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Ira Stout Compton

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Ira Stout Compton
b. 19 July 1810 Hamilton Co., Ohio
d. 7 May 1884 Montgomery Co, Indiana
bur. Bunker Hill Cemetery (formerly Stonebraker), Montgomery Co., Indiana

Ira Stout Compton

Ira Stout Compton

m/1.
Martha Campbell
d. 1840 Montgomery Co., Indiana

m/2. 8 Feb 1849 Montgomery Co., Indiana
Judith Vaughn
b. 26 July 1821 Alamo, Montgomery Co., Indiana
d. 18 Oct 1893 Montgomery Co., Indiana
bur. Bunker Hill Cemetery (formerly Stonebraker), Montgomery Co., Indiana
*Ira was Judith’s second husband. Her first was William A. Stonebraker

Children with Martha Campbell

  • Hannah (1836-)
  • Jane (1838-)

Children with Judith Vaughn

  • Hampton (1850-)
  • Newton (1852-)
  • Leah (1854-)
  • Martha (1861-1930) m. James Wilson Lee

Ira was born in Ohio to Nathan Compton and Sarah Jane Hawkins. He was settled in Montgomery County, Indiana by the 1840s and married first, Martha Campbell, and then Judith Vaughn. Judith was the daughter of James Vaughn and Nancy Jones. Both Ira and Judith are buried at Bunker Hill Cemetery.

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Sandra Rackard
Mobile, AL
E-mail: SRackard@bellsouth.net

Robert Earl Lee

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Robert Earl Lee
b. 2 February 1891, Alamo, Indiana, to James Wilson and Martha (Compton) Lee
d. 3 March 1971, Gateswood, Baldwin County, Alabama

m. 5 December 1911, Perdido, Alabama
Mildred Cecil Perry
b. 9 October 1890, Americus, Georgia, to John Edward and Lizzie Craig (Collins) Perry
d. 5 March 1957, Meridian, Mississippi

Children with Mildred Cecil Perry:

  • Sylvia Lucille (1912-2005) married Rufus Theodore William
  • Roy Edward (1913-1976) married Valla Mae Bonifay
  • James Durwood (1918-1920)
  • Bertha Vermell (b. 1919) married (1) Willis Vardaman Newman, (2) Roy Preslar, (3) Denny Roy Ard
  • Cecil Earl (1921-1991) married Alice Ree Lambert
  • Viola Vellina (b. 1924) married Lonnie Lorenza Paul
  • Elver Orlando (b. 1927) married Doris Carnley
  • Imogene (b. 1929) married David Eugene Tolbert
  • Trez Vann (b. 1932) married (1) Phillip Arlen Meetze, (2) John Wayne Rudder

Earl Lee’s great-great grandfather settled in Vigo County, Indiana, in 1817. He came from North Carolina via Kentucky and Ohio. His name was James Lee and he is buried in Prairie Creek Cemetery in Vigo County. The DAR has place a marker on his grave for service in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Earl moved south to Alabama in 1904 as a young boy with his parents. They were looking for a milder climate and cheap land. They found both in Alabama! Earl was a farmer and a carpenter. He is buried in the Clear Springs Cemetery in Baldwin County, Alabama.

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Sandra Rackard
Mobile AL
E-mail: srackard@bellsouth.net

Jacob Redpath

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Jacob Redpath
b. 17 October 1841, Delaware County, Indiana, to Charles and Jane Redpath
d. 28 May 1918, Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado

m. 9 October 1864, Marion, Grant County, Indiana
Temperance Ann Carmichael
b. 23 July 1840, Delaware County, Indiana, to Patrick and Margaret “Peggy” (Lee) Carmichael
d. 21 March 1915, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Children with Temperance Ann Carmichael:

  • Emma Rnetta (1865-1949) married Edwin F. Lampshire
  • William L. (1867-1891)
  • Zachariah (1870-1872)
  • James Edward (1872-1919) married Eva Smith
  • Louis Harlen (1874-bef. 1915)
  • Henry Leroy (1876-1901)
  • Lola Jane (1881-1958) married Robert McDaniel
  • Daniel

Jacob lived in Delaware, Grant, and Randolph counties while in Indiana. He was a farmer and served in the Civil War from Indiana, but moved to Colorado in 1878. He first settled in Park County, Colorado, and later moved to Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Jacob died at the Old Soldier’s Home in Monte Visa, Rio Grande County, and is buried with his wife in Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado.

