David Franklin Compton Sr. (1904 - 1977)

Ancestors

Died 3 Jun 1977 at age 73 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: David Franklin /Compton/ Sr.^[2][3][4]

Name: David /Compton/^[5]

Name: F Davis /Compton/^[6]

Name: David /Compton/^[7]

Name: David /Campton/^[8]

Name: David F. /Compton/ Sr^[9]

Name: David F. /Compton/ Sr^[10]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using David Franklin /Compton/ Sr..

Birth

Birth: Balch, Jackson, Arkansas, USA

Date: 29 APR 1904^[11][12][13]

Birth:

Date: 1903

Place: Arkansas, USA

Birth:

Date: 1905

Place: Arkansas, USA^[14]

Birth:

Date: 1904

Place: Arkansas, USA^[15]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 29 APR 1904

Death

Death:

Date: 03 JUN 1977

Place: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA^[16]

Death: Died of cirrhosis of the liver at St. Francis Hospital at 4:20 am.

Date: JUN 1977

Place: Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA^[17][18]

Death: Age: 73

Date: 1977^[19]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 03 JUN 1977Array

Residence

Residence: 105 S. Main St.

Date: BET 1943 AND 1977

Place: Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA^[20]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Cache, Jackson County, Arkansas, USA^[21]

Residence: Remmel, Jackson, Arkansas, USA^[22]

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Cache, Jackson County, Arkansas, USA^[23]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Cache, Jackson County, Arkansas, USA^[24]

Residence: Justice Precinct 2

Date: 1910

Place: Hill, Texas, USA^[25]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 06 JUN 1977

Place: Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA

Burial:

Place: Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA^[26]

Burial:

Place: Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA^[27]

Event

Event:

Type: SSN issued

Place: Arkansas, USA^[28]

Height

Height: 6 ft. 2 in.

Medical Entry

Medical Entry: David struggled with alcholism most of his adult life and ultimately succumbed to cirrhosis of the liver.

Note

Note: #N280

PHOTO

PHOTO @M32@

Object

Object: @M32@

Object: @M55@

Object: @M74@

Object: @M81@

Object: @M116@

Object: @M214@

Object: @M326@

Object: @M330@

Object: @M337@

Object: @M380@

Object: @M482@

Object: @M1905@

Object: @M1906@

Object: @M1907@

Object: @M1916@

Object: @M1917@

Marriage

Husband: David Franklin Compton

Wife: @I3712@

Child: @I3708@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I3713@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I2285@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage: Remmel, Jackson, Arkansas, USA

Date: 19 APR 1925^[29]

Note: #N313

Sources

1. ↑ Compton-1606 was created by Steve Compton through the import of Compton Legacy_2015-05-09.ged on May 9, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Cache, Jackson, Arkansas; Roll: 78; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 205.0. Data: Text: Record for David Campton Object: @M689@
3. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Cache, Jackson, Arkansas; Roll: 78; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 205.0. Data: Text: Record for Bertie Campton Object: @M689@
4. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Birdie Alby
5. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David Compton
6. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Cache, Jackson, Arkansas, ED , roll , page , image 756. Data: Text: Record for H Rubin Compton Object: @M758@
7. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David Compton
8. ↑ Source: #S64 Page: Database online. Justice Precinct 2, Hill, Texas, ED , roll T624_1564, part , page . Data: Text: Record for Ruben H Campton Object: @M606@
9. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr
10. ↑ Source: #S412 Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=96224739&indiv=try
11. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David Compton
12. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr
13. ↑ Source: #S412 Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=96224739&indiv=try
14. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Cache, Jackson, Arkansas, ED , roll , page , image 756. Data: Text: Record for H Rubin Compton Object: @M758@
15. ↑ Source: #S64 Page: Database online. Justice Precinct 2, Hill, Texas, ED , roll T624_1564, part , page . Data: Text: Record for Ruben H Campton Object: @M606@
16. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr
17. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David Compton
18. ↑ Source: #S117 Object: @M353@
19. ↑ Source: #S412 Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=96224739&indiv=try
20. ↑ Source: #S83
21. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Cache, Jackson, Arkansas; Roll: 78; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 205.0. Data: Text: Record for David Campton Object: @M689@
22. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Birdie Alby
23. ↑ Source: #S53 Page: Database online. Cache, Jackson, Arkansas, ED , roll , page , image 756. Data: Text: Record for H Rubin Compton Object: @M758@
24. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Cache, Jackson, Arkansas; Roll: 78; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 205.0. Data: Text: Record for Bertie Campton Object: @M689@
25. ↑ Source: #S64 Page: Database online. Justice Precinct 2, Hill, Texas, ED , roll T624_1564, part , page . Data: Text: Record for Ruben H Campton Object: @M606@
26. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr
27. ↑ Source: #S412 Data: Text: Record for David F. Compton Sr LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=96224739&indiv=try
28. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for David Compton
29. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas Co Data: Text: Marriage license applied for on 17 Apr 1925. Birdie age 18 David age 21. Both resided in Remmel, Jackson, Arkansas

• Source: S117 Title: Death Cerificate for David F. Compton, Sr
• Source: S206 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S229 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Oklahoma, Find A Grave Index, 1834-2011 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R2 NOTEFind A Grave, : Find A Grave
• Source: S412 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1 NOTEFind A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S47 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; Repository: #R2 NOTESocial Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, : Social Security Administration
• Source: S53 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005; Repository: #R2 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920
• Source: S54 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002; Repository: #R2 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930
• Source: S64 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910
• Source: S83 Title: According to his grandson, Steve Compton

Notes

Note N280David Franklin Compton Sr. was born on April 29, 1904 in Balch, Arkansas. His middle name was probably in honor of his mother's uncle Baker Franklin Balch. David Franklin graduated from Remmel high school and began farming with an uncle on his mother's side and later with this father. He married Birdie Alice Alby on April 18, 1925.

