Hand Drawn Map of Compton Family Cemetery
Compton Family Cemetery
This is a hand drawn map of the Compton Family Cemetery. The Cemetery is enclosed by a wrought iron fence and is roughly 30 x 30. To the left is a line of trees, and on the other side of the trees is the house in which the Comptons resided. In front of the cemetery is Henderson Road.
In the back left are Felix and Eloise Compton, the patriarch and matriarch of the family.
To their right is son George, daughter Mittie, and son Harry Compton. All three died at a young age between the years of 1892-1898.
To the right of the three siblings are the two infant sons of Rebecca Compton and her husband Joseph Brown.
In front of them, there is a separate enclosure. In this enclosure is Eppa Compton, son of Felix and Eloise, and his daughter Edith, who died at a young age.
In front of this enclosure is Leroy Compton, who died at a young age. He is the son of Perry F. Compton, grandson of Felix and Eloise Compton.
To the right of Leroy Compton is Perry Lee Compton Jr. He is the grandson of Perry F. Compton and great-grandson of Felix and Eloise Compton. He is the most recent burial (1991).
Kara Bowman
May 11, 2011
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New Trial for Perry Lee Compton
Perry Lee Compton
This article from the Washington Post describes how the Virginia Court of Appeals reversed and demanded a retrial for Perry Lee Compton.
It was found that the chicken house that he stole from could not be considered part of the dwelling because it was over 75 feet away.
Kara Bowman
Washington Post
October 11, 1949
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Perry Lee Compton Gets Jail Time
Perry Lee Compton
In this article from the Washington Post, Perry Lee Compton received two additional years on his sentence for bringing his 2 sons, both minors, along during his chicken raid.
He was given two years for "contributing to the delinquency of minors."
He had already been sentenced to 8 years and 11 months for stealing chickens and shooting the man who owned the chicken house.
Kara Bowman
Washington Post
March 29, 1949
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Perry Lee Compton Indicted
Perry Lee Compton
This article in the Washington Post describes the indictment of Perry Lee Compton on charges for housebreaking and grand larceny.
Over a nine month period Compton and several others stole various items including a cow and chickens.
In the one case, in which Compton attempted to steal chickens from a chicken house in Annandale, a gun fight ensued.
Kara Bowman
Washington Post
July 20, 1948
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Perry Lee Compton Obituary
Perry Lee Compton
This is the obituary for Perry Lee Compton, son of Perry F. Compton, in the Washington Times on January 12, 1980.
Kara Bowman
Washington Times
January 12, 1980
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Perry Lee Compton Reform School
Perry Lee Compton
This is an image from the Fairfax Herald that states that Perry Lee Compton, son of Perry F. Compton, was arrested for the stealing of a bike. He was found guilty and was sent to the State Reform School until the age of 21.
Kara Bowman
Fairfax Herald
1920s
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Perry F. Compton Obituary
Perry F. Compton
This is the obituary for Mr. Perry F. Compton, son of Felix and Eloise Compton, who died in 1956.
He is the father to Perry Lee Compton and grand-father to Perry Lee Compton Jr.
Kara Bowman
Fairfax Herald
1956
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Perry Compton Buys House
Perry Compton
This is an image of a news article that states that Mr. Perry Compton has bought a home in Clifton from Ms. Amanda Detwiler.
The house he bought was the house in which he grew up in.
Kara Bowman
Fairfax Herald
1927
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Fairfax County Library
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Obituary for Leroy Compton
Leroy Compton
This is a picture of the obituary for Leroy Compton from the Fairfax Herald in 1909.
It states:
"We extend to Mr. and Mrs. Makely our deepest sympathy in the loss of their child; also to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Compton in the loss of a child, both having passed away one day last week."
Kara Bowman
Fairfax Herald
1909
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Photo of Compton Family Cemetery
Compton Cemetery
This is a picture of the Compton Family Cemetery.
Kara Bowman
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