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Cathy Lampshire
Anaheim CA
E-mail: clampshire@fullerton.edu

Hugh C. Byers

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HUGH C. BYERS
b. 12 August 1897, Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana, to Arthur Fay and Roxie May (Lee) Byers
d. 19 October 1968, San Diego, San Diego County, California

m. 21 December 1921, Ludington, Mason County, Michigan
Ruth Elizabeth Moran
b. 2 April 1901, Ludington, Mason County, Michigan
d. 28 March 1986, Romoland, San Diego County, California

Children with Ruth Elizabeth Moran:

  • Richard
  • Robert
  • John
  • Roxielee
  • Raymond

Hugh lived in Tipton, Tipton County, and Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, before emigrating in 1920.

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Roxielee Ogilvie
Riverside CA

Warren Ferris Lee

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Warren Ferris Lee
b. 19 January 1799, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, to Elisha and Sally (Pitcher) Lee
d. 3 April 1859, Fawn River Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan

m. 16 October 1828
Eliza Maynard Nelson
b. 30 September 1809
d. 24 April 1890, Missouri

Children with Eliza Maynard Nelson:

  • Charles N (b. ca. 1831, New York)
  • Eliza Z. (b. ca. 1838, New York)
  • Henry (b. 1841, Indiana)
  • Mary (31 March 1844–9 June 1910) married Alfred Toll
  • Elizabeth (b. ca. 1848, Michigan)

Warren Ferris Lee moved to St. Joseph County, Indiana, by 1840 and after 1840, to Fawn River, St. Joseph County, Michigan, where he purchased a small flour mill and distillery on Fawn River from a Mr. Freeman. In the 1845 census of St. Joseph County, Michigan, the Lees were living in Fawn River Township.

About 1848, Warren F. Lee served as town clerk of Fawn River Township. But by 1850 the Lee family had moved to LaGrange County, Indiana, where Warren was running an inn called the Lima House with the help of his son Charles. Then in 1858, Warren was back across the state line in Fawn River Township, serving as a delegate to the St. Joseph County, Michigan, Democratic County Convention.

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Paul P. Brinkman
Kansas City MO

John Homer Lee

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John Homer Lee
b. 31 August 1849, Jefferson County, Ohio, to William and Mary Jane (Adams) Lee
d. 20 December 1898, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois

m/1. 9 March 1873, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana
Rebecca Adaline Mitchell
b. 30 December 1845, Parke County, Indiana, to William Durrow and Sarah Foster (Martin) Mitchell
d. 9 January 1879, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois

m/2. 17 August 1879
Julia A. Cain

Children with Rebecca Adaline Mitchell:

  • William Reeder (b. 1874)
  • Barthenia Rose (b. 1875)
  • John Baker (b. 1877)

Children with Julia A. Cain:

  • Harry Cain (b. 1888)

John came from Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1850. He lived in Owen County, Monroe County, and Parke County, Indiana. He left in 1877 for Mitchelsville, Saline County, Illinois. John was in the Ohio Cavalry, Company G, 13th Regiment, in 1864–1865. He was in the 7th U.S. Cavalry at Indianapolis in 1870–71. He taught school while in Indiana and became a physician after moving to Illinois.

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Susan Lee Cook
LaCanada CA

Isaac F Donham

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Isaac F Donham
b. 8 April 1840, Vigo County, Indiana, to Nathaniel (1811-1849) and Mary M. (Lee) Donham
d. 20 July 1919, Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas

m/1. 31 March 1864, Clermont County, Ohio
Elizabeth Donham
b. 4 September 1840, Clermont County, Ohio, to Nathaniel (1818-1881) and Mary (Swem) Donham
d. 30 April 1898, Corbin, Sumner County, Kansas

m/2. after 1898
Jane Pearce

Children with Elizabeth Donham:

  • Cyrus Clayton (1866–1935) married Oakey S. Simons
  • Edger Benton (1868–1949) married Jessie F. Atkinson
  • Hallie (1870–1940) married Charles H. Coffelt
  • Nathaniel (1873–1906) married Alma [–?–]
  • Burlin (1882–1962) married (1) Eva May Pearce, (2) Pearl Edna Watts

The family lived in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, before they emigrated in 1885.

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Carol Chaplin Milbourn
Roanoke VA