Hardin County KyArchives News.....Reunion of the John Hampton Family, Kirk, KY February 18, 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Livingston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000466 March 29, 2011, 6:53 pm Breckenridge News February 18, 1920 REUNION OF THE JOHN HAMPTON FAMILY, KIRK, KY [Breckenridge News – Cloverport KY) 18 Feb 1920 Dated 16 Feb 1920 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hampton, of this place, were given the surprise of their lives today when their five surviving sons, daughters-in-law, grand-son, grand- daughter and great grand-daughter, without notice, rushed in on them on nearing Mr. Hampton’s 86th birthday. The party consisted of Alexander Hampton, of Louisville, Ky.; John M. Hampton, of Portland, Oregon; Henry B. Hampton, Francis M. Hampton, wife and daughter and Dewey T. Hampton, of Louisville; and Capt. Bennie Caruth Hampton, wife and daughter of Campt Taylor Ky. Mr. Hampton was born in Hardin county, Feb 18th, 1834. He is a Civil War veteran, and served under Col. Boon’s 28th infantry, 2nd brigade, 2nd division, all through the Atlantic Campaign. The most severed fighting being at Nashville, Tenn. A prominent citizen and the father of thirteen children. He is known throughout Hardin, Grayson and Breckinridge counties as the most efficient carpenter that ever picked up a tool, and a man whose word is always his bond. His first wife was Nancy J. Franklin, of Hardin county, by whom were born six children; four sons and two daughters, two of whom survive, Alexander and J.M. (Mc) Hampton. All born in Hardin county except the youngest. J. M. Hampton, the oldest, soon after his marriage engaged in the mercantile business at Big Clifty, Ky., later removing to Vine Grove, and thence to Melker, Okla., where he died in 1902 leaving a large family of sons and daughters. Ada Hampton died while yet in her teens. Alexander Hampton is a first class carpenter of Louisville, owns his home at 1823 Greenwood Avenue, where he resides with his wife and two children. He is the only son who ever kept up his end with his father as a carpenter. Betsey Hampton died when a child. J.M. Hampton is a vocal musician, an expert telegrapher, and has been on the Pacific coast for 21 years. Rev. Bennie F. Hampton, born at Big Clifty, Ky, was a deep student and Baptist minister, preaching his first sermon at Big Clifty, on the very day he was 14 years of age, dying at Mampa, Idaho in 1899, aged 28; a young man, but old in Ministeral Service. Mr. Hampton’s second wife was Martha A. Stillwell by whom seven children were born; five sons and two daughters. All born in Breckinridge county; Ida Bell married Orb Hickerson, dying at the age of 26, leaving one daughter, Mary Ellen, a school teacher, married Victor Orendorff, dying at the age of 26, leaving one daughter. Harrison C. and Louis A. Hampton died at the age of 21 and 20. Henry B. and Francis M. Hampton are in business at 1015 West Broadway, doing a lucrative business, and Dewey T. Hampton is an expert barber of Louisville, all prominent young men. Francis married Carrie Stillwell. They have one child, a daughter. Capt. Bennie C. Hampton, son of John M. Hampton, was born in Hardin county, 1891. He enlisted at Los Angeles, Cal., as a private soon after the outbreak of the late war, serving overseas with the 144th Field Artillery and later transferred to the embarkation camp returning home last September and was assigned to Camp Taylor, for duty as an instructor. Capt. Hampton married Elsie Leece, of Portland, Oregon. They have one daughter being born while the Capt. Was over seas. J. M. Hampton, four sons, namely Capt. Hampton, Wade Hampton, associated with the White House, San Francisco’s largest department store; Maxie E. Hampton, associated with a large store at Nampa, Idaho and Ernest Hampton aged 12 years, of Los Angeles, Cal.,; who will graduate in high school this coming fall. The father of all these children is still active, hearty and in good health and bids fair to reach his hundredth year. Mr. and Mrs. Hampton were just about as happy a couple as it is possible to be. Their faces were radiant with joy and many reminiscences of the past were delved into and enjoyed by all. The reunion was occasioned by the visit of J. M. Hampton who had not seen his father for 30 years And it was a happy reunion enjoyed by all and one that will never be forgotten. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/hardin/newspapers/reuniono531gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/