Compton Cemetery, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Submitted: Louisiana Genealogical Register, December 1977 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Submitted to the Louisiana Genealogical Register by L. B. Jackson and Mrs. A.A. Watson COMPTON CEMETERY From Lecompte to Meeker Sugar Mill turn right to Wade Jones III home. Cross bayou and railroad follow out road bearing right, thence 1.1/2 miles to Compton Cemetery from Wade Jones III place. Outside cemetery by iron fence Moses L. Meeker(note) an old slave Outside cemetery In memory of Mrs. Jane Consort of Samuel Oak Ford Who Departed This Life June 1, 1810 Age 41 Years 8 Months & 8 Days Grave next to Mrs. Jane marble slab broken, no statistics visible Inside the Cemetery: Obelisk Masonic Emblem Sacred To The Memory of John Compton Born June 20, 1976 Died September 18, 1855 Large monument Amelie Baillio wife of John Compton Born February 23, 1799 Died July 8, 1859 Large monument John W. Compton Born April 12, 1821 Died January 14, 1851 Sacred to The Memory Henry Machen, M.D. Born October 5, 1807 Died September 14. 1853 Eleanor Compton Machen Born March 10, 1822 Died April 12, 1904 Eleanor dau. Of Henry and Eleanor Machen Born June 6, 1846 Died September 5, 1864 Little Frankie Daughter of J. H. and N. Meeker infant Nancy Maghen, Beloved wife J. H. Meeker Born February 2, 1850 Died October 31, 1870 Joseph Henry Meeker Born March 17, 1847 Died June 8, 1897 Eleanor Meeker Drouet Born June 18, 1868 Died may 26, 1916 Odile Saunders Drouet Born July 9, 1841 Died March 9, 1911 Marie Odile Drouet dau. Of E. L. Drouet & Odile Squrlie Drouet Born November 14, 1871 Died September 9, 1823 Unmarked Slab In Memory of Lodrich Compton Born September 26, 1872 Died 1872 Sacred to the Memory of Louisiana dau. Of John and Amelia Compton Born 6th of February 1829 Died 5th February 1841 One grave, large concrete slab, No information Sacred to the Memory of John Warren Son of S. G. & A. E. Compton Born January 10th 1860 Died February 25, 1861 Ameiie Baillo Compton Born Oct. 31, 1858 Died April 14, 1940 Ann Vaughn Wife of L. G. Compton B. 1834 D. 1905 One concrete slab unmarked One concrete slab unmarked. (Small child)One concrete slab unmarked. Sacred to the memory of Louisiana dau. Of Peter B. & Ester Compton Born March 2, 1840 Died September 16, 1854 Harriet Amelia Meeker Born October 27, 1876 Died February 3, 1878 Samuel Flower Meeker Born February 24, 1874 Died May 24, 1888 Mrs. Jas. D. Hanlon (nee Matilda L. Meeker) Born February 10, 1868 Died April 21, 1909 John Compton Born August 2, 1857 Died October 27, 1924 Elizabeth Ballance Compton Born February 19, 1902 Died Nov. 11, 1908 Two unmarked Slabs Elizabeth Adeline Compton Born October 2, 1891 Died August 10, 1892 Samuel Gibert Compton Born January 21, 1831 Died August 10, 1892 Samuel Gilbert Compton Born January 21, 1831 Died Jan. 10, 1892 Sacred to the Memory of Amelia dau. Of Henry & Eleanor Machen Born March 6, 1848 Died May 5, 1855 William M. Waddell Husband of Mary M. Compton Born in Charles City Co., Va. April 5, 1862 Died in Louisiana October 4, 1929