According to his son, D. Franklin, after David and Birdie married they lived in Remmel, Arkansas from 1925 until 1934 where he helped on Birdie's uncle, John Marks, on his farm. Their three children: David Franklin Jr., James Alby (Tooter), and Betty Margaret were all born in Remmel. D. Franklin remembers that Uncle John would let him ride along in a horse drawn wagon to Newport on July 3. There he would visit the sawmill to fill the wagon with sawdust and the ice plant to buy a 300 pound block of ice. They would load this in the wagon and cover it with sawdust for the trip home. There they would dump it in the shade of tree and cover the ice with tarps. The next day on the 4th of July, everyone would gather to make ice cream.

The family moved to Shauffner, Arkansas in 1934 where David operated a cotton gin until 1938. Dee remembers riding the bus from Shauffner to Newport to attend school. Sometimes he would spend the night with uncle George Marks who owned a shoe store and repair shop in Newport near the Jackson County Courthouse. One day, uncle George bought D. Franklin a bicycle one year which became his prize possession. In Shauffner they lived across the street from the general store and the cotton gin. They had no electricity in house, but the gin and the store had lights that rand on batteries charged by gasoline generators. The gin itself ran on steam power fueled by wood fires.

In 1938 the family moved to Steele, Missouri for one year from 1938-39 where David continued to work as a cotton gin operator. D. Franklin remembers the house as the nicest one they had lived in with both electricy and running water. The next year, however, they moved again to Lambert, Mississippi, where David had found a year round job opering a cotton gin. Year-round work was hard to find in the cotton business, so they felt fortunate to have this job. The family stayed there from 1939 to 1943. They lived in house next to the cotton gin. This house had a pump outside for water and an outdoor toilet. They burned wood to heat and cook. Grandpa built a wood trough to pump cold well water into. This was used to store milk and other perishables. They had one cow for milk. D.Franklin says the cow was ornery and would kick David when he tried to milk it. D. Franklin remembers the cow climbing on top pile of wood and grandpa had to milk her there. David built a workshop behind the house where he would sharpen plows and do other repair work for local farmers. He was always a good fisherman and used this skill to supplement the family's diet with fresh fish. D. Franklin says that David got in some kind of trouble with his bosses at the gin company and was fired in the middle of ginning season in 1943.

In 1943 the family moved to Bixby, Oklahoma, just a few months before Birdie's father, Theodore "Dad" Alby died.

At first the family lived with Birdie's sister Idella, her husband Shorty Kafer and their daughter Colleen on Needles Street in Bixby. They then moved to a rented place at 206 S. Main Street. Birdie's father and brother Ted lived just a block away at 305 S. Main St. When Dad Alby, passed away in December of 1943, he left the house to Ted who had marrried the previous summer. Ted and his new wife Billie soon left Bixby for California and graciously allowed Birdie and David's family live at 305 S. Main rent free for many years.

Birdie's other brother Roman Alby operated a Sun-Ray DX gas station in Bixby and was able to connect David Sr. with a job at the company's oil refinery in Tulsa. David continued working there until he retired in 1963.

He died in Tulsa on June 3, 1977.

The following account was published in the book A History of the Bixby Area, Centennial Edition, 2007, Bixby Historical Society.

David and Birdie (Alby) Compton

David (1904-1976) and Birdie (1907-1998) Compton came to Bixby in 1943 from Lambert, Mississippi. O-K Refinery employed David as a diesel mechanic. After 21 years, David retired in 1964. David's family, five sisters and one brother and his parents, all resided in eastern Arkansas. Birdie's family resided in Bixby from the 1920s on. Her siblings were Roman and Ted Alby and Idella (Alby) Kafer. Her father was Theodore "Dad" Alby.

Dave and Birdie's children are David F. Jr. James and Betty M. There are eight grandchildren: Steven, Debbie, David, Larry, Gail, Cash, Danna and Stacy. Those eight have provided 12 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

David was a long-time member of the Odd Fellows. He loved deer hunting in Colorado and fishing at Fort Gibson below the dam. David lost a friend in a boating accident at Fort Gibson in 1948. Dave, Roman Alby, Joe Saker, Dr. Burris and George Rooks were fishing below the Coffer Dam. Part of the group went out in a boat, and the undertow pulled the boat under. Roman and Joe Saker escaped, but George Rooks drowned. It took a long time before Dave went fishing again.

Birdie was an excellent vegetable and flower gardener. Most Sundays she'd cook a dinner for her children; all would watch NFL football and enjoy Birdie's dinner and desserts.

Thirty-four descendants live in Oklahoma around Bixby. The exception is Steven, who lives in Minneapolis.

Submitted by Tooter Compton [James Alby Compton]

Obituary from the Tulsa Tribune

June 3, 1977

COMPTON--David F.--age 73 of Bixby, passed away Friday, he was a machinist for Sunray DX, survived by; his wife Birdie of the home; 2 sons, James A. (Tooter), D. Franklin, both of Bixby; 1 Daughter; Mrs. Red (Betty) Stevenson, Leonard, Okla. 8 Grandchildren; 4 Great Grandchildren, 5 sisters; Services 10 a.m. Monday at the Leonard Funeral Home Chapel, with interment Bixby Cemetery. Leonard of Bixby.