. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. THE HAMPTONS. 173 oldest, and Wade, the youngest, are farmers inMissouri. W. O. Hampton is a lawyer, but is en-gaged in commercial pursuits. He lives in Cat-lettsburg, as does his brother, C. H. Hampton, whois a large capitalist and trader. John W. Hamptonpracticed law with great success until 1882, Avhenhe laid aside his law business, took up the Bible,and went to proclaiming the Gospel to a dyingworld. He hasfilled the pulpit ofthe Methodist Epis-copal Church,South,in Charleston ando
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. THE HAMPTONS. 173 oldest, and Wade, the youngest, are farmers inMissouri. W. O. Hampton is a lawyer, but is en-gaged in commercial pursuits. He lives in Cat-lettsburg, as does his brother, C. H. Hampton, whois a large capitalist and trader. John W. Hamptonpracticed law with great success until 1882, Avhenhe laid aside his law business, took up the Bible,and went to proclaiming the Gospel to a dyingworld. He hasfilled the pulpit ofthe Methodist Epis-copal Church,South,in Charleston andother places, withgreat acceptability,and is now the pop-ular pastor of theAshland Church ofhis wife is thedaughter of Ireland. Sheis a lady of rare intelligence, having received hereducation at Vassar College. The daughter marriedDr. Barnett. Both husband and wife are dead,leaving two bright sons in good financial cir-cumstances. Levi J. Hampton, like his brother William,was a remarkable man among the old pioneers atthe Mouth. He came along about the same MRS. WILLIAM HAMPTON. 174 THE BIG SANDY VALLEY. and led, as long as he lived, as busy a life as didWilliam. He was a man like Miles Standish, of won-derful force of character and determined will. Helived for a while in Brown County, Ohio, where hemarried Elizabeth Henderson, a lady of intelligenceand great force of character, and, like her other sixsisters, who all married men that became prominentin the higher active business pursuits of life, shewas a lady who filled the relations of wife, mother,friend, and neighbor with a luster of undimmedbrilliancy. Mr. Hampton, soon after marriage, came backto the Mouth of the Sandy, which was about 1845or 46, and ever after made the place his home,being some time engaged in timbering, timber-dealing, general trading, and hotel-keeping. Hewas a man of ardent temperament, and when hemade up his mind to do any thing, he did it withhis might. While he was a
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