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Died	July 2nd, 1872
Died at...	Sault St. Marie
Cause of Death	At his post, Engineer on lake steamer
Burial Place	Brooklyn cemetery, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [575] - Mary Eliza (Blish or "Blush"?) Compton 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [889] Edward C. Compton 8 b. No Entry c. ? II [890] Louis D. Compton 8 b. No Entry c. ?

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Personalized History Timeline, 1772 to 1872

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 36 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 62 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 48 1772: Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 0 1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 0 to age 3 1773: Boston Tea Party at age 1 1774: 1st Continental Congress meets at age 2 1775-1782: British war in India from age 3 to age 10 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against the British from age 3 to age 11 1776: Declaration of Independence at age 4 1778: France joins war against Britan at age 6 1778: Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 6 1780: Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 8 1781: Uranus discovered at age 9 1783: 1st working hot air balloon at age 11 1784: Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 12 1786: The Dollar is adopted at age 14 1786: First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 14 1787: New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 15 1787: Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 15 1787: Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 15 1787: Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 15 1788: Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 16 1788: South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 16 1788: Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 16 1788: Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 16 1788: Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 16 1788: New York enters the union - 11th at age 16 1788: Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 16 1788: Constitution goes into effect at age 16 1788: New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 16 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from age 17 to age 24 1789: North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 17 1789: US Army Established at age 17 1790: 1st official US census at age 18 1790: Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 18 1790: Coast Guard Established at age 18 1791: Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 19 1791: Vermont enters the union -14th at age 19 1792: Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 20 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from age 20 to age 43 1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 20 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 21 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 21 1794: US Post Office Established at age 22 1794: US Navy Established at age 22 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 22 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 24 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 24 to age 28 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 24 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 24 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 26 to age 28 1798: Lithography at age 26 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 26 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 26 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 27 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 28 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 28 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 28 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 28 to age 37 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 30 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 31 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 31 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 31 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 32 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 32 to age 34 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 33 1805: Morphine isolated at age 33 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 35 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 36 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 36 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 37 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 37 to age 44 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 38 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 38 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 40 to age 42 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 40 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 40 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 43 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 43 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 43 1816: Stethoscope at age 44 1816: Photographic Negative at age 44 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 44 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 45 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 45 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 45 to age 53 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 45 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 45 to age 52 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 45 to age 51 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 46 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 46 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 47 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 47 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 47 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 48 to age 58 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 48 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 49 1821: 1st US women's college at age 49 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 49 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 49 to age 57 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 50 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 52 1824: Erie canal finished at age 52 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 52 to age 56 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 54 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 55 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 55 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 55 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 56 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 56 to age 64 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 56 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 57 to age 79 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 57 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 58 to age 88 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 58 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 58 to age 65 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 60 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 61 1833: Telegraph at age 61 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 62 1835: Halley's Comet at age 63 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 63 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 63 to age 70 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 64 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 64 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 64 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 65 to age 68 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 65 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 65 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 65 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 66 to age 67 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 67 to age 70 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 69 to age 72 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 70 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 72 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 73 to age 76 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 73 to age 77 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 73 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 73 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 74 to age 76 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 74 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 76 to age 84 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 76 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 76 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 76 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 77 to age 80 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 77 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 78 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 78 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 78 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 78 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 78 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 79 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 80 to age 87 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 81 to age 84 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 81 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 82 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 82 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 82 to age 84 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 85 to age 88 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 85 to age 94 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 85 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 86 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 86 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 87 1859: Oil Well at age 87 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 87 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 88 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 88 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 89 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 89 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 89 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 89 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 89 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 89 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 89 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 89 to age 93 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 89 1861-1865: Civil War from age 89 to age 93 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 89 to age 93 1862: US Homestead act at age 90 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 91 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 91 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 91 until after line end 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 91 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 91 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 91 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 92 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 92 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 93 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 93 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 93 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 94 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 94 to age 96 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 95 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 95 1867: Dynamite at age 95 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 95 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 95 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 96 until after line end 1869: Suez canal opened at age 97 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 97 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 97 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 97 until after line end 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 97 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 98 1870: US black men can vote at age 98 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 98 to age 99 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 99

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