Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . om that timeto the present, and in 1880 he was obliged to re-tire altogether from work at his trade. He is anactive member of General Lyon Post No. 266,G. A. R., and politically is a pronounced Repub-lican. In this city, April 4, 1850, he marriedMiss Jane E. Compton, who was born in Decker-town, N. J., being the next to the 3oungest amongsix children.
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . om that timeto the present, and in 1880 he was obliged to re-tire altogether from work at his trade. He is anactive member of General Lyon Post No. 266,G. A. R., and politically is a pronounced Repub-lican. In this city, April 4, 1850, he marriedMiss Jane E. Compton, who was born in Decker-town, N. J., being the next to the 3oungest amongsix children. She was orphaned at the age offive years, and in 1845 came to Middletown,where she was a student in Denton her marriage four children were born, namely:Frank W., who is flagman on the Erie Road atPort Jervis: Heman A., a carpenter at Middle-town; Belle C, widow of Gerard Depeyster Sax-on: and Fred, who is with his parents. Oursubjects son-in-law was the son of DepeysterSaxon and a grandson of Abraham W. Depeyster,at one time Judge of the Supreme Court of NewYork. He was also a lineal descendant of LordSaxon, of England, and a great-great-grandnephew of William Turner, the famous artist. William C. Compton, father of Mrs. Wood,. SELDEN H. TALCOTT, M. D. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1233 was born in Ponipton, N. J., and was a mill-wright in that state until his death. Her grand-father, Jacob Compton, a native of England,was sent here as a soldier in the British army dur-ing the Revolutionar} War, but deserted, andafterward fought in the American army as acommissioned officer. The mother of Mrs. Woodwas in maidenhood Elizabeth Post. She wasborn in Sussex County, N. J., and died therewhen in middle life. Her parents were Gabrieland Anna (Wisner) Post, the former a soldier inthe War of 1812. Her paternal great-grandfa-ther was a resident of Warwick and a son of An-neke Jans, of Holland. The family was repre-sented among the earliest settlers of this county,and has a
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