Person:Marshall Compton (2)

According to the Warren Republican Newspaper index, he was the son of John and Cora, and married 3 times to Asenath Foster, Mrs. Hannah Hiser, and Mrs. Nancy J. Nelson. There is a notice for Mrs. Hannah 'Crumpton' in 1858.

 According to a WorldConnect, he married Asenath Foster (1816-1856), daughter to Richard Foster and Rachel Browning, and had children John 1838, Mary 1840, Frank 1842, Henry C. 1850 -- all in Pike Co., Ohio {'Suddath and Freeman Families' by Bob Suddath, updated Jan 2007, <www.rootsweb.com>, 13 Jan 2008}
 In the 1850 census for Steuben, Warren Co., Indiana, he is listed as:"Crumfeld Marshal 38 Farmer 2,200 Ohio; Asenith 34 OH; John 19 Farmer OH; Seth 18 Farmer OH; George 10 M OH; King 8 OH; William 6 OH; Francis 3 Ind; and Henry C. 11/12 Ind." {p. 20b, <http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/warren/1850/pg0014b.txt>}
 In the 1860 census for Steuben, Marshal 'Cumpton' [also indexed as 'Compstock'] is 48, farmer from Ohio, with Nancy 26 Illinois, Seth C. 21 Ohio, George W. 20, King B. 17, William R. 14,  -- all born Ohio, Francis M. 12 Illinois; and [Nancy's daughters] Mary Nelson 6 and Margaret Nelson 4 -- both born Illinois. {p. 614 roll 305 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1870 census for Steuben, Warren Co., Indiana, Marshall 'Campton' is 56, farmer from Ohio; with Nancy J. 34 IN; Seth 29 OH, King 27 OH, Frank 20 IN; Emma A. 8 IN; Charles W. 6 IN; Jesse 3 (male); and Margaret Nelson 13 . 
 In the 1880 census in Steuben Warren Co., Indiana, Marshal Compton is 68 OH, farming; with wife Nancy J. IN (father VA, mother IN); and children Allie 19 IN; and Charles 17 IN.  Also in the household are Ray Barwich 7 IN and son Francis 30 IN 'clerk in dry good' (parents OH). {Page 62B} Sons John F. and King B. are listed in Vermillion Co., Indiana.  Wm. Russell's widow and son are listed with her brother William Cronkhite in Steuben.
 "Obit, Marshal Compton: son of John and Cora, 1st Asenath Foster, children: Henry (dead), William (dead); 2nd Mrs. Hannah Hiser; 3rd Mrs. Nancy J. Nelson, stepdaughters Mary & Maggie; children: Chas. W.; Alice; Jesse (dead)." {<http://grins.freeservers.com/warren_co.htm>}
 Son John Foster Compton served as representative in Illinois State Assembly. {'History of the Republican Party of Indiana' 1899, <www.heritagequest.com>}
 Marshall, Asenath, their children Henry, Jesse and William Russell, and Marshall's (second or third) wife Nancy are buried in Redwood Cemetery in Warren Co. {<findagrave.com>}

1.   Warren Republican Newspaper notices. (<http://grins.freeservers.com/warren_co_,_in.htm>).