Born in South Carolina the son of Clarence Compton and Mary Ann Brandt. Married Fannie Bolen, one child Joseph. Married Maggie Carson, no children.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6S4-XN7 : 20 February 2021), Joseph Compton in household of Clarence Compton, Heyward, Colleton, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 110, sheet 474A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,226.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RH-B5Q : accessed 2 November 2021), Joseph Compton in household of Clarence Compton, Sycamore Township Sycamore, Ulmers towns, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 3A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,518.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M56V-XTT : accessed 2 November 2021), Joe H Compton, Liberty, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 11B, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1470; FHL microfilm 1,375,483.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K463-46P : 11 January 2021), J H Compton, Liberty Township, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-34, sheet 3A, line 1, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3830.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG1L-9VX : 23 February 2021), Joseph H. Compton, 16 Sep 1949; citing , Compton, Joseph H., 1949, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,398,922.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph: