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Born 1848, Jackson township
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
COMPTON JOHN M., Coshocton; attorney; born February 3, 1848, in Jackson township, this county, worked on the farm and attended public school until he was nineteen years of age, when he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-seventh 0. V. I., and served to the close of the war. On his return he completed his education by going to fichool and teaching. In 1867 he entered as a.student in the law office of Lee and Pomerene and was admitted to practice in 1869, and since that time he has given his entire attention to his profession. Attorney Compton was elected Mayor of the city in 1872 and re-elected in 1874, serving two consecutive terms. Mayor Compton was married June 2, 1870, to Miss- Camilla Burns, of Jackson township. The result of this union is four children, viz: Charles B., William M., Jessie iind Edward C. Mr. C. takes an active interest in educational affairs.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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