Son of Madison Jenkins and Susan Caroline Harris Hampton. Husband of (1) Rebecca Klyce Hampton and (2) Arabella Martin Hampton. He was the founder of J.H. Hampton Buggy Company and Hampton Wagon Works.
More information below was provided by contributor "deegraver:
"He was part owner of the Hampton Buggy Company. It was organized in 1879 by J.H. Hampton, his son W.W. Hampton, D.F. King and J.M. Hopper. It consisted of 3 buildings on Washington Street in Leaksville, N.C.
About 1000 buggies, surreys and hacks were built here every year. They were sold to customers throughout N.C., S.C. and VA. The company employed 35 men, most spending much of their life working for the company. Sales began to fall off around the start of WWI. In 1919 the factory stopped building buggies but continued to maintain a repair shop and assemble an occasional buggy from parts on hand. The last buggy was sold in 1927."
More information below was provided by contributor "deegraver:
"He was part owner of the Hampton Buggy Company. It was organized in 1879 by J.H. Hampton, his son W.W. Hampton, D.F. King and J.M. Hopper. It consisted of 3 buildings on Washington Street in Leaksville, N.C.
About 1000 buggies, surreys and hacks were built here every year. They were sold to customers throughout N.C., S.C. and VA. The company employed 35 men, most spending much of their life working for the company. Sales began to fall off around the start of WWI. In 1919 the factory stopped building buggies but continued to maintain a repair shop and assemble an occasional buggy from parts on hand. The last buggy was sold in 1927."
Son of Madison Jenkins and Susan Caroline Harris Hampton. Husband of (1) Rebecca Klyce Hampton and (2) Arabella Martin Hampton. He was the founder of J.H. Hampton Buggy Company and Hampton Wagon Works.
More information below was provided by contributor "deegraver:
"He was part owner of the Hampton Buggy Company. It was organized in 1879 by J.H. Hampton, his son W.W. Hampton, D.F. King and J.M. Hopper. It consisted of 3 buildings on Washington Street in Leaksville, N.C.
About 1000 buggies, surreys and hacks were built here every year. They were sold to customers throughout N.C., S.C. and VA. The company employed 35 men, most spending much of their life working for the company. Sales began to fall off around the start of WWI. In 1919 the factory stopped building buggies but continued to maintain a repair shop and assemble an occasional buggy from parts on hand. The last buggy was sold in 1927."
More information below was provided by contributor "deegraver:
"He was part owner of the Hampton Buggy Company. It was organized in 1879 by J.H. Hampton, his son W.W. Hampton, D.F. King and J.M. Hopper. It consisted of 3 buildings on Washington Street in Leaksville, N.C.
About 1000 buggies, surreys and hacks were built here every year. They were sold to customers throughout N.C., S.C. and VA. The company employed 35 men, most spending much of their life working for the company. Sales began to fall off around the start of WWI. In 1919 the factory stopped building buggies but continued to maintain a repair shop and assemble an occasional buggy from parts on hand. The last buggy was sold in 1927."
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