his education. He then obtained his first position with Whitely Bros.
Becomes Traveling Salesman
Later he became a traveling salesman for the firm, but left the dry goods business in 1885 to become chief delivery clerk of the Old Bay Line at Norfolk. In 1903 he returned to Baltimore to become general freight and passenger agent for the company. Six years later he accepted the vice-presidency of the Chesapeake Line. He succeeded Reuben Foster as president three months later.
Mr Compton married Miss Sally Tayloe, daughter of Gen H A Tayloe, of Richmond county, VA, in October, 1888. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven sons, Barnes Compton, Dr Henry Taylor Compton, Key Compton Jr, Hollyday Sothoron Compton, William Randall Compton, Beverley Crump Compton and Sothoron Compton.
Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) 06 May 1927, Fri Pg 30
More Info:
# 79484263 - Key Compton Jr b 5 Mar 1895 Norfolk, VA d 19 Jan 1932 Savannah, GA - PVT Co D, 110th Battalion, Field Artillary, 29th MD Division
# 82298746 - Key Compton III b 30 Jan 1924 Savannah, GA d 1 Nov 1952 Savannah, GA - Originally buried 3 Nov 1952 at Greenwich Cemetery - Reburied 19 Jul 1983 at Bonaventure.
[Contributor: Theresa Cloud Dancer Buchanan (47848063)]
Chesapeake Co. President For 17 Years Succumbs After Operation
Served as Official of Old M & M Body
Was Member of Board of Spring Grove Hospital.
Born in Charles County.
Key Compton, president of the Chesapeake Steamship Company, died last night at the Union Memorial Hospital following an abdominal operation. He was taken to the hospital Monday from his home, 219 Woodlawn road, Roland Park, where he had been ill for about two weeks. Mr Compton would have been 64 years old had he lived until the twenty-first of this month.
Mr Compton had been president of the Chesapeake Line since October 1909, His career in the business world began in 1880 when at the age of 17 he took a position as office boy with Whitely Bros. & Co., a wholesale dry goods firm.
Head of Old M and M
In late years he had served a president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, now the Baltimore Association of Commerce; as one of the governors of the Maryland Club and as a member of the board of managers of the Spring Grove State Hospital.
Son of the late Representative Barnes Compton and Mrs Margaret Hollyday Sothoron Compton, Mr Compton was born in Charles County in 1863. He was educated in the public schools and later was sent to complete his preparation for college at George C Carey's private school. After completing his term at the school he elected to enter the business world rather than continue his education. He then obtained his first position with Whitely Bros.
Becomes Traveling Salesman
Later he became a traveling salesman for the firm, but left the dry goods business in 1885 to become chief delivery clerk of the Old Bay Line at Norfolk. In 1903 he returned to Baltimore to become general freight and passenger agent for the company. Six years later he accepted the vice-presidency of the Chesapeake Line. He succeeded Reuben Foster as president three months later.
Mr Compton married Miss Sally Tayloe, daughter of Gen H A Tayloe, of Richmond county, VA, in October, 1888. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven sons, Barnes Compton, Dr Henry Taylor Compton, Key Compton Jr, Hollyday Sothoron Compton, William Randall Compton, Beverley Crump Compton and Sothoron Compton.
Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) 06 May 1927, Fri Pg 30
More Info:
# 79484263 - Key Compton Jr b 5 Mar 1895 Norfolk, VA d 19 Jan 1932 Savannah, GA - PVT Co D, 110th Battalion, Field Artillary, 29th MD Division
# 82298746 - Key Compton III b 30 Jan 1924 Savannah, GA d 1 Nov 1952 Savannah, GA - Originally buried 3 Nov 1952 at Greenwich Cemetery - Reburied 19 Jul 1983 at Bonaventure.
[Contributor: Theresa Cloud Dancer Buchanan (47848063)]
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